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Help choosing siding colours

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Bought a colonal style house - just purchased white double hung windows and need to pick a paint colour. Any help would be appreciated.




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    or if you have any other suggestions - that would be great. and much appreciated.

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    I'd go with the third from the top.

    User thanked Sigrid
  • last year

    What is wrong with what you have? I think that looks perfect. IMHO much better than anything greyish, like what you show.

    User thanked millworkman
  • last year

    Thank you. we would like a new paint colour for some change. Any paint colour suggestions would be helpful.

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    The windows are a bright white with blue undertones

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    I would go with warm white or off-white.




    User thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
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    Grays are overdone and out of style now (if you care about being on-trend).

    Is the roof reddish-brown? Choose a color to blend with the roof, unless you’re going to replace it right away.

    I personally would choose a light tan/deep cream with lighter cream trim. These would blend well with the roof and the sophisticated looking tan block driveway.

    User thanked littlebug Zone 5 Missouri
  • last year

    New roof is - driftwood by certainteed. the new windows are white (with blue undertones)


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    Thank you! what is the warm white colour?


    will warm white siding go with white windows with a blue undertone

  • last year

    Not gray, please. Here are colonials in other colors. Traditional hits ( o shutters) and olive green (matching shutters).

    User thanked RedRyder
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    Strong statement colors.

    User thanked RedRyder
  • last year

    We are getting the exact same windows in picture 1. thanks for the pictures - so pretty!


    May i ask, why not gray?

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    White window colour match

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    IMO gray is dreary. It’s a personal choice but your home style screams traditional and yet, the colored colonials are as pretty as the white one.

    Full disclosure: my last home was a traditional colonial and I painted the house and barn in BM River Blue with a touch of green in it. Here is a photo of the barn.

    User thanked RedRyder
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    ^^ Love teh barn, RedRyder!



  • last year

    The problem here isn't the siding color, it's the red roof. Rather than paint the house, change out the roof color to a warm-toned brown with golden tones (no red tones).



    User thanked porkchop_z5b_MI
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    porkchop_z5b_MI The roof is new, why would they replace it? I think a creamy off-white would look good with their new roof. A dark color isn't going to look right on your house. Whatever you choose, it should be a medium shade, not really light or really dark.

    User thanked woodrose77
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    Thank you. we are putting on a new roof - driftwood by Certainteed.

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    Have you tried the CertainTeed Colorview designer? You can upload a photo of your house or use the stock photo, specify the Driftwood roof color, and experiment with various siding colors. You can only specify Certainteed siding colors but there are several including grays and one white.

    User thanked wdccruise
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    Thank you! I will try that! Much appreciated.

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    Here is a picture from the back of the house. The new windows will be a bright white colour.

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    I have always liked the combination of bright white windows with white siding.

    User thanked BeverlyFLADeziner
  • last year

    Good roof color choice! It’s neutral.

    User thanked RedRyder
  • 12 months ago


    Option 1 - puritan grey by BM

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    Option 2 - Sandy Hook by BM

  • 12 months ago

    Option 1 or option 2 which one do you like the best?

  • 12 months ago

    I personally would have white siding but, of your two choices, would select Sandy Hook. Think it looks better with your roof and think Puritan Grey looks dreary

    User thanked pkpk23
  • 12 months ago

    Sandy Hook, 100%. Grey-on-grey is dreary, as @pkpk23 said.

    User thanked RedRyder
  • 12 months ago

    I would choose Sandy Hook over the gray color. I also think the color you have already, looks great. Please dont put all those colors on your siding. Take your samples and put them on poster paper, and move those pieces of poster paper all around the house at different times of day, so you can see, just how those colors would look on your house.

    User thanked cat_ky
  • 12 months ago

    Agree with all comments. which off white/white colour would you recommend with bright white windows?

  • 11 months ago

    You need to try different whites using @cat_ky’s suggestion. Some sides of the house will be darker and some lighter - at different times of the day. Using poster board allows you to see all the colors on each side from sunrise to sunset. See how the whites look with your windows.

  • 11 months ago

    "which off white/white colour would you recommend with bright white windows?"

    Behr Ultra Pure White is the brightest white paint available. Behr recommends its PPU10-12 Whitened Sage as a coordinating "true white with a touch of gray-green".

    User thanked wdccruise
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