Paint colour for house exterior
Hi, I am having the exterior of my house painted but not sure what colour would suit. It is currently white with All White window frames. The window frames are staying All White but would like a contrasting colour for rest of house. A lot of greys look too blue or lilac. I would like to keep it light so was thinking Strong White for house and cills with black fascias and black ‘apron’? Not sure if it would look right if the cills were black too.
. Any suggestions would be appreciated 🙂
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minnie101
3 years agoColours tend to look a couple of shades lighter on exteriors so not sure how strong white would work. What about something warmer like Stony Ground?
macbroom
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Sonia
3 years agoWhat about the palest of pale terracotta/pink? Will go lovely with the white windows. Something like F&B Setting Plaster Which is similar to the shade below.
macbroom thanked Soniaminnie101
3 years agoSo it says! These are both stony ground too
Little Green clay, rolling fog and Portland stone are worth a look. They also have a new stone colour chart out and there are a couple on there I haven’t tried but look good
macbroom thanked minnie101macbroom
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3 years agoI’m not so keen on the creamy colours either, I tried a red based and I like it? Unfortunately my app has a lot of colours but it doesn’t like painting a lot of things like rough cast or over dark colours etc otherwise I’d try a few for you!
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