15 Top Rated Colors for Your Home Exterior Color Palette
Posted on March 4, 2019
Whether you are listing your home for sale or just looking for a new look, choosing a color for the exterior paint can be stressful and cause anxiety. Here are 15 top rated colors for your home exterior.
Picking one color is hard so matching a pallet could seem impossible. Our color experts have prepared a list of suggestions to get your creative juices going.
Bringing back basics
Black and White
A classy and classic combination. Black and white will always make a beautiful lawn pop with green. The colors remain fresh for longer than brighter colors.
Turquoise and White
If you want to bring the feel of the tropics to your home, go with white and a bright teal for trim. Teal brings in the feeling of sun and sea, and adds a bold color to your home. The bright color against a white home brings a feeling of cheeriness.
Gray and Blue
Grey is a neutral without being bland. It compliments almost any home style and goes great with the natural elements that surround the home. A touch of blue in shutters or trim adds a nice touch of color without the commitment of a bright home.
Keep it in the same color family
Olive two ways
Natural colors create the illusion of your home disappearing into the landscape. With this colorscape, it’s a good idea to add a pop of color, like an orange or red door to avoid disappearing completely into surrounding bushes and trees.
Brown and Sand
Beige is so much more when you combine two of the brown family together. The lighter color is easy to get past HOA boards and creates a nice backdrop for a darker brown. Use the darker color to compliment the base. Try a bright color for minimal trim to give your home character. Experts suggest a red or burnt orange.
Putty and Gray
A simple and traditional option, the grays are classy and easy to work with. The colors are a good way to make your home stand out from surrounding homes but allow a touch of character. Try adding a black door for an elevation of class. The colors, while all in the same family, will pull together the exterior of your house.
Mixed and muted
Blue, Red, and Tan
Live near the ocean? Take your home to a nautical or Scandinavian hue. Try blue for the majority of the home and use red and tan to accent architectural features on the outside completing the color scheme.
Green, Cream, and Burgundy
The Victorians had this one right – the color of their homes. It’s a bold, but warm appearance. The dramatic look is achieved by using any combination of green, cream and burgundy. Keep in mind, the darker the colors, the more upkeep they will require, especially in areas prone to wind and snow weather systems.
Straw and Sage
Balance is key in this color. A neutral yellow is warm and welcoming while the addition of sage is traditional but lively. The curb appeal of these colors is unmatched. It’s appropriate in any location and gives a warmness to the home.
Pop of color
Charcoal and Lime
Looking for a modern look for your house? Choose a muted color like charcoal. Go trendy with a bright statement like lime green. The pop of color makes sure your home is not to be forgotten or missed.
Red and Black
Red is classic. Black is classic. This color combination is great for smaller homes that would like to make a big statement. The red should be used as the main color with the black setting off the accents like trim, shutters or door.
Greige and Teal
Yes, greige is still here. The unique color that is somewhere between grey and beige has been in vogue for the past several years and was expected to go out of style. On the contrary, it has come back as a base color for your home with the new color pop of teal. It’s like having a wooden home with a bright teal accent makes you modern. It’s welcoming without being dated.
Black and Taupe
Looking for the classy but more risky than black and white? Here it is: black and taupe. Replacing white with taupe makes the house retain it’s classy charm while the taupe creates a warm and coziness in the exterior.
Bold and bright
Yellow and Blue
Worried about too many primary colors on your home? Most owners are. This combination, when executed right is really, truly charming. Keep one of the primaries more mellow than the other and you’re in good shape. Try an aqua with a mellow yellow for a quaint cottage.
Taupe, Red, and White
Have an older or historic home? Use white columns with a red and taupe pallet. This will keep an old world charm, but give your house a modern twist. The red is an unexpected bright color to be included on the exterior of a home.
