Picking colors for your house is daunting. Now you have a main color and realize you hadn’t considered trim. Time to start the process again. Trim doesn’t have to be tedious. Here are colors for exterior trim to make your home pop!

Contrasts

Before you start, decide if you want your trim to stand out against the house, or blend in. Both options are good choices and depend on your style preferences. To blend the colors together, you’ll want to pick similar shades to each other. While you won’t want the same color, it needs to be several shades deeper or lighter to read as different, not a mistake. This means it will look like a finished, thought out look.

For high contrast, use a color wheel for direction. Colors directly across from each other are high contrast and complementary pairs. So, for example, if your house choice is green, your high contrast options are in the red family. If your house is blue, you’ll be working with orange.

To achieve a high contrast option that always works, go with black. The color can be paired with any color that you have on your home. As an added benefit, black reads as neutral and will work on any home style.

Neutrals

Neutrals are popular for homes because they work well without jarring the eyes. Choose a primary color in a bright tone then use a greige color as the trim. The neutral trim will tone down the brighter color.

Don’t Forget You

Whether you’re keeping your house or preparing for a sale, remember the house is still yours. Choose colors that appeal to your taste. You should feel happy coming home to it, no matter what the color specialists say.

Paint Your Exterior Trim with CertaPro Painters®

CertaPro Painters® are local painters in the Springfield area. Our painting team is qualified and experienced at painting trim. In short, we are experts at painting home exteriors and are ready to take your project on. All you have to do to get started is call our experts at 703-223-8299 or fill out our free, no obligation form online. We look forward to working with you!