Exterior color guides

The color questions homeowners ask most, answered with photos. Every option in a guide is shown on the same house, so you can compare them side by side, and every guide ends with a way to try the colors on your own home.

Last reviewed November 11, 2026

Ranch house painted sage green with white trim and a navy front door

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What color should I paint my house?

A step-by-step way to choose exterior colors, with six schemes on one house and a roof color chart.

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Red brick colonial with white trim and navy shutters and front door

What colors go with a red brick house?

Trim, shutters, front door and roof for red and orange brick, five combinations on one brick colonial.

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Pale yellow house with navy shutters and white trim

What color shutters go with a yellow house?

Six shutter colors on the same pale yellow house, plus two front door combinations.

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Gray two-story house with white trim and a teal front door

What color front door goes with a gray house?

Six front door colors and two garage door colors on the same gray house.

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Farmhouse with tan siding, white trim and a green metal roof

What color should you paint a house with a green roof?

Seven siding colors under the same green metal roof, plus green roofs on brick and gray houses.

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Light blue colonial with white shutters and a classic red front door

What color front door goes with a blue house?

Five front door colors and three shutter colors on the same light blue colonial.

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Tan two-story house with navy shutters and white trim

What color shutters go with a tan house?

Six shutter colors on the same tan house with a brown roof, plus two front door pairings.

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White colonial house with black shutters and white trim

What color shutters look best on a white house?

Six shutter colors on the same white colonial, from classic black to soft light blue.

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Two-story house with sage green siding, white trim and a brown shingle roof

What color should you paint a house with a brown roof?

Six siding colors under the same brown shingle roof, plus brown metal roofs.

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The houses in these guides are AI-generated sample photos, not real homes. Colors were applied with the same detection and recolor method as the CurbMuse paint visualizer, using exact HEX values.

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