Darker Siding Lighter Trim

White trim brightens the home and helps the blue really pop.

Darker siding lighter trim.

It s a clean classy look. To create a subtler contrast choose an exterior trim color that s a few shades lighter or darker than your siding color. The effect creates an exterior that s rich and inviting as well as a little. Almost any shade of blue works great with a shade of gray siding this light nut this royal blue shade is a nice choice.

Many homes however tend to stay within a certain formula when choosing their siding and trim. The trim should be dark and the field the lighter colour. While most homes feature a lighter colored trim with a darker siding this home reverses that. Selecting the right siding color can be a natural way to help keep your house cooler and more comfortable.

That means darker siding is subject to greater temperature variations which can make it break down sooner. Darker vinyl siding tends not to last as long as lighter colored siding. Trim colors for gray houses gray house. Whether your blue siding is as dark as evening or light as mist you cannot go wrong with white trim to match.

Really the solution for this house is to reverse the trim and field colour. The pillars could stay dark probably what the homeowner had originally requested and the second floor window wouldn t stand out. For example if you have a darker roof paired with a darker siding color house your house could actually be absorbing 70 90 of the radiant energy from the sun. As in example 5 i feel like the wood tones on this home are too orange for my liking but i do love seeing how well the wood works with the dark siding and darker windows.

Combining shades from the same color family highlights your home s architectural details without going too bold. Mastic misty shadow dark siding sark board and batten. Blue house with gray trim. Darker colors retain more of the sun s heat energy.

Both of those are significantly lighter compared to ironstone. Mastic rugged canyon dark brown siding with white trim white garage door and black roof in normal il. For example if your siding is off white try painting your exterior trim a light tan or taupe. However as more advancements in vinyl compounds are made even darker colors can last a very long time.

This could explain why houses are often light colored. It s dark enough the contrast the lighter siding but not too dark that it becomes overbearing. 9 koenig homebuilders pretty much ditto what i said about home 8 orange toned wood is not for me but i do love the dark trim around the windows as well as the pretty stone foundation. While both siding and trim can be found or painted in a wide range of colors many people tend to stay with either a dark siding and white trim a light siding with white and black trim or a white on white color scheme for siding and trim.

I m going to email you a picture of all three next to each other. The siding is a light natural looking wood inspired tan while the trim has a darker cool brown tone that matches the color of the front door.