What traditional roof color will match well with ivory vinyl sidings.?

Question

I was planning on black roof, but I've seen a lot of yellowish houses with brown roofs and my neighbor house already has that color scheme (ivory and brown roof). I will be changing my shutters to match the roof color. Currently my shutters are white. I have white windows, trims and doors. Any suggestions and pics will be helpful! Thanks.

Answer 1

With ivory-colored siding, you can choose just about any "dark, rich" color and it will be georgeous! Don't choose a light color, because it will be boring against the light color of the house.

Just to demonstrate colors, I've added a couple of websites. One one, you can click on the little shutter pictures to see how the color would look, and on the other website you can play around quite a bit with different colors of siding, shutters, and roofing. I don't know anything about the companies....it's just a way to get an idea how your house will look with different colors on the roof and shutters.

I personally like Federal Brown, Midnight Green, and Classic Blue. You're house will look beautiful in any of these rich colors!

Answer 2

I personally love burnt. Almost a burgundy. I think it brightens a home. You could go ahead and do the brown roof since it's a 'match all' color and then just do your shutters in a brighter color. Or a black roof with powder blue shutters. My neighbors have ivory siding with a green roof and green shutters. It looks nice! Good luck. Those are 3 suggestions I think would look nice.

Answer 3

If, and when, I need a new roof, I will put the whitest color they can find. This will reflect the heat from the sun and keep my cooling bills down. I would never put a dark color roof on no matter what color my house is. White goes with anything.
Saving money on energy costs is more important to me than what the neighbors think of my roof color.

Answer 4

1] look at neighbore on either side of you. Try not to do same color combo. Ditto house directly across the street.
2] also consider flowering plants, lawn ornaments, and outdoor furniture
3] do roof in:
dark gray, with dark shutters/doors, and light gray trim/frames
dark red, with deep rose
rust, with peach
dark green [ olive or forest ], with lighter green [ leaf or sage ]
dark blue, with sky blue or smoke blue
wine, with lavender
dark brown, with beige or caramel