I need some suggestions on picking a complimentary color here. For the main part of the house we really want to use a Sherwin Williams color called Ripe Olive, which is a very cool deep green color, and the trim is a creamy white color, we are looking for a complimentary color, other than another green, to paint the dormers on the house. None of the browns or silvers we tried looks good with the green, we even tried black.
On a side note our house is of hardy plank (stain is out) and a good size piece of land, our closet neighbor is about a mile away, and it is a heavily wooded area so we want to house to blend in as much as possible. I have included a link to the picture of the front of the house, the only changes we made to these plans is we removed the third garage on the left side, and the three small dormers above the front door, are actually one single large dormer that matches the pitch of the other two.
http://www.suntelhomedesign.com/suntel/product/S-112795J_RM.jpg
2007-11-10 08:36:33 · 3 answers · asked by Topher 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Try:
honey gold
caramel
2007-11-10 09:50:33 · answer #1 · answered by Nurse Susan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's so hard to choose colors for the outside of a house because not only does EVERYONE see it, but it's not something that you will change for a long, long time. I recently painted my house a medium shade of blue and my shutters are a taupe/milk chocolate shade. My trim is a lighter shade of the chocolate, more of a tan. It looks great. and it's different enough from my neighbor's too. Don't be afraid to go with a color you love even if you think it isn't "in style". I originally was going to paint the house the milk chocolate color but realized that it would blend in too much. I wanted my house to stand out alittle and now I just tell people "It's the blue house": and they all know it.
2016-05-29 02:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a rustic orangy brown
2007-11-10 20:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋