Gray House With Cedar Colored Roof

After it was installed the ambient reflected light tinged the 2nd floor rooms above the roof in a pale green color.

Gray house with cedar colored roof.

You should also consider the pattern and texture of your shingles as well as the color. True gray and black. Pick the wrong one and it s just a big dark blob. While it may seem that a light gray house will look good with any roof color some shades are more desirable than others.

Black dark gray or brown shingles work with a red clapboard country home and can top red brick attractively. For example if your home has a warm colored roof in a shade such as brick red or rusty tan pick siding in a similarly warm shade such as tan beige or brown. Gray house with rich colored stained wood doors. This can look good with the right color brown.

Brown roofs on brick houses. What a surprise mistake. Light olive house paint is attractive with those darker shingle colors. The color of the stain and gray siding matter a lot but to me this combination is beautiful.

For a roof with shingles in a cool color like black or slate gray select a cool color of siding such as blue gray or green. May 18 2020 explore sudi mccollum illustration d s board dark grey black houses followed by 195 people on pinterest. Some years ago we had a porch roof on the north side of our house we roofed with a nice green metal roof. It s an excellent color to use on a roof because it matches most colors at least reasonably well and with neutral colored homes which make up the majority of traditionally decorated houses grey shingles are one of the best choices on the market.

Not all shades of gray have a warm or cool undertone or a secondary color undertone. Whether you re building a new house remodeling the outside of an old one or simply replacing a roof the color combinations you select are ones you ll have to live with for a long time. See more ideas about black house house exterior exterior design. There are lots of ways to get ideas and of course there are some standard or classic combinations that you should consider such as a black or gray roof with a white house or a black or slate gray roof with a red brick house color combination.

It s super important to use a wide variety of values on a home and this one uses them all. Not accounting for the joints of a brick house is a very common mistake. Red brick is sharp with a black or a vivid or dark blue roof and white trim gray brown or black roofs look good with green siding. I love the look of a gray house with richly stained real wood doors.

Grey is a neutral color. Some are strictly gray whether light dark or medium in tone. Follow some general color guidelines when coordinating roof and house colors.