Help me choose exterior house paint colors!

[LBW]

I'm not sure how the grey/blue tones will look with your roof. Personally I'd stick with warmer colors.

I'm not sure if I have a picture of our house before and after the siding job. If I can find one, I'll post it. Keep in mind that you can have the painters take the shutters down, paint the enter house, and then live with it for a week or two. If you hate it, you can always have them rehang the shutters.

[LexyLou]

I'm not liking the grey tones with your roof or style of house.

I really like the "Spanish" tones. Like browns, tans, deep reds, etc.

I found this link and while there aren't pictures on the houses, it shows the color schemes that I personally like for your style of house.

http://www.valenciahoa.org/HouseAndTrimColorPalette.htm

What about a cream, with a darker tan trim and a greenish door?

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3D36%26um%3D1

[LBW]

Try this site. There's a house with a reddish roof similar to yours (maybe a bit more brown).

http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

I really like the combination you get when you choose color 7528 for the body of the house. But, I have a thing for orange doors!

[cvanbrunt]

Sherwin Williams has a nice site. If you go to the color visualizer there are a couple of Spanish Revival houses you can paint.

[smiles33]

That SW site is awesome!

LexyLou: I think you're right--the cool grays/whites/blacks make me think New England in the Autumn or houses with siding, not a Mediterranean-style house in warm sunny CA. I like that color scheme you linked to--not sure how I feel about the dark green door, but I like the tan and cream combo.

LBW: I like the color you mentioned, but I'm not a fan of orange....

Oh, this is so hard!!!

[baileyboo]

I am looking for exterior paint finishes...in taupe and ran across the picture you said you liked...do you know the colors by chance? it is hard to get the right colors...and I would hate to end up with a different color than what I am wanting...it is a taupe with white trim..but I need to find out the color.

Thanks!

[smiles33]

How funny this old thread came up! Sorry, no I don't know the names of those colors.

I never came back to update because i had DD2 about 2 weeks after this thread. We ended up with a sandstone body, dark brown/black/eggplant (it's s weird shade but complements the colors week) for the shutters, and a lighter mocha type color for the trim. Sounds a bit weird but it was inspired by the last photo of my OP.