ᐅ Facade paint color for a house with windows in RAL 7016 (Anthracite Gray)?
Created on: 4 May 2023 08:32
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BauherrFranken4 May 2023 08:32The contractor gave us a color chart from Maxit. Unfortunately, based on these small color samples, we cannot really imagine what would suit our house with RAL 7016 windows. We quite like Cappuccino. Does anyone have any advice?
You choose the facade color based on the color of the windows?
I’ll say nothing on that.
Regarding your question: White goes with everything – whether traffic white (RAL 9016), pure white (RAL 9010), or signal white (RAL 9003), you can adapt it to the overall tone.
By the way, I would be surprised if the window manufacturer or the facade paint manufacturer could match the exact color shade 100%.
Therefore, it’s better to avoid experiments and rather work with strong contrasts.
I’ll say nothing on that.
Regarding your question: White goes with everything – whether traffic white (RAL 9016), pure white (RAL 9010), or signal white (RAL 9003), you can adapt it to the overall tone.
By the way, I would be surprised if the window manufacturer or the facade paint manufacturer could match the exact color shade 100%.
Therefore, it’s better to avoid experiments and rather work with strong contrasts.
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Bausparfuchs4 May 2023 10:46Deciding on the color of a house is very challenging.
The reliability of various sample cards is limited, anyway.
I can only say that the more colors you see, the more confusing it becomes, which eventually affects the decision. I always think it’s important to settle on one house style. Everyone has their own taste, of course. For example, I’m not a fan of gray window frames. That’s just a trend that will eventually fade away. There have been many variations like that.
A creamy or terracotta tone definitely doesn’t suit a gray look. It’s better to stick with a black, white, and gray palette. Those who prefer a country house style often choose warm tones and white window frames.
Important criteria for a color decision are color durability and dirt resistance. Problems with darker tones like wine red or gray include simple things like bird droppings. I know of wine-red facades where the light-colored bird droppings are very visible. The same applies to gray facades. Dark colors usually fade after a few years, at least on the weather-exposed side. This means you have to repaint every few years.
There’s a reason why color theory exists. It’s always better to work with tone-on-tone and choose rather timeless colors. This also applies to everything else in the house. Many of us still remember green, orange, or even pink bathrooms from the 1980s. Those colors were trendy back then but no one wants them anymore today. The same will happen with gray shades.
In a few years, no one will want to see the uniform gray of RAL 7016 anymore.
Back to the house color: Every color looks different under various weather conditions and on each side of the house—sun, rain, snow, clouds. There are even differences between morning, noon, and evening. Then the substrate also plays a role: white primer, color-matched primer, white topcoat paint, tinted topcoat, texture of the topcoat.
When I worked as an interior decorator, I usually showed clients about 5 to 10 samples. More than that was often pointless because people get overwhelmed by the number of samples. When I chose the color for my own house, I think I pondered for about a year. Eventually, I stopped worrying about every nuance and simply chose beige because we wanted a beige tone.
In the end, almost everything looks good once you’re finished, except if you have, like someone in the neighborhood, a gray facade with orange window reveals. But it doesn’t have to please me anyway.
The reliability of various sample cards is limited, anyway.
I can only say that the more colors you see, the more confusing it becomes, which eventually affects the decision. I always think it’s important to settle on one house style. Everyone has their own taste, of course. For example, I’m not a fan of gray window frames. That’s just a trend that will eventually fade away. There have been many variations like that.
A creamy or terracotta tone definitely doesn’t suit a gray look. It’s better to stick with a black, white, and gray palette. Those who prefer a country house style often choose warm tones and white window frames.
Important criteria for a color decision are color durability and dirt resistance. Problems with darker tones like wine red or gray include simple things like bird droppings. I know of wine-red facades where the light-colored bird droppings are very visible. The same applies to gray facades. Dark colors usually fade after a few years, at least on the weather-exposed side. This means you have to repaint every few years.
There’s a reason why color theory exists. It’s always better to work with tone-on-tone and choose rather timeless colors. This also applies to everything else in the house. Many of us still remember green, orange, or even pink bathrooms from the 1980s. Those colors were trendy back then but no one wants them anymore today. The same will happen with gray shades.
In a few years, no one will want to see the uniform gray of RAL 7016 anymore.
Back to the house color: Every color looks different under various weather conditions and on each side of the house—sun, rain, snow, clouds. There are even differences between morning, noon, and evening. Then the substrate also plays a role: white primer, color-matched primer, white topcoat paint, tinted topcoat, texture of the topcoat.
When I worked as an interior decorator, I usually showed clients about 5 to 10 samples. More than that was often pointless because people get overwhelmed by the number of samples. When I chose the color for my own house, I think I pondered for about a year. Eventually, I stopped worrying about every nuance and simply chose beige because we wanted a beige tone.
In the end, almost everything looks good once you’re finished, except if you have, like someone in the neighborhood, a gray facade with orange window reveals. But it doesn’t have to please me anyway.
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Schorsch_baut4 May 2023 11:04Try searching the web for Color Visualizer or ColorSnap. These tools let you test different colors.
What is considered timeless or modern today will be outdated tomorrow. Everything installed now will no longer be current in 15 years. So, you might as well choose what you like.
What is considered timeless or modern today will be outdated tomorrow. Everything installed now will no longer be current in 15 years. So, you might as well choose what you like.
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BauherrFranken4 May 2023 11:17Schorsch_baut schrieb:
Try searching online for Color Visualizer or ColorSnap. They let you test colors.
What is considered timeless or modern today will be outdated tomorrow. Everything installed today won’t be up-to-date in 15 years. You might as well just do what you like.Thank you for your tip! Your statement is completely true. Even if I knew which window color would look timeless in 20 years, I still wouldn’t choose it today because I probably wouldn’t like it now. Every house is a reflection of its time. Right now, windows in RAL 7016 are popular, I like them now, so that’s what I’m going with (and they have long since been installed).
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xMisterDx4 May 2023 18:46Tolentino schrieb:
You choose the facade color based on the window color?
I’ll say nothing more on that.What else would you base it on? The color of the sky?
Eye color?
Of course, the facade color must match the windows.
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