ᐅ Facade paint color for a house with windows in RAL 7016 (Anthracite Gray)?

Schorsch_baut schrieb:

I don’t understand why I should choose the window color based on the facade color. You can repaint the facade every few years on a plastered or wooden house. Plastic windows last 20 years or more.

I don’t understand much here, especially how much effort some put into making pointless comments instead of answering questions. But to each their own.

I have now requested the following new color samples from Maxit:

Anis 405, Walnut 394, and Hazelnut 425. I’m curious how they compare to Marone 5460!

BauherrFranken schrieb:

Anis 405, Walnut 394, and Hazelnut 425.

In the end, it’s a matter of personal taste; all three will work, although I find Hazelnut a bit too pink. The houses here are even darker than your shades, closer to Anis 403. I’m curious to see what you’ll choose.

BauherrFranken schrieb:

instead of providing answers to questions.

You’re looking for tips:
- Don’t focus too much on colors
- Sample colors are not very helpful because they are only on small areas and not representative of how they will look on the entire house
- Different textures in the plaster (roughcast, broom finish, floated plaster, different grain sizes) will look different even with the same color
- Depending on the angle of light or time of day, the house will appear different even with the same color
- Color changes over time
- The type of paint is also important (pure silicate paint, sol-silicate, dispersion silicate, silicone resin, etc.), since not every color can be used with every paint type and not every paint type is suitable for every plaster, and each paint type looks different
- Shades are marketing gimmicks by manufacturers to make money

Conclusion: In my opinion, from my nearly 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, in the end you won’t notice whether you paint “hazelnut” or “walnut.” It will look the same on the house to everyone.

Schorsch_baut schrieb:

I don’t understand why I should choose the window color based on the facade color. You can change the facade color every few years on a plastered or wooden house. But uPVC windows last 20 years or more.

That’s why the original poster is choosing the other way around (?).

BauherrFranken schrieb:

Unfortunately, the “Marone” shade from Maxit, which I had actually expected to be my desired tone, turned out to be more apricot-like.

What caused your mistake (monitor calibration, “wrong” sample card material, etc.), and how did you realize it?

BauherrFranken schrieb:

I have now requested the following new color samples from Maxit:
Anis 405, Walnuss 394, and Haselnuss 425. I’m curious to see how they compare to Marone 5460!

On which materials will these samples be applied?

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Interesting thread. We bought our house six years ago and initially chose the new windows in RAL 7016. I wouldn’t choose that color today, but at least gray matches a lot. We now also have a moss green front door (old-style building). So in a few years, we plan to choose a facade color that matches the gray windows and green door. It will probably be a shade of yellow. I find yellow, in almost all shades, very stylish with gray, and in our case also with moss green; it’s timeless and a nice, friendly color for both summer and winter. It doesn’t fade quickly either (unlike the beautiful Swedish red, which I also love). Brown tones feel too modern to me personally. White or cream looks nice; cream seems friendlier in my opinion. There really isn’t much that wouldn’t match. I think the style of the house is also crucial. It helped me to keep my eyes open and look at other houses. That helps a lot more than a tiny paint chip. With a paint chip, I would only choose the shade, but the basic color I would want to see and judge in real life. I found a house, an old building, with quite a strong yellow paint, moss green windows and doors, and a red roof—so similar to ours. It’s a wonderfully beautiful combination.

Winniefred schrieb:

Yellow, in almost all shades, looks very stylish with gray,

Yes, 11ant yellow and gray go well together in the same group 🙂

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