ᐅ Which exterior paint color to choose, not white?

Created on: 15 May 2025 10:48
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c1member
Hello everyone,

A few years ago, we bought an older house in Croatia. Since then, we have almost completely renovated the interior. Now, at the latest by next spring, we plan to install external wall insulation and apply a new facade paint.

My question is: Which facade paint would you recommend? I’m not very imaginative when it comes to colors. We definitely don’t want plain white, as we find it quite boring. Personally, I like anthracite on houses.

The tree by the facade will be cut down soon.

On the first floor, the old wooden window will be replaced by a window four times larger, in white. New white uPVC windows have already been installed.

The roof was redone two years ago.

As a little inspiration, here is a picture of the house attached.

Many thanks in advance for your replies.
Single-family house with red tiled roof, satellite dish and garden in the foreground
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c1member
15 May 2025 17:27
Hello Andi, thanks for your reply. Light terracotta like in the first two pictures? I personally like the first picture already. The third picture shows more of a beige tone. Thanks
Exterior view of an orange-colored house with glass door, window front, and garden.

Two-story orange-colored house with white windows, porch on the left, and garage on the right.

Exterior view of a modern beige single-family house with roof overhang and garden.
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ypg
15 May 2025 21:32
c1member schrieb:

Personally, I like the color anthracite on houses.
c1member schrieb:

What do you think about the color "Cappuccino"?
Both are too dark. Cappuccino is too dark; I have it inside myself. I would prefer something lighter like a milky coffee shade, which is the third option in #7.
If you feel you don’t have much imagination with this, how about your wife? What does she like?
Otherwise, I wouldn’t make too much of a big deal out of it.
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c1member
16 May 2025 15:10
Hello ypg,

You also prefer the darker colors. Okay, the darker colors probably don’t match the red roof very well. Based on the trend, we would likely choose one of the three colors shown above.
Musketier16 May 2025 15:28
Before building, we drove around several residential areas with a borrowed color fan deck and looked at houses with matching colors, then chose the right color from the fan deck. You just have to make sure the houses have a similar roof color.

Alternatively, there are plenty of options to adapt a photo of your own house using an image editing program.
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Gerddieter
17 May 2025 12:42
There’s no other option but to get a color fan deck from the plaster manufacturer. This way, you can calmly consider the options and compare them to your house. Once you find a color you like, you can look at different shades of it and gradually narrow down your choice.

In the end, we found three earth tones that were very close to each other, and then the general contractor provided us with three sample patches of plaster on a test board. We held these up against the house wall and finally made our decision.

First of all, you need to know which plaster and which manufacturer you are using.