I'm going to be getting a new front door and am undecided on color. My current door and shutters have been burgundy for almost 20 years. I'm ready for a change but don't know what color to choose. I have brick on the front of my house that has a pink tone to it and my siding is Wolverine Clay color. I'll be switching from a double door to a single door with two side lites. I haven't figured out how to post a picture yet but will try to post one soon. Image link:

I would match the garage door to the roof. No black. No windows, they just increase the grinning face illusion. The black front door is a good idea, but I would use a colonial style. Other colour ideas could include deep plum and burgundy. Your home is traditional, embrace it!

This is a recommended color from SW for Mindful Gray…homburg gray. I would do this on the shutters and the garage doors and leave the wood door as is. The two middle windows shouldn’t have shutters as the won’t fit appropriately, but you are not painting the siding and the darker outlines of the shutters will show if you don’t replace what was there. Personally, would like the house with out shutters and would probably paint the siding and garage doors and have no shutters at all.

Get the blackest black. when the son hits it, it will lighten it. In fact, when they go to tint the base, have them add a few extra squirts of the lampblack. I did this w/my black from BM. It was their blackest black. he added 4 more squirts of the black tint. Made a huge diff in the outcome. It's a true, deep rich black. i'll also mention, if you have access to Fine Paints of Europe, the Hollandlac paint is superb for front doors. One of the few, if not the only paints that won't fade. This is the high gloss, but they have other finishes. Oh, another color you might light is a deep Raisin. This would actually look very nice w/the brick and the charcoal shutters. And it's different.