Trim/Siding Paint Color for 60s Brick Ranch
Hi all,
Thanks for all the great information on the site, this is the first time I am making a post. We are the midst of doing cosmetic remodeling on a 1960s ranch, and trying to keep some of the original elements.
I am looking for advice on the window trim and siding color to coordinate with the facade of dark brown and gold brick with weeping mortar- not my favorite but we are going to keep it. The soffits/gutters are dark brown. At some point they painted all the window trim and siding around the house(that you can't see in the picture) all in a harvest gold. They picked out one of the colors in the brick, but its not pretty and I'm pretty sure it wasn't original. I'm afraid of painting all the trim brown as it would just be too dark.
A decorator recommended BM Navajo White for the trim around the windows, and BM Davenport Tan for the siding and to keep the brown on the doors/shutters (because we are keeping the garage door for now as its relatively new).
I am posting because I just can't find a good dark brown and I would love some additional opinions on the other colors-- does it really make sense to paint around the windows such a light color? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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palimpsest
9 years agoCDO321
9 years agoThanks! I hope we can get the paint colors and landscaping right so our weeping mortar looks nice as well.
Here is a close up. You can that the shutters/doors and gutters/soffits are a bit different brown which is why I am having trouble picking the brown. I also read that Davenport Tan sometime reads green, so thats my worry there.
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Annie Deighnaugh
9 years agoI used chip it! on your brick and it's interesting. Part of the problem is it's not dark brown, but more of a dark charcoal gray in the brick.
Annie Deighnaugh
9 years agoSo I also ran it through color palette fx and it has found some surprising colors including a shade of pink in the picture. Now some of the shades of green and blue are coming from the reflection in the window, so I'd ignore those....
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
9 years agoAnnie Deighnaugh
9 years agoPersonally, I'm not a fan of the mustard and I'd go with something a little more white for the window trims and I'd pick a dark red like this SW cordovan for the accent color. I think it would look a lot brighter and updated.
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awm03
9 years agoI didn't nail the colors exactly (that's supposed to be Navajo White for the trim). But I think if you went with a warm golden brown for the shutters and the garage door (even though it's new and you're reluctant to paint it), or some kind of colors that blend in with the beautiful brick, it would make the house look longer and all one piece instead of being chopped up with different colors.
Going low contrast on the shutters and trim also would let the brick and that wonderful weeping mortar be the big decorative statements instead of the run-of-the-mill shutters and garage door. Your front door is nice too: leave that brown for a central focal point.
These colors aren't quite right, but at least you can see how the house looks longer & how low contrast doesn't compete with the brick for attention.
This post was edited by awm03 on Wed, Jul 2, 14 at 15:28
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