My door was white with white trim, and it just made the door look a little bigger. Now it's red with white trim. All the wood doors have wood trim.

I hadn't thought about the wood doors like that, that is true. The door I saw was red and on a light brown house. I'm trying to determine if it was just the style of the house that made this work, or if would work on mine.

Sure, matching the trim and surround to the actual door color is another option.

our house has a brick front, with black shutters and white trim...i wanted a black door and do not like white trim around black door/side lights at all...had the trim between sidelights and door and immediately around both door and sidelights painted black and just painted the framing around the entire "unit" white. it looks right to me.

Resurrecting an old thread - I have been considering painting the door trim the same color as the door. I was happy to see this post that said it was stunning - but I can't find any pictures of this at all (other than some wood doors that have wood trim). Does any one have any pictures of door and trim painted the same color, or is there some design reason why this is rarely done?

I think sometimes it looks better to have the trim the same color as the door because it gives the door more presence. Here are some I found with a quick internet search:

Nice examples!

That's great, thank you! They do have more presence, that's a great way to describe the look.

rtswd, that is the coolest door, EVER!

It's a good way to make a door look larger. Changing to wider trim helps too on a very small door.

Our door, trim, sidelights, and storm door are all painted the same color. I prefer that rather than having the trim a different color....looks like an outline.

Why thank you, Olychick! The house dates from 1853, but was remodelled and extended in 1924 which is when that door was added :)