Thanks, Amber. I agree with you - that sure looks darker than the Weathered Wood I've seen. But that picture is looking somewhat into the sun so does it look that dark from other angles? That's looks almost black on the left side of your gable. Sheesh these big color decisions are nerve wracking.

Do you think siding color and landscape can effect the color(s) the roof shows? I actually had our decorator look at the shingles to help and I am glad I did. I wouldn't see an undertone even if it snuck up and bit me.

She looked at the one we finally settled on between 2 (we figured we could at LEAST pick that out on our own - haha) and we ended up changing it to the runner up - weathered wood. Ours looks much lighter than Amber's - maybe lighting. So thankful, it looks great with our siding and seems to go with a lot of different siding colors.

Oh absolutely, autumn.4 - the same roof will look different if it's in full sun or if there are many large trees shading it, cloudy day or sunny day. I love the color of your roof and it does look completely different than Amber's for whatever reason. The w.w. is what I thought we should use and our architect said it would be ok, but not his first choice for us. He said it will be too monochromatic with our brick and gable end shingles and that we should go darker, weight the house more and carry the dark window color up. So he recommends dark gray/black. Okaaaay? - yikes! Our house will be in full on sun and the sky is often that incredible Carolina blue which I love in the sky but don't want any of it reflected on the house! Oh I don't know - and I have to make a decision really soon because the detached garage will be roofed LONG before the house. And don't even get me started on the window grills that have to be decided - like now :-/

Interesting that he thought the weathered wood is too monochromatic. I see all sorts of colors in it. If you have a lot of sunshine that dark roof is going to be a cooker. We had one on our last house and yikes (but then again this house is much better insulated and I am sure yours will be too).

I can see where if you have a dark window trims/grills vs white that would tie in well. I have nothing to say that will help except yes I can commiserate and yes I am so glad we are finished, lol. It's nearly impossible to pick off of little samples. Geesh.

I can't find a closer up picture of all of it's color or I'd post one. We did the house immediately followed by a barn. Lots going on for you!

It's not that the shingles themselves are monochromatic, but when we put large samples of them and the window color against our brick field wall and stood way back, everything blurred together. In a way I thought that was good - you know, everything works together. But on the other hand I see his point that something 'crisp' is needed with a sharper contrast. We won't have your crisp white trim - another thing that's giving me palpitations because that's my comfort zone. But I wanted dark windows and I don't think white trim on the gables etc will look right in our case - or maybe it will. Still decisions to be made there, too. I don't know anymore - couldn't even sleep last night and this is just color - I'm letting it get to me and that has to stop! Thanks for letting me vent - of course you understand!

DLM--my shingles were black (we thought), but absolutely do appear much lighter than I anticipated. So, at least in my case your architects theory is true.

what will your house look like? I'm curious. TY.

ILoveRed I don't know if that's good news or about your shingles or not but I appreciate knowing yours appear lighter. What brand/color shingles did you go with? Tried searching for pictures but when I search your name nothing comes up - sorry I can't remember which house goes with what screen name.

I haven't shown anything on our house plans yet - been avoiding it because we love it and I'm not sure I want to hear or have thick enough skin for the inevitable :-/ but you've asked before and there's no point in being a wimp, right? You can see from this view in our 3D program that we have a lot of roof. The hipped section is over the front door and will be metal - we hope. We had planned for all metal but backed off due to cost.

We put ours on a few years ago (Can't remember the name, but had the Pink Panther LOL) We chose a darker gray and it turned out exactly as I thought it would. Not darker or lighter than expected.

We have a white house, so maybe that's why? No other grays or browns on the house to impact the color of the shingles....

DLM..my house is ten yrs old. I've been here on & off for a long time. I built the house with GW help. Doubt there are any pics online at this point. We are selling it and building again. so I'm back again :-) I haven't posted the plan we are likely to build either. Just bits and pieces. I'm not that thick skinned either.

i like your house a lot. Very interesting how you did the shed dormer/lights on the front. Your house looks like my style. Especially like the front porch. Does it have a "friend's entry" on the back? Is that what I'm seeing there? Will that be brick on the bottom? Nice that you can see it in 3-d.

Maybe I will get the nerve to post my plan :-)

I'm hesitant to post pics of my present house. Here's a pic of the back to illustrate the roof thing. Message me if you want a front view. Just had pics taken for listing. South back...do shingles fade?? Thought they were black when I picked them out. Black shutters on front windows. No idea what the shingle is after all this time.

DLM and red - ohhh like it! Thanks for sharing even though I know it's hard. I never put my entire floor plan up because we were in a self induced rush and I *know* it could have been better but overall it's pretty darn good and it's ours. A build is kind of like a kid, a mother's love...

I just passed by a house on my way home (took a different route today), gray siding and stone, black window casings and a jet black roof. It looked quite 'heavy' to me. The roof looked really dark but it is a gray rainy day and possibly it played off of the window trim. I am not sure. I can try to snap a pic tomorrow but I'm not sure that would help?