Looks like you have it thought out. I would suggest picking your roof color before you pick your paint color. Paint color is much easier to change over the years. Personally, I would pick a very neutral shade such as grey or black (like you suggested). This way you have many other color options for the color of your home as time goes on. You can find a beige/grey to soften the red in your brick. Versus a cooler grey (Wow that looks really blue next to the top one- but when by themselves, they both look more grey) It will be nice to see how your roof impacts the look of your home over the course of the year and throughout the different seasons. I am not sure where you are located but a north facing home, in the northern US, a grey will take on more of those blue tones. Yes, I would make those attic vents blend in. I am not sure that I helped any. Good Luck!

Please post pics of your home so we can see what you have now. You can post the pics here in the comment section.

no. that yellow is the culprit. I'd change that before I'd change the stucco color I have a similar style home and did Wrought Iron on all of my trim, Swiss coffee for the stucco see the darker trim color and how it works w/the red roof and white stucco? this is beautiful Bonus, the darker trim will play well with your window color similar roof w/more of a greige stucco and white trim notice the darker accents on the door and fascia. lose the yellow!

Hi Beth, I do like shakes on the gable end of some of the houses around here. Our pitch is very low, and I wonder if it would look funny with such a small section having shakes. At this point, we are sticking with the t1-11 until in a few years we can stucco. By that time, the house will have another room off the lower floor and also a porch, so it will look like a totally different house. Thank you so much for the color palettes!