Agree on no brown roof. A pitfall with the brown is that many of the brown colors skew pinkish and will look horrible with your brick and most of the siding colors you will find. You won’t notice it until it’s up on your house when it’s too late. Also agree no shutters on the large windows on the right. Post photos closeup of any roofing color samples you are considering as well as closer photos of the brick. In the same light if possible. Then you will need to get small paint samples of the siding colors you think will work, painted up on posterboard at least 1 ft. Sq. to compare to the brick/roofing. You can’t tell anything from the 2 inch color chip.

Keep the shakes! They lend your house character and texture and are fitting for the style. I think it would be bland without them. However, that doesn't necessarily mean you need to keep them stained. Paint is always an option. White is always a classic choice and never goes out of style, whether you keep the shingles stained or not. Greys have been around for some time now and may begin to look dated sooner than you'd like. One idea that I have been loving a LOT is to go darker. Just an idea! Best of luck!

We painted some samples on the house and now we are leaning towards Sherwin Williams Backdrop on the body of the house. We like that it looks a little grayer than Warm Stone. We feel like we have to go with something at least that dark because the house is surrounded by trees that drop a ton of stuff on it, and we have the Georgia red clay to deal with, too. Now we are struggling with deciding what colors the garage doors, fascia and gutters should be. Should we use the window trim color (Morris Room Grey) or use the body color (Backdrop)? We have plans to replace the garage door and roof eventually, but we need to figure out what looks best for now until we can do that. All advice is welcome!

thank you for the thoughts - very much appreciate it!... I'm glad i'm not the only one who thinks brown would look odd... the color on the house right now is a very, very light cream - - i think the picture is representing the color wrong right now, as it definitely doesn't have a pink hue... i'd say its a standard tan, with an even lighter, off-white trim color... my wife is insistent about not going all-white, with fear of how dirty it can and/or will get. however, the several comments about white do help make me feel better that i'm not the only one who doesn't think a dark color will work, and a light tan/cream will be the right choice. ultimately, i foresee us landing on something like the below photo, but hopefully with a little less yellow. it might be the common choice, but its tried and true and looks great, imho. https://cdn.jhmrad.com/wp-content/uploads/mediterranean-house-color-schemes-exterior-keboconstruction_152212.jpg