I think that the particular gray that you've shown is not warm enough for the brick, and just a bit too dark. Look for a gray that has brown in it. I am surprised that a warm medium blue doesn't work. Judy's suggestion ^ is one of my favorite house colors!

I would go with a softer gray, gray-black or gray-brown - consider one of the multitonal blends - for the roof, also. Black just seems to harsh of a contrast with the brick. I am a big fan of various versions of Weathered Wood (and similar) because it is a pretty neutral blend that works with lots of colors.

ok, great ideas- i'll play with the roof tones too- definitely plenty of shingle options like you mentioned- we were just very committed to the black roof/charcoal trim/ blue siding thing, so got stuck on the black roof notion. definitely don't want a full brown roof, but one of those in betweens might do it. somehow the brick makes just about every blue look somewhat garish.

thanks, judy- i'll try more with some greens in that family- i threw a few on and didn't love what i was seeing but I'll play with that tone a bit more.

May be some kind of

or

I like taupe theme

Or mossy

celery girl, would you try using the same color as the roof? Warmer than the taupe you posted?

B.M. Alexandria Beige, maybe

Dk Gray roof

Dk Gray Trim

Charcoal Gray siding

Judy! I will try later, sorry have to leave now.

alright, this is what i was hoping for- some options to work with! thanks for tall of the mockups, celery girl! big help.

thanks, beverly- so you think we were on the right track, just back off on the roof a bit (charcoal vs black)?

Why do you think black is a good choice for a roof? I don't where you live but my summers are getting hotter. I would do anything to lower my heat load and and utilities bills. I like Pewterwood or Weathered Wood. Not too dark, not too light and allows you to select a wide range of colors. Also to my way of thinking, the roof selection is trying to come as close as possible to weathered cedar shakes.

Hi Beverly- I'm in Colorado, so half the year i'd like my heat load reduced, and half the year i appreciate the extra warmth coming in- 50/50 around here. We did a black roof on our last house and just really liked it aesthetically, so I think we started from there, but it's not as much of a slam dunk on this house due to the brick tones. There's currently a brown roof on the house that we don't like at all, but as you showed, there are some other options to look at for sure.

Here is my rendering what Judy asked for. Some warmer colors.

Chris, your first dark gray color is too blue. Since your brick is warm toned, you need a warmer gray tone (brown or black base rather than a blue undertone)

Try Kendall Charcoal, Chelsea Gray (BM)

or SW Urbane Bronze

Are you allowed to paint the brick? (Romabio would be a perfect choice)

It's hard to do gray with orange brick without ending up with a Halloween house.

Limewash it w/Romabio!

here are the warm gray tones

Ack. Houzz just ate my post. Let's try again.

I would paint all the trim to match the siding:

grover,,,it's been doing that constantly. I now copy my post (if it's long) before hitting submit.

I don't care for any of those combos. If the brick must stay as is, I like celerygirls warmer brown or tan shades (the one above my comment w/the gray color examples)

Wow, thanks for all the input, everyone! Some great ideas to play with here. We could probably paint or limewash (after some deliberation with the HOA), but between roofing, skylights, and paint, we've got enough exterior renovations going on (this in addition to redoing a bathroom and kitchen at the same time). Might look into that in the future, but going to stick with orangey bricks for now. Thanks for cluing me in to the warmer greys- that's the kind of thing my basic design knowledge doesn't cover!

Be sure to go to a visualizer that allows you to choose a different roof, such as one of the siding/roofing manufacturers. Play with the different roof colors similar to Weathered Wood/ Pewterwood (every company makes a couple of multitonal, medium darkness choices) with different siding colors -- that should start to point you in the right direction.

I think getting the roof right is the first key to choosing the siding color that makes the brick look good. Some of the photoshops above don't show as well because the roof is wrong.

I have a house in the neighborhood that has yellow -gold stone facing, that had the siding painted very similar to, if not actually, Urbane Bronze, with cream trim - it looks very sharp!

Raee- the roof is tough. The visualizer i'm using allows me to put different colors of roof up there, and whenever I try something lighter, it feels washed out against the brick, just my proclivity I think. We started with black/charcoal, but playing with the warmer grey tones is making one of the multitonal black/brown roofs make more sense, so we might go that route. Getting the roof right is definitely the #1 priority as we'll be repainting every once in awhile anyway, but this new roof had better be up there for quite awhile!

I tried urbane bronze in the visualizer, but it feels a bit dark for the siding- might be a good trim color against a lighter warm grey if we go the dark trim route- I'm still torn there as well.

i take it back- urbane bronze works well with a lighter trim color i think, but feels dark with a dark trim color

If Urbane Bronze is too dark, there are surely same-toned colors in a lighter version out there.

Chris,,don't forget, that color is going to be outside in direct sunlight. I chose very dark charcoal, almost black, cement roof tiles. once they were up and the sun hit them, they appear light gray! So while Urbane Bronze may look dark in a photo, it won't be that dark once it's up. (besides, some contrast would look nice)

The best thing to do is get some samples and try them out on a few sides of the house. That's the only way you'll know for sure.