No the outside fixtures absolutely do Not have to match the door hardware.

Oh, wherever things can possibly be complicated or delayed, I'm sure to find them! I was looking for advice firstly with the right "look". Once I knew what I "should" be aiming for, I figured I could fudge or approximate it somehow, depending on what the contractor told me/was willing to do. If nothing else, I now know what I need to aim for. The black option that I posted above is pretty wide, so I thought that would help give the impression of being wider-mounted, and in fact it's from a line called "Old Sturbridge", which should read traditional/colonial enough for the house. I also thought I had a better chance of using the existing wire hole to satisfactory effect if I got a down-arm or armless lantern. But maybe it's too authentic for a revival house and only really works on 1700s saltbox? The paint is alligatored and we aren't replacing or sanding the siding, so I was going to go with a sort of dark color to try to camoflage the condition. But now I'm rethinking that, in light of Teacat's suggestion that I make the entire surround off-white. I wouldn't want a lot of contrast on the house, so if we do whitish trim we'll go for a lighter colored house. We did sand (with a palm sander!) a house once. But that one was already down to bare wood in some places. This house has been painted at least once since it started cracking; the alligatoring is now effectively preserved for the long run. We are older and less ambitious now.

Sorry, I know this is old but we are trying to pick our exterior colors and considering Dorian with a blue door. The finished pic you posted is completely different than the color in the posted visualizer pic correct? I love they way yours turned out but I don't like the color that it looks like in the one visualizer comments.

I think your home could benefit from the addition of shutters. You might want to consider white or another color.