help please - need blue for front door - house exterior is Dorian Gray
I want to paint our front door blue. The exterior is SW Dorian Gray and trim is SW Pure White. I need some guidance. I know SW Dorian Gray is in the yellow hue family and I need to find a blue that complements not clashes or falls flat. I don't want a ultra dark door. Which of these colors work best with Dorian Gray? Initially drawn to turquoise and green/blues but that was before we choose Dorian Gray (limited exterior color choices) and the turquoise green/blues don't seem to work that well together, at least to my eye.
Colors I am considering and my thoughts :
SW Grays Harbor - this is a beautiful blue (it is used in our business in our waiting room and it's lovely, but paired with Amazing Gray)
SW Rainstorm
SW Waterloo
SW Tempe Star - maybe a bit too much green in it
SW Mineral Gray
colors we looked at but not quite right:
SW Charcoal Blue - i like the overall color but it's took dark -
SW Naval - though dark, it's seem too bright
SW Cyberspace - really pretty but too dark and husband thinks it looks purple
Attached is a pic of the front of our house. The sidelights will be trim color. Only the front door itself will be 'blue'. The picture shows the bottom band partially white, we have changed it and it is now the house color. I didn't care for the 'outlined' look.
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Comments (9)These comments are so helpful. THANK YOU! @Patricia Colwell, why not blue? @Jilly, I'm delighted you suggested Bella Blue. It looks beautiful in the picture you posted. And we have a cat named Bella, which would be a strange reason to paint our whole house Bella Blue, but still... ;) @cat_ky, thanks for the input on the reddish trim. It's funny, my husband hates it but I have liked it. (We bought the house this way so did not select the colors.) @Circus Peanut, thanks for these suggestions. I will check out Bunglehouse Blue on the visualizer. @Greta Greite, what would be your first choice? We don't want something completely neutral like tan or gray. Our street is very eclectic - lots of grays and tans but here and there there's a bright teal house, a dark red house, a yellow house, etc. @Angela Tollefson, I'm excited to check out Newburg Green. I would've been misled by the "green" in the title (just like "Gentleman's Gray" is actually blue, it seems). @Sabrina Alfin, I love the ideas about boxing out the posts. The paint altogether came off of the cedar as it is, so it's only a matter of time before that happens once we repaint. Thank you, all! And if others have more ideas, too, I'm happy to hear them. I am OBSESSED with paint colors right now....See MoreC DeV
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