Yes, I thought dark grey would look great before I read your whole post!

I think stick with the charcoal colour for most. I would do the cedar soffit colour on the stairs etc. Where are you located? This looks like Vancouver!

Happy Thursday anna R , Typically, accent colors are used on areas to highlight. Now, the color & character of your house is quite handsome, so the question is do you want anything taking away from that? With the colors you picked, the natural wood actually kind of fades away against your house, but the white balustrades & still make sense. Painting the actual handrail & steps (especially white) is going to require yearly upkeep. You could try something similar to this photo I found - staining the handrail & steps a tone or 2 darker than they are already & keeping the stringer, balustrades, etc. white to tie it all together. This would make the stairs fade away against the brick, keep them easily maintainable & still add that final flavor to your home. Nice job on the rest of the house by the way. If you'd like to talk more specifically about anything else you have, we give a free 15 min. strategy session for every project -hit us up! Thanks, -frank

You need to come up with a whole house plan for color. I would find an outdoor rug you really like and pull colors from there. And vinyl takes paint great and it lasts. Since you like the White House color, you could use the colors from the rug for accents.