I like yellow doors, but I prefer a softer yellow, which might work better with the color of your house.

Or a tad brighter even, just not golden.

My house is actually very similar in color, I plan on painting our something similar to this

or something like Chesapeak blue by BM. Love the navy too...

A less bright orange is pretty stunning as well.

You guys are great. DH and I spent half the day pre-arguing about this. Finally, at an impasse, I decided to consult you all.

The issue is that out carriage house style double garage doors (which look like wood but are steel) have aged differently than the front door, so they no longer match. To keep the same color, I'd have to repaint both. I don't dislike the aged color of either doors, but I've always loved "fun" front doors so that was what started this.

I think you all have made me see why a fun, bright, door is probably a "miss." I have a quart of the Matisse, since that was the only way to test it. I'm tempted to go outside and paint RN! But we actually have someone doing some repainting for us now and I will ask him to do it. Esp for a front door, it has to be done right!

Love the first yellow, Lukki. Buttery. My original inclination was a color like Chesapeake Blue, but the paint store lady said it would look like another black rectangle compared to my windows. YMMV. Plus I think it really matters if you can use a bright shiny brass knocker; not possible w my doors.

I've always loved your door color against the white, but I gotta say, something outside of earthy colors really makes the doors stand out like a main entry should.. That Chiswell has me intrigued. Need to back up and look again.

Chriswell is my second vote. Pretty

I like your original color and the Chiswell.

This may be a bit bright for you but I love this color, SW Marea Baja.

More of an Earth shade? Not sure, think I like it. SW 6053 reddened earth.

Eta:

Blue to match the sky behind the house.

LOL, Ded, what day?

Jterri, thanks. Interesting coral color! I like that blue a lot, but I think I will take the current path of least resistance and try the Matisse aka Chiswell.

something outside of earthy colors really makes the doors stand out like a main entry should.

This is a point I forgot to mention. Our house is low, long and sprawling. Not even counting the doors to the pool/conservatory, there are 5 doors one could enter. None are solid. Some people don't know where to enter (an issue my landscape designer is working on a plan for). Having this door a unique color would help.

Another vote for a greyed out greenish blue. Or British racing green.

What colour is the underside of your porch roof? If it’s haint blue a little darker version of that would be interesting.

a popular color up here is hale navy.

Yup, its haint blue! DH reminds me we tried 14 shades before choosing that. But u make a good point. I should at least see how they play together.

As I said I'm not good at this but love the house. I like them all.

I like that buttery yellow as well...but Chiswell is pretty too. I think Robo has a point about a lighter shade of the Haint blue. I didn’t see that, but I have a porch and plan on painting the porch ceiling a lighter shade of the door.

I’m going to take a picture of a beach house near me with the most perfect door color. Stay tuned!

Weird, couldn’t edit my post. Anyways, here is the house:

(The ligh was strange the color looks off in the first picture the picnic tabes are the door color and more accurate )

there is a matching screen door on the side.

and the necessary accessory.

Very dark green? Or navy.

The pastel hues look flippant, iykwim, and some of the brighter, vivid colors make a white house look like a Little Tykes or Fisher Price toy. IMO.

There are many great choices, I do like the colors that don't drown out the hardware.

What about one of the favorite blue/green beachy colors like SW Sea Salt, Ben Moore Wyeth Blue, etc. Wyeth Blue Front Door

Jojoco and Bestyears, That *is* a pretty door. But OTOH I think it reads beachy, which is why I have a lot of it in our beachhouse. Thx for the photos, Jojoco

KSWL, A deep blue is what I went to the store in search of. I planned to pick up FNB Scotch Blue. It didn't wow me in person though.I also like some of the historical dark greens (love love green with b/w). But... the "paint store lady" convinced me not to go dark and I agree. As I said above, the facade has a lot of windows, which in the day read as black rectangles, and I don't want to add another black rectangle. It also hides the hardware.

I think front doors are "allowed" to be bright and vivid, but I just don't feel comfortable with it. It's kind of like you have to have a "why." I don't think a pastel-y color that is a little muddy looks too flippant.

It's a very fine line. I'd like something more noticeable than what we have, but I'm not a go-out-on-a-limb decorator, for sure.

Scotch Blue from FNB

PSA

It's a long thread but FYII have decidedI will have my painter try the paint I bought, Matisse Blue from BM's Grand Entry series, aka Chiswell Blue (since the former is not in their color visualizer tool).

Thank you all for your helpful input!

Are you considering the possible sale of the house while you look at colors? Some of the more off-beat colors might not be to your taste but might appeal to a large, young family whose taste skews more modern.

lol, never mind. We were posting at the same time :)

Yay! I think a blue will look great (as long as it's not too dark). I feel about orange the way you do about red plus I lean towards the cool tones so no red, orange or yellow for me! I just don't "see" them on your house either.

Hi Dee,

Yes, I am considering resale. I have no idea if we will sell and if so how soon that'd be. For now, my view is, everything we did is now 10 yrs old. I'm going through the house inside and out and identifying little projects that will give a refresh. Also trying to solve issues that I think may matter to buyers, such as the fact that if you are a first-time guest, you may not know which door to enter.

Ah, good news. I was going to say Matisse Blue, but that could be simply because he is one of my favorite artists. Ha. And the fact that I love that shade of blue on doors. Wonderful choice and I hope it works for you.

Honestly, I can't imagine any color would be a mistake on your beautiful front entry :)

There are so many pictures, but google "navy color front doors," then click on images. WOW. That's my choice!

Even Ralph Lauren has a pretty color, RL Club Navy

Looking forward to seeing the after! Honestly, I love vibrant colours on front doors but I was going to suggest sticking to your existing colour or trying the lightest olive for a hint of green. Your existing front door colour pairs so beautifully with your siding that it made it difficult to imagine another colour offering similar subdued sophistication.

Of those you’ve photoshopped, I like the Prussian Blue the best. Of the suggestions, I’d love to see lukkiirish’s suggested colors photoshopped. I like the colors she posted.

I still am in love with the muted blue gray you photoshopped early on. I think it suits your house perfectly. I do love some of the other colors shown but each house has its own vibe and yours reads elegant, serene and peaceful. I feel your home will appreciate that kind of a color.

Yaya- those are beautiful doors!!

I love the colors Lukki posted as well. I’m showing my age but I remember Lynette Jennings said something along the lines of ... Houses with yellow doors sell fastest and for more. I think red was 2nd but I’m not sure.

With your house, it has your vibe. A softer good taste.

Looking forward to seeing Matisse on the door, but I LoVE the Farrow and Ball blue. It might look different on your house, in your yard’s orientation, in thIs season (etc) than it does in the paint store.

My old house was brick and I had no idea what color to paint the door...then Lynette Jennings said it doesn't matter...paint your front door your favorite color. At that time, it was teal, so that's what I did and I really liked it.

So what's your favorite color? Your house is so neutral that all of the selections look wonderful. You said you moved the potted plants...so if you can't decide on a favorite color, maybe decide by what your favorite plant is to have there and choose accordingly.

F&B Vardo is a nice teal...F&B blue ground...F&B cook's blue...F&B dayroom yellow...F&B rectory red

Finally found the bottom -- just seeing this between power out and laptop in for service, but something along the line of the Matisse Blue would be my pick, so I look forward to seeing it. Can't claim any influence, but I'll be happy to vote my approval. And to consider that darker shade Terri posted for my son's front door. I told him I would help him paint or refinish it.

Thanks again guys! Let's hope the Matisse Blue aka Chiswell works because I had to buy a quart just to test it. Which is enough for the door anyway! I will update when its done.

I did "test" the front door blue against the haint blue ceiling. I think they work well together.

The black looks good against it as well. It adds a bit of punch to the look.

lol i hadn't even thought of that; that's DH's golf club which he is using to hold up the sample. But we do have black hardware.

The black does look sharp. What might look pretty cool is if you were to paint the door black or dark charcoal and change the hardware out for Copper or brass. Not what you have on your radar I know, but wow, look how sharp the copper and brass look.

I knew you had the black hardware but I didn't notice it against your current door colour but I did notice it against the Prussian Blue and really liked the look - just as I do with the Matisse Blue.

Lukki, the hardware is barn door hardware, like really actually for a barn door. These are not truly front doors in that they do not seal. They lead to a vestibule which has double french doors that do lock and seal. Barn door hardware for real barndoors does not come in different finishes IIRC and is far too costly a mechanism to replace

Any chance you recall the color of your haint blue? Would like to paint our screened in back porch ceiling.

We used palladium blue on the front porch ceiling, but not sure it would look right in back.

Yours seems less bright.

Gracefully, I love Palladian blue. My K cabinets have a beadboard back which was painted with a Palladian Blue wash.

But I digress... we tried, IIRC, 12 colors. Ended up choosing Martha Stewarts' Porch Ceiling, LOL!

It's discontinued but maybe it can still be mixed?

https://www.myperfectcolor.com/paint/58921-martha-stewart-c26-porch-ceiling-blue

I guess that won’t work then. LOL Sorry!!! Back to the Chiswell!

This color would work if you like it.

I like Chiswell blue, but is it really going to offer that pop a colored door should add when you see it from the street? It’s hard to tell from photos but it seems like it’s just a bit too subtle, too much gray maybe. What if you went a shade or two darker?

Providence Blue

The tipping point is that I have the Matisse Blue paint here. So i am painting it that.

I think, as others have said, a "pop" just doesn't go with the vibe of my house. I think my current color disappears, and I need something between "disappear" and "pop."

Well, I’m excited to see how it turns out. Maybe pop wasn’t the right word...but yes I agree...

Actually, your ventures into color options has made me question the colors I’ve chosen for my door...I should probably do some sampling myself.