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Please help! Exterior color scheme for my colonial home needed

last year

We replaced the windows & front door recently & now need to repaint. I want the new paint tones to be more on the cooler side than what I have now. The second photo shows more of the stone wall with tan & gray stones. Third is back side of house.

Two options I'm considering are a pale blue gray body with darker blue shutters or a taupe color body with blue shutters. I do want the door to pop more- maybe a plum shade?

Thanks for any ideas :)

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HU-187528210

last year

If you want blue I’d do a creamy white base with light blue shutters.

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dawnmhu
last year
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https://images.app.goo.gl/CQ9canVdz18fvgEZ9

This color scheme would work with the white widows you just installed. What about a yellow door? Like the current color. I've seen a buttery yellow with this color scheme and it's lovely. Best of luck to you.
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JudyG Designs
last year
My favorite house on Nantucket…love tone on tone white.
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houssaon
last year
I would pick a pale gray or tan from the stones. The shutters could go darker.

Awful name, but a cool gray:

This is a great gray with green undertones. It looks good with very dark green, almost black, shutters.
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Melissa R
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visuals

SW Charcoal Blue SW Heart Throb

SW Roycroft Pewter

SW Snowbound and SW Kimono Violet
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chloebud
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I like houssaon's suggestion to use the stone. Any of those color examples would look great with black shutters.
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dawnmhu- the link doesn't work.
chnh
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JudyG designs- Love that house! I didn't even think of tone on tone (which I love!!)
chnh
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houssan- thanks for those color suggestions! What brand are they, please?
chnh
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Melissa R- you do a much better job "painting" than I do ;)
houssaon
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They are Benjamin Moore. It is the brand I've used for decades.
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dawnmhu
last year
https://www.homestratosphere.com/blue-house-exterior-ideas/

Sorry the original link didn't work. These are some that similar to my original suggestion.
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Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
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White on white would look good
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