I was thinking blue as well, with a blue/gray deeper trim on the sashes and maybe highlight with either white or a rich plum. Your home is stately and needs to be strong (color wise) verses going too soft...I'm with your son on the all gray color scheme LOL but I do think a soft blue with deep gray would be gorgeous. This little cottage is what I'm thinking as a highlight color...it's plum, but with enough gray to be elegant and not obnoxious purple :) Here's a light blue, dark blue and the plum color together with white accents as well: I think it would stand out and yet still fit the house style for you. just an idea :) I have (somewhere) a picture of a house like yours as well...it's done in a pretty deep gad...not yellow, more gold, with a really rich amber trim. It was my husband's grandfathers home in MN. The colors together are pretty gorgeous, but it's classy...you could really screw that up by going too dark yellow and too red in the amber, but the two done right is pretty splendid....much more stand out than the blue and gray mind you, but still really gorgeous!

Thank you all for commenting! I am not planning on painting the brick, I like the color and painting all of it would be a big job. I can't do the windows right now, I will probably just paint them after the fascia is wrapped and the siding done to match the trim. Any other thoughts on colors? Particularly on the fascia, even though I am limited because I am having it wrapped in aluminum. Also, any suggestions on the landscape. Thank you again for taking time to share your advice! P.S. Is my house style MCM? I'm not sure how to classify it.

Here's a Georgian new build which is a bit similar to yours. As you can see, it's the classic Georgian red brick color too. Don't change it. It also has a front gable (what you call the triangular thing on the roof). I wouldn't change it either. Very expensive to do so since you are basically rebuilding the roof, and it won't improve the appearance of the house. You see there are no shutters either - your house has no room for shutters on some of the windows. The trim is cream vs white which you may consider if you are painting anyway, but I wouldn't go to the trouble if your trim is in good shape. Have a look at the railings. Black vs your white ones, and they go up the side. Metal looks best. That's the only change I'd make if you don't like yours. Or just paint yours black so they do not stand out so much. However, if you put side railings then the pots have to go somewhere else because someone using the railing needs to be able to hold the railing all the way up the stairs and not be stopped by the pots at the top of the stairs. You have a beautiful home.

https://www.homestratosphere.com/blue-house-exterior-ideas/ Sorry the original link didn't work. These are some that similar to my original suggestion.