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Front Door Color... Suggestions Please!!

last year

Hi,

I received so much help here earlier in the summer, hoping for just a bit more! Please help me with our two front door suggestions. We used BM Storm Cloud Gray, and Winter White for the trim. For some reason, I wouldn't feel good about black, but I'm wondering whether a brown, navy blue or dark gray? Any and all suggestions welcome!!

This last one is our mudroom door, so we have a porch with a front door, and a mudroom door. The painters still have to change the color of the screen door frame to winter white.

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girrlguide
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last year

Thank you for all the suggestions... @chloebud, yes, and I will go out tomorrow and try some samples out, including Tuscan Green, perhaps a deep plum, Hale Navy. Can someone give me an example of a Dark Teal that they think would work?

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chloebud
last year
I think navy could be nice.
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Lyn Nielson
last year
I would do a Dark Teal. not aqua.
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kelli_ga
last year
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Did you look at the Ben Moore shades of the storm cloud gray? The dark green shades might be nice but it looks like you already have one of those. You could go lighter too.

I am not a fan of dark brown paint over a wide area like a door. A brown stained wood door would work.

I’m not sure about the blue tones either. You could go warm (burgundy, rust, pumpkin) or matching darker green, or greige, or a shade of winter white.

I am painting my house green which is a more saturated version of storm cloud gray. Neutrals and warm colors work with it, blues do not.
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cat_ky
last year
Like Lyn Nielson, I would do a dark teal door. It will look very nice.
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Marylee H
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
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IMO the sidelights and the door are one unit and should be the same color I like the idea of teal but only on the actual entry door the other door unless you want guests going there should blend into the siding.This way the main entry is given some presence and steers guests to that door.You could even do a really awesome red.
chloebud
last year
I did look at BM’s link for Storm Cloud Gray. Maybe a stretch but it was the navy trim on the little hot rod that made me think it could be nice with SCG. I’ve also seen navy work with certain grays with green undertones.
kandrewspa
last year
I agree with @Marylee H as far as using Tuscan Green, which is a darker version of the body color. Navys and grays are too cool.
girrlguide
Original Author
last year
Thank you! @chloebud, I was thinking of Hale Navy... do you think that's too dark? @Lyn_nielson, were you thinking BM Dark Teal?
chloebud
last year
No, I don’t think it’s too dark, but it just depends on the lighting. You’d need to test it out. Colors can really lighten up with exterior light. It seems a dark navy could work best. I’m basing this on how the Storm Cloud Gray looks in your first pic here. For me, a dark navy could be nice.
chloebud
last year
Just wanted to say we went through choosing exterior colors late last year. It’s helpful and wise to consider any and all advice, but it also has to appeal to YOU.
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ffpalms
last year
How about a very deep plum to complement that lavender in your landscaping?
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ffpalms
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Timi M
last year
Navy or black. Or, very dark charcoal grey.
ffpalms
last year
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These are Teal and Pacific Sea, they are very similar to Hale Navy and Tuscan Green. I like all of them.

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