Here a trim piece off the grey shade structure to help give you idea of the actual color.

I'm an art collector and need all the help I can get with sun control inside to protect it. These are the awnings that will start over the corner window and wrap over the second window.

So a cool white? Here's the khaki colored scratch coat waiting for color coat.

no gray. not w/that style home.

since you have the Agave plants, I'd stick w/that color and the white

bring in copper and darker bronze accents

Plus these agave/patina-green accents like planters

here are some other color schemes. see if you like any of these

I have a similar style home w/charcoal spanish tiles, and I did the 3 colors on the right in the last photo

(are you in LA?)

Wow... thank you so much! I'm in Santa Monica. Those are my neighbors agave but I did give them to her a few years ago because it was something I want to see when I came out my gate. You might remember the high tech gray wood I found for the architectural accents around the place? I think that was you. Its finally going in and looks great.

I was hoping to change it up but the warm white it already is maybe the best choice. The swiss coffee looks a little richer though.

I've lived with white for 10 years. It gets dirty easily so I'd like to try to find a stucco color that masks some of the soot like streaking. I've found a stucco color company with an amazing array of colors. https://www.dryvit.com/inspire-learn/color-charts/standard-colors

What whites do you suggest I get my stucco guy to do a sample of?

I think any of the whites that lean toward the greens or blues would be nice.

I don't like any of the yellowish tones w/the gray wood accent or the agave blue metal color on the home.

any of these underlined would be nice

I'm about 40 miles east of you

I've got so much going on at the same time here! Floors, cabinets, stucco...oy. So funny you reference the Agave. I was out there with stucco samples looking for inspiration from it. There is a house up the hill by 5 houses and I've always liked the color design. What do you think about the green tone cement look? I held my shade structure trim color against the backside. No sure how I would feel if someone stole my color!

it's meh. I like the warmer white colors w/the agave blue trim you have. this cement gray is too blah and too cold looking.

why not get some samples and which one looks best? I used Behr Swiss Coffee on my stucco w/BM Wrought Iron on the trim.

OK I have selected a few choices that are three different stucco color companies offer.

I put the shade structure metal trim piece in to the agave plant to compare the colors.

The tan would be the body of the house. The gray is the shade structure and the galvanized trim, and the grey wood you see is going to be on several architectural accents around the property.

Just looking at your samples on my monitor, I'd pick Agate or Oatmeal for the stucco.

Those are my top color picks! A part of me might want to get a little bolder/edgier with the color though. This is a close up of my neighbors stucco color. It is appealing in person. You can see that the blue grey of the cement foundation is a different color entirely.

I've added a pic of my shade structure trim piece I placed next to the agave next door.

Not sure it's all that different from the scratch coat up on my property now.

Paul, your neighbors house looks nice but he has natural wood and blac accents. the wood helps warm up the cold look. and his landscaping is nice too.

you see how the stucco color ties in w/his wood door and the warmer, charcoal tones of that siding? I just don't think this would be the best color w/what you're showing us. (unless you plan to add some wood slat or accents??)

I wouldn't pick anything too yellow w/yours. the oatmeal if fine, the floral white one is too

stick w/the whites that lean toward the cooler side of the wheel instead of the yellow side. a creamier grayish tone is fine, just nothing w/too much yellow.

Wouldn't it be eaiser just to paint the stucco?

Beth is an expert and lives near you. I agree with her that leaning yellow would not be as good as leaning towards light blue undertones.

Swiss Coffee is a beige-ier white. Your stated concern is the stucco might “look dirty” but some of these colors will give the impression the house is already discolored because your trim is gray. Your neighbor’s trim is in a different family,

Stick to the white-gray-blue (i.e. cool ) color wheel.

Your house is gorgeous! With the copper accents and natural plants it will be incredible!

Thanks Beth & Red. I have some samples being made... I'll post next week.

Not sure my guy knows how to make samples. He admittedly messed up two last week and now my #1 contender... oatmeal, looks too dark. I get areas being darkened by 'burning' the stucco, working it over and over, but this non-burned area in pic 1 looks like the wrong base was used. They all look dark! Something is wrong here, right? They were done more than 24hrs ago so I would think they are totally dry.

what does he say? stucco takes awhile to fully cure. It should continue to get lighter.

are there any homes in the area he's done in this color that you can look at ?

You could always get close to the color you want, but then have it painted, no? I know it's more work/expense, but if he can't make it as light as you want, what are the options?

I hope to get 10 years before I need to paint. Probably too much to ask. He just got back to me and agrees that its too dark. He said he thought he might have burned it too much. He's going to redo the samples and I'm having him do floral white, just in case.

ok that's good. hopefully it comes out lighter.

as for paint, we live in the same region. I can easily go 10 years w/o painting my stucco. In 35 yrs, I think I've painted twice (maybe 3,,can't remember) But it was only because I wanted a color change, not because it needed to be done.

Here are some clearer pictures with the siding wood and metal trim on my house. Suddenly I like the gray metal color!