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Design Advice for Accent Siding Color on Garrison Colonial

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I was hoping someone could give me some advice on what color to use for accent siding on my house. I currently have cedar shake siding that has seen its day. Right now the color is a dark brown.

We are looking to replace the shakes that we currently have with Certainteed Cedar Impressions 7" straight edge rough-split shakes. The color choices are pretty limited in my opinion. Right now we are torn between sable brown and mountain cedar. I'm also open to other options. The color choices can be found here. I have tried using the color visualizer on the website, but the colors do not really look like the physical samples that I have.

The last attached photo has our samples above the garage door - sable brown on the left, mountain cedar on the right. I am not sure if the mountain cedar would lend too much warmth to the house.

We are not open to redoing the brick or the roof, as they are both still in great shape. We also updated the garage door, shutters, storm doors, and front doors last year, so they will also be staying. Previously they were all the same dark brown as the shake siding. Our aluminum siding is a light yellow - I believe the color was called desert tan.

Thank you in advance!

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cat_ky
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The dark color brown? existing, is not a good match for your brick, nor your roofing and the other sample you have looks to be close to that color. The sable color looks to be a much better color for your house. It would help though, if you moved those samples out on to where it is light on the existing cedar shakes, since they can barely be seen up there in that dark corner.
Daisy C
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Thank you very much for your reply! You've made some great points about the brick and the roof. I definitely see how the lighter mountain cedar color picks up colors in both the brick and the roof. I'll attach a better picture as well! Mountain cedar on the top this time, sable brown on the bottom.
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Some color combos with your brick
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Daisy C
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Thank you for the mock ups! I'm not someone who can visualize colors easily, so these help tremendously! I really love that last color option - wow! You've given me a lot to think about.

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