A gorgeous roof and siding color combination may boost the curb appeal of a property for decades. That is why it is crucial to pick the correct match that fits the distinctive personality of your home.
These suggestions can assist you in locating a house and roof color combination that you will be pleased with for a long time to come, regardless of whether you are re-roofing your home, re-siding your home, or entirely renovating the outside of your home by installing a new roof and siding.
A good rule of thumb to follow when trying to match the color of your home’s siding to its roof is to pair a warm color with another warm color or a cooler color with another cool color. This is true even if you plan to keep the roofing on your home and replace the siding. Your siding and accent colors, as well as the colors of your accents and roofing materials, are all things that you and your neighbors may determine together.
It can be challenging to decide which exterior house paint colors would look best in 2022. Painting the exterior of your home is a significant financial commitment if you are a homeowner. Consequently, it would be best to search for a house paint color that is both classic and contemporary so that it can keep its curb appeal for many years to come.
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Most Popular Color Trends for 2022
It is important to ensure that the colors of your entire facade are coordinated before beginning any major renovations, such as replacing your siding, painting it, or installing a new roof. There is a variety of color options that, despite the fact that they seem nice together, can actually decrease the curb appeal of your property, while others have the potential to boost it significantly.
You can help ensure that the value of your home will be a wonderful investment by learning the fundamentals of color coordinating your roof and siding. This will give your property a more inviting appearance to potential buyers.
Because so many distinct color combinations may be used for siding, accent, and roof colors, the choices appear to be unlimited. When it comes to it, the only thing that can stop you is your imagination—or perhaps the restrictions of your HOA. Explore between cool, lighter shades, or warm shades.
Consider some of these beautiful color combinations for your home’s roof and siding as you work on the design and exterior of your own house.
A Traditional Colonial Style
When it comes to home and roof color choices, there is nothing more traditional than having a contrast between the colors of the siding and the roof. In this context, the most typical architectural style consists of a house with a stark white exterior and a black roof.
To get a dramatic effect, you do not necessarily need to use darker colors or bright colors; rather, you should increase the contrast between the colors of the siding and the roofing so that they can be seen to be differentiated more clearly from one another.
Try trying with lighter tones for a brighter appearance, or explore with darker shades for an impact that is more dramatic.
This particular classic color scheme for the roof and siding is typical of homes designed in the colonial style, which may be found all across the United States but are particularly prevalent in the New England region of the country.
Warm and Welcoming Neutrals
Warm colors will typically have an undertone or hue that is yellow, orange, red, brown, or gold, whereas cool colors will typically have an undertone that is white, blue, or green, or purple for a subtle appearance.
Over the past few years, dazzling white has been increasingly popular among homeowners, and for a good reason. A home’s interior and exterior can undergo a dramatic makeover with the application of the appropriate white paint. (In addition, it is an obvious choice for the classic farmhouse aesthetic!) However, in 2022, you should keep an eye out for warm off-whites and other colors that evoke a sense of coziness.
Consider taking inspiration from Benjamin Moore’s Color Trends 2022 Palette, which features 14 calming, muted colors, ranging from an earthy taupe to a traditional soft yellow. You might also give Sherwin-Williams’ Creamy SW 7012, another one of our favorite white paint colors, a shot for an off-white that is crisp without being overly stark.
Subtle vs. Dramatic
A home’s exterior can be given a look that is either extremely understated or very dramatic by the use of color; altering just one hue on the facade can significantly influence the home’s overall appearance. Therefore, deciding the look you desire is frequently helpful before beginning the process. Do you want the exterior of your home to be discreet and subtle, or do you want it to have more of an effect and be more dramatic?
In general, the final appearance will be more dramatic if you add more contrast to the exterior of the building. The end result will be more subdued and unobtrusive if there is less contrast between the different hues and more similarity between them.
A good illustration of this would be to pair a warm-toned green roof with a tan house to achieve a more demure appearance or to combine a very cool-toned blue roof with a tan house to achieve a more dramatic aspect.
Both of these color combinations would work well. To achieve a dramatic effect, you do not necessarily need to use vivid or dark colors; rather, you need to increase the contrast between the hues so that they appear to vibrate ever-so-slightly when viewed. Because of this, the two zones are differentiated from one another in a more pronounced manner.
Go Green
Think about using roofing and siding color combinations that offer a splash of color to give your home a little bit more character. Your house may have a traditional-looking roof, but that doesn’t mean the siding has to go in the same direction.
Consider using a vivid green as an alternative to a brown, white, or gray color, for example. Not only will it go well with a traditional roofing color, but it also has the potential to look fantastic on houses that are located in areas with a lot of vegetation nearby. Because of the green, your home will be able to fit in better with its natural surroundings and serve as a personal haven for you, just like it is possible with some of the other color combinations for houses and roofs.
Stone with Browns and Grays
It is unnecessary to restrict the house color combinations you can choose for your roof and siding to just one or two hues. Take things up a notch to create something a little bit more distinctive by incorporating two different hues and some stone elements into the overall design.
Stone is beautiful when combined in any color, but it really shines when grays and browns are used. Therefore, constructing a home in the mountain style by combining a brown roof, dark gray siding, and stone accents is an excellent method to add your own personal touch to the exterior of the building.
What Is the Most Popular Roof Color?
The most common hues chosen for asphalt roof shingles are various tones of black, brown, gray, and red.
Slate, wood, metal, and clay have all been used as building materials for millennia, and as a result, these popular shingle colors originated from these elements. Many kinds of roofing materials are available today, and each comes in a range of color options for roofs, including black, brown, gray, and even red.
When it comes to metal roofing, the colors tones of green or gray tend to be the most popular choices.
However, when it comes to metal roof shingles, or stone-coated steel roof shingles, such as DECRA, you have a much larger color palette that is very similar to the colors you would find in traditional asphalt shingles. This is because metal roof shingles and stone-coated steel roof shingles are both made of steel that has been coated with stone.
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When choosing a roof, some more factors to think about are the dimensions and shape of your house, the angle at which the roof slopes, the materials used for your siding, and the color of your roof.
A house that has textured siding or other materials like brick or shale would benefit the most from having a plain roof that is just one color and less styled. This would allow the siding or other elements to take center stage. Your home’s brick or stone facade could look unsightly if it has a patchwork roof constructed of shingles of varying colors.
A dark color could entirely take over and swallow up any light or color you wish to accentuate on your siding if your home has a large amount of roof surface area, which is why choosing a light color for your siding is important. A roof made of lighter materials would be less scary and blend in better with larger surface areas. If your roof has a lower pitch, a darker hue might look better on it.
1. Consider Your Trim and Accents
It’s not just your siding and your roof that you need to consider when coordinating your exterior colors; you also need to pay attention to your accents and trim to get the desired look. For example, having your trim coordinate with your roofing color can help create a very subtle and cohesive look for the entire home, allowing you to play around more with your siding and accent colors.
The trim can also be used to break up and create a mid-point between your roof and your siding as well. For example, if you have a very bold, colored home, such as a Barn Red, then any roof color is going to contrast it. By opting for a very neutral trim that can act as a break between the siding and the roof, you help quiet down the design and stop the contrast from becoming too stark. The key is to help balance the two areas so that one doesn’t overwhelm the other.
Trim can also be used to create a more vibrant appearance for your roof, and your siding colors are too similar. In that case, using a bold trim keeps your home from appearing too bland. Once again, the balance between the trim, the roof, and the siding is what makes the design work.
2. Play with Your Options
It isn’t always possible to tell how a combination of two or more colors will look until you actually see them together in the finished product. Because of this, it could be beneficial to make use of tools like Allura’s Color Visualizer.
Through this tool, you will have the opportunity to experiment with combining your current roofing material with any of the trendy colors they provide for fiber cement siding and trim. You can see for yourself how a bold trim might make a more subdued exterior pop, or you may prefer to opt for a hue of siding that has a similar tone to the roof, creating a more subdued external design. Either way, you can see how a bold trim might make a more subdued exterior pop. If you can imagine how everything will turn out, it will be much easier for you to settle on the colors used throughout your house.
3. Utilize Tools to Help Choose the Best Colors
Color matching tools
Companies such as James Hardie have developed a house color visualizer tool that may assist you in planning the appearance of your new siding based on the colors you choose, the material you choose, and the type of your home. If you are unsure of where to begin, you can utilize this tool. Examine it for yourself on their website right here. They also provide a beautiful gallery of siding inspiration that you can peruse and appreciate for pleasure or use to plan your re-siding project. You may use the gallery in either of these ways.
Color Wheels
If you want to get back to the basics, you should practice with a color wheel like you did when you were in elementary school. Canva.com provides a wonderful online color wheel that allows you to begin with the color you prefer and then examine complimentary, monochromatic, or other color combination options to get an idea. This is helpful if you have an idea of the color you want to use but aren’t certain about it just yet or if you want to examine your alternatives first.
Virtual Swatches
Virtual swatches, like the color matching tools and wheels, described earlier, can assist you in identifying color combinations that work well together and visualize how those colors will appear on the exterior or inside of your home. Most of the time, color specialists will be the ones to curate the virtual swatches.
The CertainTeed Color Coach provides consumers with a wide variety of alternatives from which to choose their desired color combinations. Using this tool, you may construct your own color palette for your home by beginning with the color of your roof, then selecting the color of your siding, and then selecting from among a variety of alternatives for accent colors.
Pantone Color Palettes
If you are still seeking ideas, you should check through the different color palettes that Pantone has to offer. Pantone chooses a color of the year and a number of additional color palettes each year, basing its decisions on trends in the fashion industry, home interior design, and other industries. They are an excellent location to spend some time googling for ideas to gain inspiration from their one-of-a-kind color combinations.
Get in Touch with Paragon Remodeling to learn more about house and roof color combinations
If you’re looking to increase your home’s value with a quick and easy remodeling project, coordinating the colors of your roof and siding may be the way to go. By taking advantage of the advice in this blog post, you can avoid common mistakes and make sure your home looks great from the street. Have any questions about coordinating roof and siding colors or other aspects of exterior remodeling? Get in touch with Paragon Remodeling today – we would be happy to help!
