Siding: How to Choose Your Splash of Exterior Color

by Jessica Andrews-Kunst DRE #01999308 05/15/2022

A home’s exterior is its first impression. From the way the curb appeal ensnares passersby and potential buyers to how your home presents to your community HOA, exterior features are areas to consider carefully before altering or adding enhancements, including your home’s siding. While it may be tempting to splash any color across your home, take a moment to consider what you really want out of your home’s siding aesthetic.

Here are a few colors to help kick-start your project.

Grays

Gray is a novel and wholly neutral color by itself. However, the various shades of gray, though still neutral, could add an astounding amount of depth to your home. Some of the most enticing colors include charcoal, dusty gray and gray-earth tone hybrids.

Grays are easy to find, simple to pair with accent colors and typically accepted by most HOAs.

Earth Tones

Another safe but easily paired color palate involves earthen tones. Earth tones are great for applying to home siding because of their ability to blend with their surroundings, such as trees, dirt or shrubbery. Also widely accepted by various HOAs and other neighborhood associations, earth tones are easy to come by and can be a benefit when adding textured siding or living features around the exterior of your home, like a living wall or vertical gardens.

Earthen tones comprise greens, browns and soft burnt oranges. Some may also include gray tones and all seem to take deep red accents well.

Black

If you’re looking for something a little bolder and don’t want to go with a borderline offensive color hue, try black. Black is a bold color that can blend well with just about any color scheme. Offset with softer, brighter colors, black can help your home stand out while providing you with a near-blank canvas for your exterior home accessories.

Because black is such a bold statement color, make sure that you’ve gained approval before adding it to your home’s exterior siding.

About the Author
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Jessica Andrews-Kunst DRE #01999308

Jessica Andrews-Kunst is an accomplished Bay Area agent who brings a strategic yet personable approach to the home buying, home selling, and investing process. Drawing from years of experience as a Sonoma County entrepreneur, Jessica has built a reputation for her refreshingly friendly customer care and proven ability to guide buyers and sellers both to obtain the best real estate value streamlined to their individual expectations. Whether it is pursuing a family dream home or as assisting a seller toward a researched, smooth, stress-free, sale of their home, Jessica enjoys helping people navigate through this sometimes complex process. A Bay