Best Exterior Paint Colors
Exterior paint looks two to three shades lighter and less saturated in direct sun than the same chip does indoors, which is why a color that felt bold on a fan deck often reads as merely confident on a house. These six hold their depth and undertone outdoors, from near-black trim colors down to the warm greiges that work as a full body color.
The most popular dark exterior color of the last few years, deep enough to read as near-black from the street but still visibly navy up close in full sun.
A near-black charcoal with a soft blue-green cast, common on a front door or shutters against a lighter body color.
The truest black here with almost no undertone shift outdoors, worth picking over Iron Ore or Naval when you want zero color drift in different light.
A warm bronze-brown popular as a full body color on modern exteriors, reads warmer and less severe than a true black at a distance.
A warm greige light enough to work as a full exterior body color, holds its warmth without going pink or too cool in shifting daylight.
A truer warm greige than Repose Gray with no pink flash, a safe body color choice next to brick, stone, or a warm-toned roof.