Light Gray House Tan Roof

Follow some general color guidelines when coordinating roof and house colors.

Light gray house tan roof.

This is a popular choice and almost always bad. If your siding is tan or beige go for black brown dark blue or dark green roofing. These are perhaps the trickiest color to work with. If your siding is blue go for black brown white or grey roofing.

See more ideas about house colors exterior house colors house exterior. Black dark gray or brown shingles work with a red clapboard country home and can top red brick attractively. While wood comes in a variety of hues there are certain shingle colors that tend to look great with wooden houses such as black brown gray gray greens or even slate blues. For example if your home has a warm colored roof in a shade such as brick red or rusty tan pick siding in a similarly warm shade such as tan beige or brown.

Yellow with a strong brown roof is a very common mistake. Black can be too harsh but will work in limited situations. For a roof with shingles in a cool color like black or slate gray select a cool color of siding such as blue gray or green. If your siding is brown go for green blue charcoal or roofing in a different shade of brown.

Light olive house paint is attractive with those darker shingle colors. Tan shingles with a tan house. Red brick is sharp with a black or a vivid or dark blue roof and white trim gray brown or black roofs look good with green siding. A soft muted brown or the right color grey are your best choices.