Color suggestions

[pbarra1]

In the picture you can see that the builder installed a piece of siding that is a different color. Color matching after being out in the sun 15+ years is a no go. We are replacing the siding above the windows with scalloped siding. We will then use the removed siding pieces to replace those siding pieces that the builder installed that don't match. Also replacing the round attic vent with a triangular vent.

What color for the scalloped siding / vent should we get?

1) We can find the closest color offered by one of the siding companies.
2) We can match the color of the newly replaced shutters (navy blue).
3) Go with a third color, but what color?

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[rgG]

What about matching the white of the trim, for the new scalloped pieces?
How much of the siding above the windows are you replacing?

[btfc]

Generally, matching another existing color is what people do, and yes, the white would look better than the dark color of the shutters.

[Thrift Store Scott]

Since finding an exact match for the sun-faded lower siding will be nigh-on impossible, especially in a different style of siding, I'd go with a noticeably but not too much darker shade of the lower siding, maybe a dull light brown or tan color?

[davester]

I don't understand why you can't take a piece of siding to the paint store to have it color matched and then simply paint the new siding.

[lost in space]

I like Thrift Store Scott's idea. I think white would stand out too much. Maybe a shade lighter than the roof? Might have been nice to play off the shutters' color, but that would be too dark.

[rgG]

davester wrote:
I don't understand why you can't take a piece of siding to the paint store to have it color matched and then simply paint the new siding.

It is tricky, because the sheen changes, but I could’ve gotten a pretty close match, if I do say so myself.
I had to do that a lot for people making repairs and selling a house.

[Black]

3rd color for me. Are those shutters dark green?

[Diana]

Third color, perhaps picking up something that might show in the shingles; you could go with a darker brown, but still in the family of the siding color, or with lighter cream. Duplicate the color of the shutters for the vent, but only if you want to emphasize the vent shape (as I assume it will mimic the roofline in that portion of the house). If you don't want to emphasize it that strongly, then you can try a color similar to the current color of the siding but as has been stated before, that might be difficult to do.

Something no one has mentioned before, do you have another spot on the house where this treatment can (and probably should) be duplicated (i.e., another peak)? If you do, then you can get by with a more noticeable difference in colors (symmetry, amirite?) Esthetically, balance it out. Whatever you do, make sure it pleases you as you are going to be living with it.

If it were my house, I might look at a blue-grey, similar to the color of the glass in the window in that picture for the scallops. I might duplicate the color of the shutters for the slats in the vent, with a white border around it. Alternatively, perhaps the blue-grey for the vent with a white around it (mimicking the windows), with a cream on the scallops, similar to the siding color but different if I wanted to go lighter, or a darker browner beige if I wanted to go darker.

To mimic Todd:

Diana's not-so-subtle-artistic-view

[Rolando]

I grew up in a yellow house with dark trim.

How about a happy yellow?