Fairfield Painting Company

CHOOSING EXTERIOR COLORS

Below is a simple list of color considerations that may be helpful in choosing colors for your exterior painting project. Fairfield Painting clients enjoy custom color consultation based on the color groups they are considering. Our extensive experience enables us to quickly recommend color combinations and to direct customers to sample homes within specific color groups.

• Inconsistent wood grain or texture on shingles or siding significantly effects its appearance. See Texture Considerations for examples.

• A flat or matte finish minimizes the appearance of surface imperfections.

•Darker colors usually minimize the appearance of surface imperfections.

•Darker colors give the illusion of making houses smaller.

• Lighter colors give the illusion of making houses bigger.

• Contrasting colors on body and trim can have the visual effect of chopping a house up and making it look smaller.

• Consider the color of your roof and the effects of sunlight and shade on your color.

• De-emphasize unattractive elements (i.e. attic vents, downspouts, low quality woodwork.) by painting them the same as the body.

• Emphasize attractive elements (i.e. outstanding woodwork, shutters or decorative siding) by painting it a contrasting color and or by increasing its sheen.

A Word About Yellow.
In our experience we have encountered more color selection mistakes with yellow then with all other colors combined. Yellows have a nasty tendency of appearing much brighter on a house than they do on small chips or samples.

After making an initial color selection, you may want to confirm it by taking our Exterior Color Tour.

FAIRFIELD PAINTING CUSTOMERS CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR EXTERIOR COLOR CHOICES.

FAIRFIELD PAINTING COMPANY
333 Cornell Road
Fairfield, CT 06825
Phone: 36-PAINT
(367-2468)

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