{"id":111511,"date":"2020-06-23T17:08:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.bhgrelife.com\/bhgrelife\/?p=111511"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:31:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T14:31:56","slug":"ask-a-pro-qa-choosing-the-right-exterior-paint-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.bhgrelife.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-a-pro-qa-choosing-the-right-exterior-paint-color\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask A Pro Q&#038;A &#8211; Choosing the Right Exterior Paint Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carson Arthur, outdoor design pro, shares some tips on how to chose the right paint color for a home&#8217;s exterior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am looking for some advice on what color to paint our raised ranch home. We&#8217;ve been living here 3 years and we are finally getting around to painting. It&#8217;s currently a faded tan color with rust color shutters and white trim. We live in an area with a lot of trees and the house is older. I would like it to be more modern and pop out with a classy chic look. I just can&#8217;t seem to decide on a color. Can you give me some guidance? We are getting new windows put in with white trim and would like to paint before the windows are placed. We also ordered a new front door, which is a dark gray referred to as midnight. I thought that color could match with any color scheme but I&#8217;m just all confused now and hoping I didn&#8217;t make a mistake. Help please!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sounds like you are doing everything right but are afraid to pull the trigger. Here are a couple of simple tips.<\/p>\n<p>Go get 3 testers of the following colors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black or a dark charcoal<\/li>\n<li>A rich tan like camel<\/li>\n<li>A neutral gray<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paint all three on the front of the house in big sections.<\/p>\n<p>Leave them for a week&#8230;.even if it looks crazy, trust me. After a week pick the palette you&#8217;ve grown to like the most. Now you have a simple starting point and can choose from all of the colors in those palettes.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun painting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><button class=\"more-link\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1261,"featured_media":111521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1591,111,9131],"class_list":["post-111511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-a-pro","tag-ask-a-pro","tag-carson-arthur","tag-exterior-paint","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ask A Pro Q&amp;A - Choosing the Right Exterior Paint Color - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our design pros help answer your questions about choosing the right exterior paint color for your home.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.bhgrelife.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-a-pro-qa-choosing-the-right-exterior-paint-color\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ask A Pro Q&amp;A - Choosing the Right Exterior Paint Color - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/stage.bhgrelife.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-a-pro-qa-choosing-the-right-exterior-paint-color\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Life\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-23T21:08:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-05T14:31:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/stage.bhgrelife.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_751934287-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ashley Allison\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ashley Allison\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stage.bhgrelife.com\\\/bhgrelife\\\/ask-a-pro-qa-choosing-the-right-exterior-paint-color\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stage.bhgrelife.com\\\/bhgrelife\\\/ask-a-pro-qa-choosing-the-right-exterior-paint-color\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ashley Allison\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stage.bhgrelife.com\\\/bhgrelife\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/52534c4f40381bdc059673d2d8f51adc\"},\"headline\":\"Ask A Pro Q&#038;A &#8211; 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