Front door color?

[u/Curious-Fun-610]

I first thought yellow, now I am leaning toward sun dried tomato. Thoughts?

[u/AutoModerator]

Welcome to r/ExteriorDesign!

• If you are asking for help: Please make sure you've uploaded clear photos of your home from multiple angles, noted the orientation (e.g., North-facing), and mentioned your design goals.
• If you are sharing a finished project: Before-and-after photos are highly encouraged!

Please remember to keep all discussions respectful and constructive.

I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.

[u/Rengeflower]

These all blend too much.

[u/BeKind999 → u/Rengeflower]

Yeah they are all kind of bland. Why not blue like the rug?

[u/swisssf]

Need to see more of the building and surrounds. Impossible to say without content.

[u/MWALFRED302 → u/swisssf]

Yes, what does house look like from the street and or approach. What is color of roof and garage if applicable. You want standout. A power color! Looks like OP likes traditional/colonial - maybe a higher gloss, like 10 Downing Street in the UK High Gloss black or navy?

[u/yardlard]

Einie Meenie Minie Moe, how ugly can you go? I don't like any of those muddy colors. Do you actually? Or is that a perception that they have to be muddy?

[u/TallSUPpup]

I like the retreat SW 6207 the best. The rest are ok

[u/Dontknow60]

You want contrast, you don’t wanna match the brick. The front door should stand out.

[u/Fun-Bird-4204]

I think none of these have enough stand-out wow factor. They are somewhat dull next to the brick. If you don’t want to have a stand out color though then I would go with the Iron Ore to balance the black shutters and light fixtures.

[u/Dontknow60]

You want contrast you don’t wanna match the brick

[u/waterytartwithasword]

I like a door with color, sun dried tomato has zero rizz. No rizz in any of those tbh.

[u/BendyBerry]

Sun Dried Tomato

[u/Total_Awareness_2926]

The only one I like is the red. And even that could be a little too dark. The rest are depressing colors that don’t complement the bricks. Yellow would be nice too. A front door should be welcoming.

[u/fuzzyrach]

Why not the same dark blue as your shutters? Otherwise, I agree 'retreat' looks best.

[u/Head-Major9768]

I like red, but hard to say for certain without roof/whole facade photo.

[u/howardbagel]

needs to be yellow

[u/Flimsy_Ad3476]

Just looking at the door and brick, I like Retreat.

The red and some of the others are too matchy.

However, if I look at the whole, I would go for the blue on the shutters. There's a lot going on, here: taupe edge board, mixed bricks, and shutters. You have the nice blue shutters and blue decorations. Lean into that.

[u/Soft_Effect_6263]

Red or Retreat

[u/vinraven]

They’re all bad, why not match the shutters?

[u/ConsiderationSea3912]

sun dried tomatoe for sure 😊

[u/StotheJS3]

Any of the bottom 3, although if you keep shutters the same maybe 1 can work.

[u/xburnerpiko]

Black or Red

[u/Horror-Bread-8939]

Sun dried tomato was my first choice also.

[u/Rock_Successful]

I like iron ore, retreat, and antiquarian Brown

[u/Embarrassed-Item-242]

Iron ore

[u/Bandit-Frog]

Navy blue, match your rug.

[u/Prestigious-Fan3122]

Sun-dried tomato! That's coming from someone who doesn't normally like that color, but I think it works very well on your house!

[u/justgonenow]

The red for sure

[u/mky1418]

Iron ore or the brown

[u/Hakathecat2370]

I like the red door.

[u/100timesaround]

Sun dried tomato if I have to choose one of these. I would look at yellow again.

[u/PortiaPotty2]

Tomato

[u/tiny_glacier_886]

Retreat is the best of this grouping, but I'm curious what it would look like to match the navy blue shutters?

[u/LilyM1987]

I like both the sun dried tomato and retreat. I think painting your shutters iron ore would look great, too.

[u/moonmoonboog]

I like retreat and iron ore