Exterior Paint Color Combinations
Curated exterior house color schemes — each pairs the body color with trim, a front-door accent and details, in real, buyable paints. Browse by color, material or style, tap any scheme to open it as an editable palette, or try it on a photo of your home.
The best exterior house colours pair a body colour with coordinated trim, a front-door accent and details. Browse curated schemes below by colour, material or style — each in real, buyable paint with codes.
A good exterior scheme uses three roles: the body (the main color, ~60% of the house), the trim (fascia, window frames and corners — usually a clean lighter shade), and a front door accent that adds personality. Keep the body and trim in the same temperature, and let the door carry the boldest color. Always check colors outdoors — daylight shifts them.
Browse by color, your siding/brick material, or house style. Each scheme shows body, trim, front door and accent in real paints.
Every color maps to a real paint code, and the calculator estimates how much you need.
Our color tools run on our own catalogue of 26,000+ real paint colors across 16 brands — Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Behr, Dulux, RAL and more — with the color math (HSL and CIELAB matching) computed in-house, not scraped from summaries. Every color you pick maps to a real, buyable paint with its code, so what you see here you can actually take to the store. We review and update these tools and their data regularly.
Created by Denis Kataev, founder of DSGN.HOUSE — a software engineer and digital entrepreneur building professional color-design tools for everyone.
What are good exterior house color combinations?+
A good exterior combination pairs a main body color with a lighter trim and a front-door accent, kept in the same temperature. The schemes above are curated for exactly this — each in real, buyable paints.
Can I try a color on my own house?+
Yes — open any scheme and use the visualizer to preview it on a photo of your home's exterior.
Are these real exterior paint colors?+
Yes. Every color maps to a real paint across 16 brands with its code, so you can take the scheme straight to the store.
How much exterior paint will I need?+
Pick a scheme, then use the paint calculator to estimate the gallons for your home's size.