If your home is in a desert or other sunny area as is likely for a white roof try blending with the surroundings a little while also bringing out the best features of your home.
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Not for the faint hearted but can be fantastic and are perhaps underutilized.
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These are tricky and done wrong more often than not.
Conversely light and white roofs which reflect heat are good choices for warmer regions.
If you cut the house frame with white.
If you have a stone or brick house choose your roof colour very.
In general dark color roofs retain heat and are well suited to cold weather climates.
Black or charcoal colour roof works on this house because the design is not roof heavy.
The above house has so much roof that it makes black a bad choice.
In general roofs last about 20 years so you might be stuck with the shingle color for quite a while.
A white beach house with red trim topped by a blue roof completes the nautical theme.
Of course the heavy blotchy look of the decorative stone and black trim combined add to the bleak feel of this home.
Those are just a few examples of how a home s style and setting influences roof color.
Blue with blue is generally not a good idea.
For mountains cliffs and ravines select greens grays and browns.
It will make the house look soft and gentle or if you choose a cream light brown gray schemes.
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Be consistent with neighborhood standards.
Like a loft style with gray concrete walls or even pastel cottage houses.
You ll be living with the roof for a few decades hopefully so spend time reviewing your roofing options and coordinating roof colors with the color of your home.
Rich tans and terra cottas look good in these surroundings and the white roof adds contrast to the deeper tones making the home look less dark and heavy.
This home which deftly matches a deep green gray with a lighter tone also relies on an orange red hue found in the copper roof accents and repeated on the wood front door.
Chad baker jason reed ryan mcvay photodisc getty images cropped every landscape suggests a rich palette of colors a neighborhood of trees forests and shrubbery invites deep greens moss colors browns and russet.
Green roof with green house is next to impossible.
And for deserts a blend of oranges reds golds and.
That tone carries over onto rooflines and side doors to provide a continuing color line for the eye to follow.
In general stay away from the bolder brighter reds.
Not much easier than green.
Your roof is one of the most important parts of the exterior of your home and choosing the best color for your shingles will ensure that your home looks beautiful.
Dark gray roofs can match with many house exterior colors.
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