Traditional Exterior Paint Colors
When it comes to traditional house colors, it’s really going to depend on the style of the home to be honest. The time in which your home was built and designed, will always have an influence on which exterior colors are the most popular, as well as the most traditional. Exterior paint not only has to do with the body of the house (back, front and sides) but it also has to do with things like trim on the house and accent colors. Accent colors are things like the roof, porch, door, shutters, etc. Below, we will be going over different styles of homes, as well as traditional colors for each style of home.
Cape Cod Homes
These tend to be smaller homes, and yes, by definition, they also tend to be by bodies of water. But, these days just about any home can be considered or defined a Cape Cod home to be honest. If you have a Cape Cod home and you want to create traditional color schemes, you are definitely going to want to stick with whites and colonial blues. Accents on these houses can vary from the bold - reds and greens, to the subdued - blues and light yellows. The story goes that these types of homes were originally situated at the edge of the water. They were painted the way they were so that fishermen could see their way back to shore with the brighter hues of the houses. Today, even in states such as Florida on the bay, homes are created with bright and beautiful color schemes, even though the colors aren’t used for fishermen.
Victorian Homes
Any type of Victorian styled home tends to have 2 stories, and those two stories are quite large in comparison to something like that Cape Cod style homes. These types of homes also tend to have large windows and decorative accents and embellishments on the home. Victorian homes, even ones that are being remodeled today, still tend to use the same colors as yore. These colors can range from pastels like mint green, pink, light yellow and purple, to more deep and rich colors like forest green, grape purple, wine red and deep navy blue.
Tudor Homes
Not a lot of people know this term, but essentially it’s a type of home with steep pitches and various textures on the exterior of the house such as natural stone, cement or even stucco. When it comes to being more on the traditional side, accent colors will be darker in color and the reason for this is to bring out the natural and very unique features of the Tudor style home. Most of the traditional colors you are going to see on a home such as this are going to be neutral tones, softer grays and of course tans - these are going to be used on the foundation or the body of the home, while for the accents you are going to see a lot of very dark hues and colors such as blacks, dark reds, dark blues, greens, etc.
Colonial Homes
If you saw a picture of one colonial home and one Victorian home, you really wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. However, there is one main difference and that is that Victorian homes have really ornate and detailed features and accents, while a colonial home is not going to have this. You will see the usual two stories, and they tend to be rectangular in shape instead of squared off. The front entrance to these homes is probably going to be where you are going to see the most details, and even then it’s not going to be anywhere compared to the Victorian homes. Colonial homes tend to lean more towards colors likes white, blues (especially deep blues), deep greens and even yellows.
Cape Cod Homes
These tend to be smaller homes, and yes, by definition, they also tend to be by bodies of water. But, these days just about any home can be considered or defined a Cape Cod home to be honest. If you have a Cape Cod home and you want to create traditional color schemes, you are definitely going to want to stick with whites and colonial blues. Accents on these houses can vary from the bold - reds and greens, to the subdued - blues and light yellows. The story goes that these types of homes were originally situated at the edge of the water. They were painted the way they were so that fishermen could see their way back to shore with the brighter hues of the houses. Today, even in states such as Florida on the bay, homes are created with bright and beautiful color schemes, even though the colors aren’t used for fishermen.
Victorian Homes
Any type of Victorian styled home tends to have 2 stories, and those two stories are quite large in comparison to something like that Cape Cod style homes. These types of homes also tend to have large windows and decorative accents and embellishments on the home. Victorian homes, even ones that are being remodeled today, still tend to use the same colors as yore. These colors can range from pastels like mint green, pink, light yellow and purple, to more deep and rich colors like forest green, grape purple, wine red and deep navy blue.
Tudor Homes
Not a lot of people know this term, but essentially it’s a type of home with steep pitches and various textures on the exterior of the house such as natural stone, cement or even stucco. When it comes to being more on the traditional side, accent colors will be darker in color and the reason for this is to bring out the natural and very unique features of the Tudor style home. Most of the traditional colors you are going to see on a home such as this are going to be neutral tones, softer grays and of course tans - these are going to be used on the foundation or the body of the home, while for the accents you are going to see a lot of very dark hues and colors such as blacks, dark reds, dark blues, greens, etc.
Colonial Homes
If you saw a picture of one colonial home and one Victorian home, you really wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. However, there is one main difference and that is that Victorian homes have really ornate and detailed features and accents, while a colonial home is not going to have this. You will see the usual two stories, and they tend to be rectangular in shape instead of squared off. The front entrance to these homes is probably going to be where you are going to see the most details, and even then it’s not going to be anywhere compared to the Victorian homes. Colonial homes tend to lean more towards colors likes white, blues (especially deep blues), deep greens and even yellows.