While wooden roofs may look nice their practicality is lacking.
Grey metal roof with green siding.
The brick facade on this home was the starting point of inspiration for its color palette.
For a roof with shingles in a cool color like black or slate gray select a cool color of siding such as blue gray or green.
With roofing the color choice has a lot more to do with practicality than color and your options can be a bit more limited.
But by observing a few loose rules for achieving a bold or understated design you can achieve a good looking exterior that not only you but also your neighbors will likely appreciate.
A green metal roof can be a bit bossy limiting the home s body and trim color options.
Like siding there s a huge upswing in the color grey.
Color choice is personal of course.
Gray can have undertones of blue green or violet.
Here we see a muted green gray vinyl siding with black metal accent roofing a dark gray shingled roof natural stone with white siding accents and tons of thick white trim.
James hardie s colorplus palette can help you find the right siding color to match a roof in both a warm or cool shade.
Metal roof visualizer roofing siding accent picker.
For a lighter color metal roof you may consider off white colors such as beige.
Avon green hc 126 benjamin moore.
If you tell us which color you are considering for your siding i ll be happy to offer more.
Some homeowners are showing some clear color preferences though.
A bright lime green door puts a modern twist on the traditional home.
Metallic colors such as silver light gray light blueish tones and yes even white if your home s siding provides a good contrast with the color of the metal roof.
Gray gables plank siding ashwood trim columns creek bottom shake siding windows window trim door if you have chosen a black or gray roof for your home the gray may be dark medium or light gray.
The green siding makes up the majority of the homes walls but is broken up into section by trim stone and other accents.