Help Willa Choose Paint Colors

[Willa]

The color opposite to yellow on the color wheel is purple, which I am reluctant to use. A more muted burgundy purple would look sharp with the yellow brick, though ?

Still thinking myself into a color headache.

[Manalto]

I'm not wild about purple either, but a muted wine color would be in the same neighborhood, and gorgeous with your soft yellow brick.

[Willa]

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I've been looking and can't find any pics of anyone who dared to go full on wine around the windows, doors, roofline, etc. Lots of cream houses with wine shutters and maybe a front door though.

I guess I'm trying to figure out the rules, then subvert those rules in a way that doesn't look horrible ?

Feeling this old school green, though:

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[Manalto]

The old-school green looks good on that house. I favor the warmer, botanical greens (moss, olive), which would harmonize with yellow. What about the other colors? I suggest going to a cheese shop; I bet you'd find a nice palette there. What about the salmon-coral-peach family? Muted, of course.

[Kashka-Kat]

Uh oh- you're not talking about painting the brick, are you? I guess my answer is contingent upon that information!

[Willa]

Uh oh- you're not talking about painting the brick, are you? I guess my answer is contingent upon that information!

No, I won't be painting the brick !

[Willa]

I found this business' portfolio, and their color sense and placement on fancy San Francisco homes really knocks it out of the park, every single time:

http://www.victoriapaintingrestoration. ... ration.htm

A couple of fine examples of many colors working together with nothing overpowering each other:

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[Manalto]

I agree on the first two. I prefer softer contrast (broken record here) than they have on the dark red and blue horizontal elements and keystone ornamentation. It looks less sophisticated, and accentuates details that aren't particularly interesting.

I don't know why I care, but I'm campaigning for you to use the color scheme in the middle photograph. I think it would look smashing on your house - with its unpainted brick. (1128 Haight is pretty great, too.)

Did I read somewhere that Victorian windows are always painted dark colors? That seems to be the case with successful color schemes.

[Gothichome]

Willa, having read 'Principles of decorating Design' by Charles Dresser I know the technical side of colour selection, being absolutely a colour moron I can not put two colours together. Dresser suggests picking a main colour, in your case the yellow brick. Then picking picking a colour directly opposite as a second colour, and for a third colour pick a colour from one third either side of the main colour.

[Willa]

Willa, having read 'Principles of decorating Design' by Charles Dresser I know the technical side of colour selection, being absolutely a colour moron I can not put two colours together. Dresser suggests picking a main colour, in your case the yellow brick. Then picking picking a colour directly opposite as a second colour, and for a third colour pick a colour from one third either side of the main colour.

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That brings me back to yellow + purple and either blue/green or red/orange = hmmm ?