It could be jarring but any of your options will work with SMQ.

Your external choices reflect gray tones, does that work with your stone feature which is also warm

siriuskey getting mixed opinions that I shouldn't go too warm with the render as that'll make the whole place too blended (hence boring).

All my grey tones are the warmer variations - thinking to go even lighter darker to give some variations to stone cladding.

@siriuskey something like this?

(Winter terrace, left and Winter fog, right)

Hi Bianca, hard to tell in a photo but Winter Fog appeals to me, what were you thinking

I prefer the Winter Terrace colour. Light and refreshing.

Thanks so much @siriuskey and @dreamer

Just wondering if the lighter shade will look like the base render boards.

Being the ultimate undecisive fence-sitter, I may grab a sample of something between those 2 colours just to be sure. Am leaning towards Winter Terrace as its always shaded (south-facing) so worried anything darker may come out dreary.

Here's the place with the render boards up and ready for paint!

I would recommend that because you are so unsure you either call in a Dulux colour consultant, they refund if you buy their paint. And or purchase a small pot of each colour, apply to a piece of render board approx 1m x 1m and stand up against the walls in different places and light/time of day to see how it changes. (or are you able to paint some of the wall that's plastered) My preference for the Winter Fog was that the Winter Terrace is too blue, For me Winter Fog relates better to the Grout in the stone Dreamers example shows a WHITE house, cheers

I just went online to Dulux and that shows the colour opposite to what I see via your post, Winter Terrace is paler which I prefer

https://www.dulux.com.au/colour/whites-and-neutrals/winter-terrace/

https://www.dulux.com.au/colour/whites-and-neutrals/winter-fog/

Thanks for taking that extra effort @siriuskey, yes it throws a bit of blue in that south-facing shade for some reason! Likely I'll put more warmth around it like warmer lights, terracotta, pink flowers, to get rid of some of that coldness.

I'am more of a concrete shade of grey person

Agreed, love more the naturalness of stone and neutrals!

If you have clear photos of whats getting painted we could have a Virtual Consultation to discuss colour schemes and then offer a digital render to see what they could look like on 📱

Thanks heaps @siriuskey

Thought I'd share what Dulux Winter Terrace looks like, was my safe go-to yet throws different tones which makes it interesting