Thanks Leslie. Am now thinking of Dune walls with white window/door frames. Windspray was my original choice but I thought the colour might be too close to the colour of the zinc?

If you have zinc on the roof why not also use it on the walls? Putting a colorbond colour on the walls may look strange? Use other feature such as the doors, facia, gutter and windows to add colour and interest.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys! We are building this as a shed home on a block in the country, so zinc roof and walls could work, or it could end up looking like a shed! But potential to spice it up with wood decking, feature windows etc as you said. Thanks again!

My only thought is do you want your house to become invisible on the landscape and if so look at the colours of your landscape or do you want something that stands out and makes a statement?

Hi Jess

I built a place two years ago which had Basalt corro on the walls with a Surf mist roof. This colour would work well with zincalume. We used anodised aluminium windows which would also match with the zinc.

Be careful using too light colours as the corro shows up the dirt particularly with horizontal sheeting.

Rob

We want something that blends in, but because it's a zinc and colourbond shed home, I want to choose a colour that makes it look more like a house and less like a shed.

I was looking at basalt but my husband would prefer a lighter colour for keeping the place cool in summer.

My original choice was windspray but I'm a bit concerned it won't contrast enough with the zinc roof...but perhaps better than dune that might look too 'sheddy'...so hard to decide!

Thanks so much for your help, everyone, it is very much appreciated!

Windspray, Ironstone, Woodland grey or maybe Deep Ocean.

I love the idea of a red door and maybe some other red trim.

I love red with corrugated finishes, like this traditional Broome house (a model in the Broome museum!). Lots of much more recent houses there have these red and dark green trims, usually with light grey Colorbond walls.

Personally I would forget the dark green bits and have some small touches of chrome yellow with the silver, grey and red. Some commitment-free ultra-yellow concrete planters, with the option to be repainted in black on a whim.

I'm thinking of a neighbouring 1950s fibro house accessorised by a pale grey vintage Mercedes.

I personally like your suggestion of Dune walls with the contrasting white door and window frames. Dune and white look great together, particularly in a rural setting, and I think would look lovely with the zincalume roof.