It's actually an Alucobond aluminium composite sectional garage door I am after...I should have been more specific. ....Like this:

its been a long time coming but very happy with all the choices

Gee Jen, you make it hard without a photo! Without a photo I will have to rely on my psychic abilities to imagine your house... I would go with the same colour as hopefully somebody at some time considered how it looked with the rest of your house and hopefully it was a good decision at the same time. Sometimes the wood grain look cedar colours look too orange and really stand out. You don't want to make a feature of a faux finish as it is such a large area of the front of your house. But then again I am just relying on my psychic abilities - if the rest of your house is clad in wood-grain look, cedar colour metal panelling then your new garage door should match! Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls

I'd go Monument or similar for the gutters , the barge boards around the roof , the timber above the front door , AND the fence to the left ( okay , charcoal stain for that , but most people would guess that ) . I guess I should say that yes , I'd do the roof in surfmist or a light silvery grey -- well , I wouldn't , but I'm guessing you wouldn't like my choice of terracota , so I'll assume you are going surfmist . That existing garage door colour is roughly halfway between surfmist and monument , and I actually think it suits , so I'd keep that , but do the 3 window sills across the front in it as well . The windows I assume are powdercoated ali , and look to have a greenish tinge -- I'd keep that , or is they are easily paintable , maybe go the 'garage door' tone for the part that is recessed . I'd do big street numbers in stainless on the letterbox , maybe even get a signwriter to do a 'shadow' in the 'garage door colour' behind the stainless -- you could try and do it yourself , but I'm a bit OCD haha , and prefer to pay a professional $150 or so and get the lines really tight and accurate , but maybe thats just me . That leaves just one thing -- the entrance door . Me , I'd go Sunshine Yellow , but I guess most people would go an apricot , a mid red , even a light spearmint green if leaving the windows as they are . Add something that ISN'T any way related to grey .