Red with blue undertones. The dragons will be repelled

Yellow orange is my thought, your doormat is in that tone

Hi Danielle

I realise it's not on the feng shui list, but how about a lovely green front door - to compliment the plantings in the front garden?

For fun, add a bold red, grey and green dragon feature to the front wall!! - or a large planter with dragon design

or maybe this beside the green door

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Jade is a very Chinese tradition!

What about a warm deep taupe colour to compliment your paving and your white and taupe pebbles? It may not be a very bold colour but would tie the garden in with the house and would compliment the external colour beautifully. Your external walls are already a very strong colour statement so adding a bold contrasting colour on the entry door may be too much.

South facing I would have to agree with kbodman, red with blue undertones,or Thai red Door, these two colours work together to add a warm welcoming entrance

+heck out the red front doors on Houzz photos

I'm with Littlethommo. With such strong coloured walls, I'd go for something more muted. As an alternative to taupe, how about a lighter shade of the wall colour. Still purple for the feng shui.

Does this mean a NE door is best in yellow? Love that idea for my house.

Just be sure you're using a guide for Southern hemisphere!!

hi I've also been looking into feng shui principles for my house colours. However, my understanding is that the bagua for the southern hemisphere needs to flip the north and south guidelines - the one you're referring to appears to be for the Northern hemisphere. There is some disagreement out there, but google 'southern hemisphere' and you'll see what I mean

So...... if it's southern hemisphere bagua, the colour for the south is the Career zone - water, round elements, black and white, blue. You could paint the door glossy black with white trim, and it would look very smart. You could even add a circular fountain/ water feature.

Having said that however, if you decide to go with original Northern hemisphere bagua, I like dreamer's image of the rich brick red door, but part of the success of that image is the white trim all around.

If you follow your intuition about the energy required in the front, you'll make the right decision. Feng Shui is just a formalisation of good energy principles. You will find similar ideas in the classic design book Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander

thanks @souzettelovell, i didn't realise it would flip the guidelines, this is great news, i really liked the idea of a black door when i started deciding on colours but also wanted to incorporate good flow and energy. so pleased you and @siriuskey found my discussion!

Just check as to which way your door is facing, if South facing it needs to red or purple. Black is for when it faces North

Deep orange.

I agree with LittleHommo, a taupe colour would definitly complement your colours or a latte type colour. Not sure about feng shui guidelines but asthetically it would look nice.

I'm tempted to suggest, go suffragette! If you've got a purple house, add green and white ... I'm not really being serious. I'd probably go for something neutral so the purple is the main focus.

Hi there,

If you want to compliment the rest of the front of the house go for a strong Yellow. The front door will stand out, making it easier for visitors to find and gives a welcoming feeling.

Regards

Karen Dugdale

Inter Designer - Colour Specialist.

I love the idea of the dark orange in the picture from Dreamer. I think a front door shoud be a feature - if you go with taupe or latte as suggested above the door will be a blob of boring in an otherwise exciting facade. The world has too much boring in it already - add some more excitement!

Red, yellow or orange would all look fantastic. I would add little pops of all three colours in the garden as well....pots, flowering plants in those coulours, a decorative wall item etc.

My vote goes to red , but definitely nothing bland . Perhaps there is an app you can use to try colours yourself on your own picture .

I just discovered that you can do that here by clicking on the photo and then the pen .

Hi Danielle, if you go to the visualiser on the AustralBricks website and pick the MonteCarloOslo house you can change the camera angle to the Entry and test out colours there :) https://brickworks.rendivo.com/link.php?sub=AUSB&location=NSW&return=www.australbricks.com.au

Normally , it is me saying red , orange or yellow for the front door , so its actually great to see just about everyone else suggesting that here !

And although I agree if you are keeping that door ( and it is a nice door ) then the bold colours would go great , and it probably doesn't fit your Kung Fu scheme haha , but how about a similar door but in a really nice solid 'strong grained' timber with a rich mid brown stain ?