Thanks for the replies it seems that there is a British Standard for paint colours, which allows matching across different materials. Pearl grey/ Swansdown is BS 4800/5252 22 B 15, although the monitor colour is not very good. http://www.e-paint.co.uk/colours_included.asp?pName=BS 5252 fan&pRange=5&pLargeImage=images/BS 5252_small (2).jpg So I will try the local paint place where I get my Zinsser :) best water based white paint I have used, ever. They do both Haymes and Porters paints so will hopefully not just roll their eyes. Really should have taken a picture of it, a warm pale blue grey does not make sense, but was in a very high spec house.

If time and budget permit I would add horizontal screens (timber stain or charcoal/woodland grey) from the right pillar to the garage (hiding the down pipe) and from the left corner of the house (hiding the bins) Do basic landscaping, two narrow beds either side under the windows, bark mulch and simple plants e.g. Lomandra longifolia (a native low grassy dark green clumping plant) is common but easy spaced every 30 cm Valuers like safe and neutral schemes, so keep with the Woodland grey roof/fascia & Classic cream garage door and repeat this on the upper feature slats for now. Then add a warm complimentary colour for the front door, this is Dulux Rodham Then get a lush new plant for that pot too. If you keep it simple (KISS Principle) for now it will come together for sure :)

Thanks Anne and I will look at pale grey given the maintenance considerations. I have already paid for a colour consultant who was great but the Reckless grey she suggested for the house render and basalt gutters/fascia and front wall were too grey when we had the render samples put on and while it had a modern look, it was not giving the beach/coastal feel. I will head back into our inspirations paint store this morning to see if I can find the warm grey colours that have the most similar colour make up to Dune, and go from there. Anne you don't happen to know the dulux colour most close in composition to Colorbond Dune so I know where to start? Thanks again and I would love to hear from anyone who has got a dune roof and hear if they tried light coloured gutters and what render colours they have used on their walls.

There's nothing in the house to compare the colour to...there's just cement on the ground at the moment....roof has just been put on, it's really really hard..and I only have 1 tile to work with...All the windows are covered up due to the gyprock getting put in...so there's not a lot off light coming in at the moment...Sky lights haven't been installed yet. I just messaged DULUX AUSTRALIA on facebook earlier today...and they told me that tranquil retreat is more of a warmer colour....So I'm getting all different answers from different people...this truly is a hard decision!!!