Is there part of the house we can't see? Where is your front door? Just the double frontage like that is plain, but that was the style and not much you can do about it. The homes you are looking at do have a lot of features with opportunities to bring in other colours but there is nowhere with yours to do that and if you try it usually cheapens it. If you take the triple fronted house you posted, I would do the lighter green on the weatherboard and the deeper green like they have used on the window frames, I would do for the baseboards and the front door. I would keep the window frames and eaves white and paint the guttering to match the roof. Are you country? Are here any water issues for the garden? Instead of trying to do something with the house, I think I would be inclined to give it all a cottagy look with a picket front fence, nice entrance, a lush lawn and lots of plants for colour and lushness. The dark green baseboard will be a nice background for some small shrubs in front of the house. Weatherboards really lend themselves to that look. Don't forget the addition of old tyre swans - lol I notice you have small awnings over the windows - maybe replace them with some striped canvas ones in greens and terracotta - if you can get the combination. [houzz=]

I have a single roof line ranch and am looking to paint my exterior. What colors have people done?

Thank you for the response, the house is in Lusaka, Zambia. I like colors in the range of desert earth or yellowish/brownish but not so sure of how that can work out on this building. Also i know exterior color can either ruin the building or enhance its beauty. Therefore, i am looking for the main color of the house but also for the window trims and pillars. I am open to suggestions.

If you keep that light grey on the timber I like the dark colour on bottom and left in your vote picture. The middle grey is to blah against the light grey and Grey at top not quite enough contrast.