for bright and breezy go for pale yellows and oranges - blues & greys are everywhere - or look at light greens You can go with Surfmist for the roof and facias to keep it lighter - I would even do a Zinc roof with this design for a clean, modern minimalist look. Then look at Dulux Tinker Light at half & quarter tones if you want to go into the yellows or try Dulux Fresh Frappe or Misty Moore for the greens ... Try something different. If you have a neutral roof, you can go crazy with colours - and change them more easily whenever you want to update your look. Good Luck! :)

Our own house has an Ironstone roof and we have Shale Grey facias and gutters & Windspray wall cladding. Looked great when first done in 2006 as there were no other grey houses.... unfortunately it's now everywhere. However are you thinking light colour walls or going darker? What is the design style and the surrounding area?

Hi Heidi, guessing by the date of this post you are probably done. What colour did you decide?

Don't waste your time and money trying to get an accurate colour image of your home with new colours. There are so many variables to do with colour, lighting, texture and reflectivity, and your perception of your external colours will change during the day with different sun angles. The best render artist will be able to give you an indicative feel, but it won't be super accurate. There is a lot of work to model and complete external colour schemes under different lighting conditions, and there is a lot more than photoshopping colour samples over an existing image if you want an accurate representation. If you want photorealistic (such as the second image) be prepared to pay (and even then the colours won't match your sample colours accurately) Best of luck, Dr Retro of Dr Retro House Calls and Dr Retro Virtual Visits