Which Colourbond roof colour should the roof be repainted?
House is a red textured brick with grey mortar. Sliding doors are Woodland Grey. the roof, windows & verandah posts need repainting. Prefer a light - mid grey toned roof (energy efficiency) and pale, near white windows but unsure on which colours! happy with green undertones but really don’t like browns.
(rhis is an old photo - now has perennial herbs the length of the house (in place of the strip of lawn)
thank you to anyone with advice 🙂
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bigreader
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siriuskey
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last yearAnother Dulux Colour to suggest is Dulux Black Water. It is a deep green. Anything you paint on your roof will probably look lighter because of the expanse of roof and the sunlight reflecting on it
Rachel King
last yearbigreader
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last yearKath
last yearHi Rachel. Our walls are Dulux Linseed. Shale grey was my husband's choice, not mine, as I didn't think the grey would go with our walls, but because it's such a pale grey, it looks fine.
Have you played with Lysaght's visualiser? https://www.lysaght.com/content/visualiser You can change roof, walls, fascia, gutter, windows, posts, fence, etc. I did a quick version (below) using Shale Grey. I'd say that in real life my roof looks paler.
Kath
Rachel King
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siriuskey