How to Choose a Front Door Color
If choosing a door paint isn't an open-and-shut case for you, here's help
Vanessa Brunner
June 23, 2014
Houzz Contributor
Don’t let your home blend into the background — even if you’re not in the market for changing your exterior color scheme, a new coat of paint on your front door could be just the makeover your home needs.
Use our color guides to each color to learn which hue, from unexpected purple to bright yellow to elegant black, will work well on your exterior door.
Hire a professional painter to update your door
Use our color guides to each color to learn which hue, from unexpected purple to bright yellow to elegant black, will work well on your exterior door.
Hire a professional painter to update your door
Yellow. Welcome visitors with a cheerful yellow front door. Often identified with happiness, high energy and warmth, a lively yellow can brighten otherwise gloomy exteriors.
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Yellow
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Yellow
Bright red. One of the most moving colors, red is known as a color that brings life, power, passion and strength to its surroundings. Bring its vitality to your home by painting your front door a statement-making red.
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Bright Red
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Bright Red
Deep red. If bright red feels too audacious for your home, deepen the hue for a more crimson tone. More refined and sophisticated than brighter reds, certain shades of this deep red can work almost as neutrals.
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Deep Red
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Deep Red
Orange. Orange is one of those colors that can go wrong really quickly. But don't let that stop you — with the right complementing tones, small doses of orange can look quite modern and welcoming.
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Orange
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Orange
Green. Play off your surrounding landscape or introduce a new, refreshing color by painting your front door green. Whether olive, mint or lime, there's bound to be a shade of green that can fit into your exterior palette.
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Green
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Green
Blue. Although it’s often seen indoors, more vibrant shades of blue rarely make an appearance on exteriors. Shake things up by pairing a bright blue with a natural or neutral exterior for an unexpected welcome to your home.
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Guide: When to Paint Your Door Blue
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Guide: When to Paint Your Door Blue
Purple. As with orange, using too much purple can veer toward gaudy very quickly. Stick to a small dose and try purple on your home's front door. Whether you like warm or cool tones, purple can — surprisingly — complement almost any exterior palette.
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Purple
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Purple
Black. Always classic, glossy black doors make an elegant statement. Use other exterior accents to help tie a black door into the rest of your home’s design.
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Black
More color guides: Color palettes, paint picks and more in the Houzz Color section
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Black
More color guides: Color palettes, paint picks and more in the Houzz Color section
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We've just painted our house white with brown (expresso) trim around the windows and the fascia. We're going to put Mediterrean travertine on the patio floor by the front door, and I'm trying to decide if I should paint the door brown, or experiment with something exciting like red or blue or turquoise?
I would do a pop of color to compliment the neutral colors (white and espresso).
if you paint your door a dark color, use solar reflective paint. We sell it specifically for doors......