How to choose the right white paint color for your exterior

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Having trouble finding that perfect warm white or off white paint color for your exterior? Many warm whites that look good inside are simply too bright for your home's exterior. Get that creamy exterior vibe with these paint color recommendations for your exterior.
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Chapter Markers:
0:00 Why it's so hard to find a soft white paint color for your exterior
0:45 Balboa Mist
2:11 Oyster White
2:38 White Duck
3:15 China White
3:55 City Loft
4:30 Shoji White
5:02 Ballet White
5:33 Alabaster vs. China White
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@Mali-n7z 5 күн бұрын

Thanks for your video. I'm choosing white paint colours for my exterior. I love all your suggestions. I have a traditional tutor home and want a layered white and white look. Can the body be a lower LRV and the trim be a different lighter white. Also, can I do warm whites for a south east facing home? I've read that this exposure should have cooler colours. Thank you!

@reneenarr7159 Күн бұрын

I'm confused by the pink swatch shown before each color

@catherinenelson4679 Ай бұрын

Your videos are the best and so informative. Good timing too. I just painted my exterior sw Tempe Star with pure white trim. Stopped the trim because it looks completely stark. I’m thinking oyster white or city loft

@homelikeyoumeanit Ай бұрын

Thanks! I have seen deep blue exteriors with both true white trim and with more of a cream trim. Both look good, just a matter of what your preference is.

@WelcometoDereksWorld 20 күн бұрын

What’s the best color for brownish-red roofs and the neighborhood houses in warm, neutral browns/ earth colors? What is a good combination for the brownish-red roof; we can’t decide on the color of everything, like the door, window trims, and the gutters. We aim to make our “the smallest house in the neighborhood” more appealing and charming but with a modern farmhouse feel.

@Cat_festation Ай бұрын

Love Behr Swiss Coffee for inside. Soft, warm and creamy.

@homelikeyoumeanit Ай бұрын

I love Swiss coffee for interiors. It can be a bit too much of a bright white color on the exterior, depending on the amount do shade your home receives.

@lisakonz5425 Ай бұрын

Loving your videos & getting ready to paint our exterior! Balboa Mist is the closest of these video options that may work with our stacked stone but still might be too light for me. Do you have any warm neutrals, just a bit deeper, that you love more in the LRV 50's range? Also, our neighbor's house is white. So far, SW Shitake is the closest I've found but it's a little yellow for me. Love the warm grays or greige. Any help would be great and so appreciated.

@homelikeyoumeanit Ай бұрын

I really like Analytical Gray and Revere Pewter!

@KraftyPaws 20 күн бұрын

What do you think of Sherwin Williams Ivory Lace for a brighter exterior with Iron Ore gutters and garage doors?

@homelikeyoumeanit 18 күн бұрын

I think this color combination has an expiration date that is fast approaching. If you love it, go for it, though. I would probably go a bit darker and use a body color like shoji white.

@janetriggle1011 Ай бұрын

Dang A day late and a dollar short lol Thanks for the much needed information. So next time I paint I won’t stress out so much lol

@homelikeyoumeanit Ай бұрын

Oh no! But now you know! The best White exterior colors can be tricky!

@glendashine9468 Ай бұрын

Our home is surrounded by Tall evergreen trees. If one of the suggested paints have a green undertone, will that make the green in the paint come forward? The back of our home is in bright sun but the front is shady most of the day.

@homelikeyoumeanit 27 күн бұрын

You shouldn't have a problem!

@mscarmellatte6154 Ай бұрын

OOOO, what white or off white would go with iron Ore Trim? The Barn is Iron Ore on the property so the house will eventually have the same trim. We have been searching for a Sherwin Williams soft white to complement the Iron Ore barn and eventually trim.

@homelikeyoumeanit Ай бұрын

For a classic look, I love pairing iron ore with sw shoji white. If you want a more modern farmhouse look you can try china white, white dove or alabaster.

@mscarmellatte6154 Ай бұрын

@@homelikeyoumeanit thank you!