How to Choose a Front Door Color
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.
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.
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.
Guide: When to Paint Your Door Blue
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
