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Exterior paint colors for Foursquare-style houses

Compare a Foursquare-style house as three related areas: the main body, the broad porch and the hipped roof with its dormer. A repeated trim color can connect them while the door or porch masonry remains a distinct accent.

American foursquare inspired; horizontal lap siding; charcoal gray hipped with central hipped dormer roof; red-brick porch piers; red-brick chimney; brick garden path; concrete steps.
NavalBody · SW6244
AlabasterTrim · SW7008
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Compare Naval siding with Alabaster trim while preserving brick porch piers, brick chimney, roof. This provides deep blue with light trim for the shortlist.

Screen colors are a guide. Always test real paint.

Working with what stays

Keep the dormer tied to the body

Try the dormer walls in the principal siding color first. Its position above the facade already creates emphasis; a separate accent can be compared later if the roof composition needs it.

Use the porch bases as material anchors

Brick pier bases and the chimney remain visible beside the paint. Judge deep blue, green and greige with those warm masonry sections in view rather than using a siding-only example.

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