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Front porch colors with your exterior palette

Choose porch paint as part of the house palette. Compare columns and railings close to the trim color, then a quieter body-related option. Keep porch flooring, brick bases, stone piers and natural timber unchanged unless those are separate planned projects.

Craftsman bungalow; horizontal lap siding; dark brown gray broad side roof with central shed dormer roof; rounded gray-tan river-stone porch piers; red-brick path.
Original example photo

Working with what stays

Compare the shaded parts of the entrance

Porches create shadow, so a color can appear different from the same paint direction on the open facade. Check the recess around the door rather than selecting only from the brightest wall.

Use repetition instead of extra colors

Columns, balusters and fascia can be grouped into one trim treatment. Compare that simple arrangement before introducing a separate paint color for every porch component.

Palettes to compare

Rosemary + Egret WhiteCompare the Rosemary body direction with Egret White on painted porch trim. Check the contrast in the recessed entrance and preserve roof, porch flooring, stone piers.
Nacre + Urbane BronzeCompare the Nacre body direction with Urbane Bronze on painted porch trim. Check the contrast in the recessed entrance and preserve roof, porch flooring, stone piers.
Grays Harbor + AlabasterCompare the Grays Harbor body direction with Alabaster on painted porch trim. Check the contrast in the recessed entrance and preserve roof, porch flooring, stone piers.
Revere Pewter + White DoveA middle-depth neutral with soft white trim
Urbane Bronze + Shoji WhiteA deeper bronze direction with a light outline
Clary Sage + Shoji WhiteA lighter muted green with warm off-white trim

More example homes

Explore another house and compare its colors.

Victorian inspired cottage; horizontal lap with fish-scale gable shingles; charcoal gray side gable with front-facing gable roof; red-brick chimney; low stone foundation; red-brick walkway.Victorian inspired porch cottage; horizontal lap siding; gray brown front gable with lower porch roof and side dormer roof; red-brick chimney; red-brick garden path.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.