Sherwin-Williams · SW 6208
Pewter Green on house exteriors
- Color family
- Deep muted green
- Digital swatch
- #5E6259
Where I’d start
Look beside the brick porch piers. Warm brick gives you a reference for how cool this green reads on the siding.
See Pewter Green on more houses
Look at the color next to the roof, stone or wood you’d actually be keeping.
Mountain workshop
Dark metal roof and wood garage doors
Open this houseWarm farmhouse
Natural wood and masonry around the entry
Open this houseFoursquare with a covered porch
Broad siding and a shaded porch
Open this houseSame house, three colors
Start at the edge where the siding meets an existing finish. Then step back and compare the whole facade.
Pewter Green
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6208Painted siding beside natural brick.
Evergreen Fog
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9130Evergreen Fog gives the wall a lighter, dustier green option.
Rosemary
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6187Rosemary keeps the depth in play. Compare the shades along the edge of the porch.
How we compared them. Recoat applied each named paint to the same prepared siding area of an illustrative demo photo. Each view uses the same framing and original finishes around the painted area.
Before you pick a sample
Choosing between shades?
Will Pewter Green make a shady house look too dark?
The shaded wall is the place to decide. Put Pewter Green and Evergreen Fog on separate boards under the deepest overhang and see how clearly each reads green.
See Evergreen Fog in its own guideBefore you buy a gallon
Three checks to make where you’ll actually paint.
Start with the hardest spot
Start where the siding meets the finish you’re keeping.
Compare generous samples
Set Pewter Green and your closest alternative next to each other on separate sample boards.
Look in different light
Look from the sidewalk, then move the sample under the eaves to see the shaded version.
