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17 Facts and Tips on How to Pick Shingle Colors to Complement Your Home HOUSE COLOR BEST MATCHING ROOF SHINGLE COLOR Beige/Cream Brown, Black, Grey, Green, Blue Brown Grey, Brown, Green, Blue White Almost any color including Brown, Grey, Black, Green, Blue, White Weathered Wood or Log Houses Brown, Green, Black, Grey 2 more rows
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More and more homeowners are adding value to their property – and lifestyle – by creating outdoor living spaces. When it’s time to think outside the home, it’s time to include that new roof in your plans.
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6. Construction and building materials can also vary by geographic location. Here are two examples, and how they might affect choosing a shingle color for your roof. Brick homes are more prevalent in northern areas; in southern areas, frame or stucco homes tend to be more common. Other facings often used in both areas include masonry, stone veneer, wood logs, wood or vinyl siding. Because this home’s brickwork is a fairly uniform red tone, the look and texture of these shingles in various shades of grey work especially well. If the brickwork had had a patchwork of various colors, this choice might have clashed. Suggested shingle colors for red brick houses: dark brown, black, grey, green. Shown are IKO Royal Estate Premium Designer shingles in Shadow Slate. This roof’s contrasting hues of light and dark grey go great with the neutral, light grey siding. See how that touch of reddish brown in this color blend really gets picked up by the shutters? All these shades work together beautifully to create the upscale look of genuine slate tiles. Suggested shingle colors for grey houses: grey, black, green, blue, white. Shown are IKO Crowne Slate Premium Designer shingles in Royal Granite. 7. People often ask what color of shingle goes with such and such a color of house? We hope these examples will help answer some of your questions! Shingle colors for beige or cream-colored houses include brown, black, grey, green, blue in solid colors or an exciting color blend, as long as it doesn’t clash with the other exterior elements. Shown here are IKO Marathon 3-tab Traditional Shingles in Dual Brown. Shingle colors for brown houses include grey, brown, black, green and possibly blue. Shown here are IKO Armourshake Premium Designer shingles in Weathered Stone. White houses allow the roof to be a truly blank canvas. Almost any color will look fantastic; it comes down to other variables, such as your neighborhood, home’s architectural style and your personal preference. Shingle colors for white houses include brown, grey, black, green, blue, white. Shown are IKO Royal Estate shingles in Shadow Slate – a very dramatic color blend. Shingle colors for weathered wood or log houses include brown, green, black, grey. Consider a shingle with a high-definition profile to mimic the look of natural wood shakes. Shown are IKO Dynasty Performance shingles in Glacier. 8. Darker colors absorb heat; lighter colors reflect heat and may help keep your home cooler, although you have to take what some say about energy savings with a grain of salt. Adequate ventilation and the quality of your home’s insulation are what really determine its energy efficiency. 9. That said, colors that are highly reflective may be required in some states to meet environmental codes. A local roofing contractor will know if this applies and can guide you in selecting a shingle color. California building codes now require “cool roofs” that are Title 24-compliant, in order to help reduce a home’s carbon footprint. Look for asphalt roofing shingles manufactured with special, high-reflectance granules embedded in them. They’re engineered to reflect the sun’s radiant heat and are available in a surprising range of colors, from white and grey to darker shades of grey and brown. 10. Let your home’s exterior elements guide you in matching shingle colors. While wood siding can be painted, most facings are there to stay and can’t be easily changed: brickwork, stone or masonry, vinyl siding, cedar logs, stucco, etc. Asphalt roofing shingles in a color blend of various shades of brown co-ordinate beautifully with the fixed exterior elements of this chateau-style home’s light but multicolored brickwork, patterned driveway/courtyard pavement and even the mulch chips, as well as with the natural surroundings. 11. Be mindful of your neighbors. You don’t want your home to stand out for the wrong reasons, especially when it comes time to sell it, so choose a shingle color that harmonizes well with the houses around yours as well as with the natural surroundings and your landscaping. The neighboring homes in this subdivision are similar in style but their facings are of different hues. Notice how all houses have the same color of roofing shingle. The multi-tone grey goes well with each house’s color yet creates an overall look that is very cohesive and visually attractive.
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12. What’s your home’s architectural style? Always select a shingle color that complements yet contrasts with your home’s exterior elements, no matter what style of home you have. If everything matches, the overall look will be bland and boring.Victorian, Queen Anne, Colonial, Plantation and other historical homes look best in traditional colors. Choose dark grey or black, either in solid colors or varying shades to mimic the look of natural slate tiles or brown, to evoke the look of genuine wood shake construction. Dark green or blue might work well too, depending on the color of your current siding and facing. This graceful Victorian home with its cream-colored siding, red brick chimney and street-level posts remains true to character with these roofing shingles in varying shades of brown. Asphalt shingles are ideal for roofing those challenging angles, multiple planes and rounded turrets too.Rustic homes, waterfront or rural properties have a more casual, less formal, look. Weathered browns and greys, muted greens will complement natural surroundings and the home’s relaxed vibe. Check out shingles whose profile looks like genuine wood shakes or even slate tiles. Suggested shingle colors for weathered wood or log houses: brown, green, black, grey. Rural homes, whether of log, wood or stone construction, can look warm, casual and inviting yet very dramatic, as the choice of grey roofing shingles emulating slate tiles shows here. 13. Always mix patterns with care, especially if the color of the facing and the roofing shingles being considered already contrast with each other. A good rule of thumb is to mix patterns ON your home the way you’d mix them IN your home; i.e., combine a large print with a smaller print in a complementary color. For example, does your home’s facing feature a pattern of multicolored bricks? Then roofing shingles in a multicolored color blend may or may not be a good choice, depending on how large or busy the pattern of bricks is. Similarly, if your facing is a stone veneer of very large, randomly sized and multicolored fieldstones, roofing shingles with a prominent texture or multiple colors are likely to compete or clash. Here’s a great example of successfully mixing patterns. This home features two different facings in two different colors, yet the pattern and color of the chosen shingles work well with both.Why? Because this particular color blend picks up the grey, brown and white of each. Shown are IKO Crowne Slate Premium Designer shingles in Regal Stone. 14. Do you want to hide or enhance? Enlarge or reduce? A roof of light-colored asphalt shingles can make your home appear larger and draw attention to any positive features, while darker colors can hide imperfections and create focus. 15. Outbuildings need roofs too. Asphalt roofing shingles can also protect and enhance a variety of other structures, such as detached garages, tool sheds, barns, guest houses, gazebos – even dog houses! This grey and brown color blend is an excellent roofing shingle choice based on the siding, wood beam accents and stone facing of this outdoor structure and its surrounding greenery. 16. Try before you buy. You’d never choose a paint color without taking sample chips home and looking at them against the walls to be painted in various lighting conditions, so always look at actual shingle samples at different times of day against all of your home’s exterior elements to make sure that what you see is what you’ll get.Remember to look at existing roofs in your community that have the same shingles and color blends for inspiration – and confirmation – too. Here are some of the spectacular color blends in the IKO Cambridge line.
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