Follow some general color guidelines when coordinating roof and house colors.
Light gray house tan roof.
A soft muted brown or the right color grey are your best choices.
If your siding is blue go for black brown white or grey roofing.
Complementary shades of brown black and most shades of green or blue can work well with a brown house.
If your siding is white go for black green grey brown blue or red roofing.
If your siding is tan or beige go for black brown dark blue or dark green roofing.
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For example if your home has a warm colored roof in a shade such as brick red or rusty tan pick siding in a similarly warm shade such as tan beige or brown.
For a roof with shingles in a cool color like black or slate gray select a cool color of siding such as blue gray or green.
This is a popular choice and almost always bad.
Light olive house paint is attractive with those darker shingle colors.
If your siding is brown go for green blue charcoal or roofing in a different shade of brown.
Black can be too harsh but will work in limited situations.
Tan shingles with a tan house.
Yellow with a strong brown roof is a very common mistake.
While wood comes in a variety of hues there are certain shingle colors that tend to look great with wooden houses such as black brown gray gray greens or even slate blues.
Black dark gray or brown shingles work with a red clapboard country home and can top red brick attractively.