House color  

call me racist
but all white gets my vote. I think it will give more impact to the wood areas. Awesome house btw 🙂

Gray!
Wow, that's a pretty house. Go with the gray. Don't listen to the white supremacists. The gray divides the space really well. I love it.

I agree!
Don't go with all white. It'll look too blocky. Better to highlight the forms with color. I also think the gray plays nicely with the wood tones. Pick a cool color for the door too. That's easy to change if you get bored of it.
Since Lucifersum is a fellow 'New Englanduh', I'll offer a bit of local history. We have a preponderence of white houses here and it get a bit boring. However, even though many folks think it's traditional to go with white, they would be incorrect. Pure white pigment for paint is a relative newcomer to the scene and it was a sign opf status to paint your house white, even if you could only afford to do the street facing side. That's why you se lots of homes in this area with raw shingle or brick sides and a white painted front. But, what was really done back in the day was a milk paint or a chalk-based wash that gave everything a greyed and muted tonality. Check the 'historical colors' from any paint manufacturer and you'll see those flattened tones. Personally, I like them much better than the bright tones based on white pigments.
So... viva le gris! Awesome house whitespike...I'm envious!

Thanks Olive! I was thinking ...
Thanks Olive! I was thinking pale yellow for the door. You mentioned using a cool color .... what would you suggest? The yellow is to match my butterfly chair in the courtyard. I know, nerdy.

I would use grey with white t...
I would use grey with white trims.
In place of the white panels, I would use/extend the wood panels.
In the photo provided...it looks too busy.

I like
I like the pale yellow for the door, but I still say all white. If the windows weren't riding right up on the divide I'd feel more comfortable with another color...
maybe all white for the sides of the house, but you do the underside of the overhang a fun color? orange? yellow? green?

This is actually a modern...
This is actually a modern tract house of sorts. I have only a few options, and extending the wood is not one of them!!!
Thanks for the replies.... keep em' coming!!!
BTW - I don't personally think the added color withe the division of materials is too busy. There is one model up that is all one color and it seems a little bland to me. But all white is another story IMO. There is something alluring to it, albeit a modernist default plan.

all white
all white

I like it.
-- and more so after seeing the all-white alternative. As many houses (that aren't designed by the master of Organic Architecture) tend to be unnecessarily tall -- an odd throwback to 1890 -- the sectioning of the exterior as shown is quite an improvement, to my eye.
Congratulations !

Thanks SDR! I took your...
Thanks SDR! I took your comment to mean you like the first duo tone version the best. I do too. I think the white makes the wood section on the front seem unfinished. Some of these houses are louder colors. But I just can't do it. I like white and neutrals myself.

Def go with two-tone
Yeah after seeing the all-white, I'm even more in the grey/white/natural camp. Gives the place more definition and punctuation (if that's a word you can use for architecture)
As for the door, I guess I was being ambiguous. I meant cool as in groovy not cool as in the green/blue side of the color chart. The fun part about a front door is that it's not a lot of surface area, but it is a major focal point. So you can go nuts with color and when it tires you you can just whack on another coat of paint.
I think the yellow if it's a greyed, ochre yellow would be really good looking. I'd also like, saffron, pumpkin orange or chinese ox-blood red. On the other side of the chart, a deep steely blue, charcoal grey with a hint of blue or a greyed citron-green/yellow.
My two cents...don't try to match the chair, just try to balance with it. So pick either a tone that is analagous on the color chart ie: oranges or greens or go complementary with a bluish tone.

It's all a little bland, isn't it?
You go to all the trouble of creating something to stand out architecturally, and then give it the suburban camouflage paint treatment.
Also, I second LucSum regarding the windows and door riding high. You've gotta give that belt line a bit more definition.
I've taken the liberty of cleaning up the the lawn clutter? 😉

"You go to all the trouble...
"You go to all the trouble of creating something to stand out architecturally, and then give it the suburban camouflage paint treatment."
I see your point, but Mies wasn't exactly painting his residences purple! I just don't favor loud color for large expanses.
Besides if I had red and yellow like that I would feel like I lived in McDonald's!

Over one billion served...
Actually, it was supposed to be more orange / chartreuse than red / yellow, but I get your point.
At the risk of heresy, I've never thought much of Mies' work. I prefer your house to just about anything Mies ever designed.