Contrasting colours like white and royal blue or red and yellow are used to paint the houses and roofs.
Roof colours inside.
Black or charcoal colour roof works on this house because the design is not roof heavy.
Brown gray and black roofs best for houses that are yellow green or red.
The above house has so much roof that it makes black a bad choice.
Sloped roofs are common in houses in hilly areas and in cottages.
Brown and earth tone roofs best for green brown cream and tan exteriors.
Rusty reds and oranges the colors of traditional clay tiles are ideal for homes with a southwest or floridian flare perhaps sided in stucco.
Some reliable color combinations include the following.
The siding on this house relates to the stone and the roof is just neutral in the background.
Dark gray and black roofs best for homes that are gray yellow or blue.
Dark gray or black shingles capping white gray yellow and blue homes.
Low slope roof design.
Urban houses too have sloped roofs and attics that add to their structural valour.
A wood sided home set among trees blends best with its surroundings when deep forest green shingles or a green brown blend are used.