Style Guide: Paint Color Inspiration

Looking for the best paint colors? Our guide will help you find the right interior or exterior paint colors for your house.

Pick the Right Exterior Paint Colors

The South's top architects share their best combos for classic home exteriors.|Produced by Zoë Gowen

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High-Contrast Paint Colors

High-Contrast Color

“High-contrast color schemes look best on cottages. The stone color is used only at the front door to add a subtle punch of color to the otherwise austere scheme.”
–Norman Askins, Norman D. Askins Architect, Atlanta

Paint Palette
Body: Iron Mountain (2134-30) by Benjamin Moore; benjaminmoore.com.
Trim: White (01) by Benjamin Moore; benjaminmoore.com.
Doors: Carrington Beige (HC-93) by Benjamin Moore; benjaminmoore.com.


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