Exterior Painting, can you use a dark color in the roof peaks and a lighter color below?
I’m told that the rule of thumb is dark on the bottom. I just installed green shingles and was thinking of a dark teak (railway tie) for the peaks and a lighter brown on the bottom. I’m a guy so don’t ask me the what the designers call lighter brown. The decks are a dark brown. The house is a ‘D’ log and is stained with a light brown solid stain all over with dark brown fascia and soffits. Your thoughts? ty
Yes you can. The rule is typically dark on the bottom, but that applies mostly if the square footage being covered by the two colors are roughly equal. A dark accent color is fine as long as it is not to large (maybe 1/3 of the height of the space between the eave and the peak of the roof). Try and line it up with something that makes sense (the top or bottom of the windows, etc.).
Look online for Queen Anne architecture and you should get some great ideas.
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Yes you can. The rule is typically dark on the bottom, but that applies mostly if the square footage being covered by the two colors are roughly equal. A dark accent color is fine as long as it is not to large (maybe 1/3 of the height of the space between the eave and the peak of the roof). Try and line it up with something that makes sense (the top or bottom of the windows, etc.).
Look online for Queen Anne architecture and you should get some great ideas.
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