Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Dec 15, 2015 2:40 pm Hi there,
We're building a new house and just thought I'd put up the colours we are going with for some advice from people who know colours. Exterior will be a mixture of render, face brick and colorbond cladding in the following colours: Brick - Boral Victorian Blue with tinted mortar Colorbond walls, roof, guttering, fascia - Gully Render, front door, garage door - Colorbond Evening Haze Window frames Aluminium - Woodland Grey or Monument In my head I think it will look good but wouldn't mind some advice from people who know colours if I am way off the mark. Here are the elevations, it's on a corner block facing North and West. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvNTrmo56z7SjE3Z0cyU1d3b3c/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvNTrmo56z7dVdvSG9xOF9yMUk/view?usp=sharing Another exterior colour thread... 2Dec 17, 2015 5:02 am pmh1999 Hi there, We're building a new house and just thought I'd put up the colours we are going with for some advice from people who know colours. Exterior will be a mixture of render, face brick and colorbond cladding in the following colours: Brick - Boral Victorian Blue with tinted mortar Colorbond walls, roof, guttering, fascia - Gully Render, front door, garage door - Colorbond Evening Haze Window frames Aluminium - Woodland Grey or Monument In my head I think it will look good but wouldn't mind some advice from people who know colours if I am way off the mark. Here are the elevations, it's on a corner block facing North and West. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvNTrmo56z7SjE3Z0cyU1d3b3c/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvNTrmo56z7dVdvSG9xOF9yMUk/view?usp=sharing I love your elevations - make a thread of your build! Is it a custom build? I don't know anything much about colour so this is just punters ideas .. Wait for the experts to respond! Evening haze and gully are both nice but throw green. So consider if you want both colours to throw green or if you want a contrast, thinking about how it will look from a distance. I'm not sure if they will look too similar? Colourbond loft is a really nice colour, I'm not sure how you feel about a dark roof though and you'd need to change the window frames. I think if you want a lighter colour for thermal properties dune could work?? How would I know our house is 50 shades of grey ha ha.. Though we went with surfmist roof and garage door for contrast. Custom knockdown rebuild Newcastle NSW viewtopic.php?t=78271 Re: Another exterior colour thread... 3Dec 17, 2015 6:54 pm Thanks for the input Leksie. It is a custom build, hadn't thought about making a thread about it, might have to do that! I went and got some colour swatches today, and the colours look better together in real life then on the computer. That being said I see what you mean with throwing a bit of green out but also like to steer clear of the darker colours for the rood and cladding, be hot enough as it is! Will be heading out in the next day or so to find a house using the same bricks so we can compare again, bit hard to get an idea with one sample brick haha Re: Another exterior colour thread... 4Dec 17, 2015 9:47 pm Have started a build thread... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=81192&p=1482626#p1482626 Re: Another exterior colour thread... 5Dec 18, 2015 1:30 pm pmh1999 Thanks for the input Leksie. It is a custom build, hadn't thought about making a thread about it, might have to do that! I went and got some colour swatches today, and the colours look better together in real life then on the computer. That being said I see what you mean with throwing a bit of green out but also like to steer clear of the darker colours for the rood and cladding, be hot enough as it is! Will be heading out in the next day or so to find a house using the same bricks so we can compare again, bit hard to get an idea with one sample brick haha Yeah they always look so different in real life. I agree with you about the dark roof. We went for surfmist for that reason. Yay! I'll follow your thread. Custom knockdown rebuild Newcastle NSW viewtopic.php?t=78271 Hi, Apologies - I know there is plenty out there on this but struggling to put together the puzzle. We're planning our garage/external laundry to master bedroom and… 0 10925 Hi, Currently building, we are on a sloping block so we have from floor level to the roof in axon cladding. Below floor level to the ground I want to put brick facings /… 0 4471 |