Grays

Peggy suggests the quiet sophistication of grays for the exterior color scheme. Because white fascia seems to work, and Acier doesn't seem neutral enough (too warm?), we need a coordinating set of grays.

Here's the set from the most recent discussion of exterior colors with some basic choices:

• Vertical siding (Gray)
• Horizontal siding (Gray)
• Chair rail (Gray)
• Door/Window trim (White)
• Garage doors (Darker Gray)
• Garage door trim (White)
• Downspouts (Gray)
• Gutters (White)
• Fascia board (White)
• Eaves (White)

This boils down to:

• White: Trim, Fascia, Eaves, Gutters
• Gray: Vertical and Horizontal Siding, Downspouts
• Darker Gray: Garage Doors

Alternates: 1) Make the garage doors a Lighter Gray; 2) Use two grays for vertical and horizontal.

Gray Screen (7071) seems like a solid medium cool gray, LRV 59. A darker gray from the same card (235) is Software (7074). Software is LRV 23--that's very dark. S-W seems to suggest Site White (7070) to coordinate with Gray Screen. At LRV 73. it is lighter than Gray Screen, but not really a bright white. If we wanted Alternate 1 (lighter garage doors), maybe we go with Site White for that.