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New “FRESH Color Schemes for Your Home Exterior”Online Guide Provides Free Color Guidance
KANSAS CITY, KS - DaVinci Roofscapes® and Sensational Color have introduced a new FRESH Color Schemes for Your Home Exterior downloadable guide online to help homeowners and building industry professionals select colors that enhance the exterior features of homes. Available free for architects, designers, remodelers and builders to assist their clients with selecting a color scheme for the home exterior, the 36-page guide can be downloaded at
Written by national color expert Kate Smith of Sensational Color, the ebook explores color options for seven different home styles including Ranch, Colonial, Bungalow, Victorian, Spanish Mission, European and New American. Smith offers several color combination options for each style’s exterior along with tips for helping homes complement their neighborhood settings.
“Many homeowners are afraid to add color to their home exteriors because they don’t want to make a mistake,” says Smith, CMG, CfYH and a career color trend forecaster. “Especially when people look at the style of their homes, they can become confused by what colors will enhance their exteriors. This guide takes away those fears and puts the power of color in the hands of the homeowner!”
Smith takes a “top down” approach to providing tips for adding eye-pleasing color palettes to the home exterior. She advises starting with the roof color, then work their way down the house to consider the siding, window frames, front entry door and trim.
“Whether people are adding color to a new home or a cherished older home, there are so many wonderful color combinations that are striking on different styles of houses,” says Smith. “This online tool is available for both industry professionals and homeowners to gain confidence and ideas for adding color to a wide variety of home styles.”
The comprehensive and colorful online piece was a collaborative effort of Smith and several building product manufacturers, including DaVinci Roofscapes, Fypon®, Simonton Windows® and Therma-Tru®. The free color guide is located on each company’s web site (go to to download from the DaVinci Roofscapes website), plus on the website developed by Smith.
Smith’s first ebook in the series, FRESH Home Exterior Colors, is also available for free at That 30-page step-by-step tutorial provides insights on adding color to the home exterior by using the FRESH approach, which stands for Fixed features, Regional colors, Environment and surroundings, Style of the home, and Have-to-use colors.
“No homeowner should feel locked into blah or standard colors on their home’s exterior,” says Smith. “A shake or slate polymer roof can have an appealing blend of colors, such as browns and autumn tones. Low-maintenance vinyl window frames and grids come in Pine Green, Chocolate and even Brick Red to add pizzazz to the home. And, homeowners can create a welcoming front entrance by painting a fiberglass door a striking accent color. Tie that all together with painted urethane trim pieces that add the ‘icing on the cake’ for the home and you can really make a home more appealing with coordinated colors!”
The experienced team members at DaVinci Roofscapes develop and manufacture industry-leading polymer slate and shake roofing systems with an authentic look and superior performance. DaVinci leads the industry in the greatest selection of colors, tile thickness and tile width variety. The company's reliable products have a 50-year limited warranty and are 100 percent recyclable. All DaVinci high-performing roofing products are proudly made in America where the company is a member of the National Association of Home Builders, the National Association of Roofing Contractors, the Cool Roof Rating Council and the U.S. Green Building Council. For information call 1-800-328-4624 or visit
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