US exterior painting trends, color guides, costs per sq ft and HOA-friendly palettes. Articles written by US-based contractors covering Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore and Behr, with region-specific tips for Sun Belt, Pacific Northwest and New England climates.
Exterior painting & siding: cost per square foot across Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, Denver and Seattle. Hardie board vs vinyl siding vs stucco repaint comparisons.
US paint brands in depth: Sherwin-Williams Emerald, Benjamin Moore Aura Exterior, Behr Marquee, PPG Timeless - paint sheen guides and climate durability from Sun Belt heat to Pacific Northwest rain.
HOA, permits & climate: HOA-approved palettes, city permit requirements, and picking exterior colors that hold up in Florida humidity, Arizona sun, or New England winters.
Comfort Gray SW 6205 indoors: the deeper green-gray with a blue side, its LRV of 36, the rooms it flatters, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
Intellectual Gray SW 7045 indoors: the warm mid-tone greige with a taupe spine, its LRV, the rooms it grounds, lighting behavior, and trim and color pairings.
Big Chill SW 7648 indoors: the airy cool gray with a blue-green whisper, its LRV, the rooms it suits, lighting behavior, and the trim and SW pairings that keep it crisp.
Copen Blue SW 0068 indoors: the grayed denim blue's undertones, LRV, best rooms, lighting behavior, trim pairings, and how it differs from its near-twins.
Moody Blue SW 6221 indoors: the dusty mid-tone blue with a gray base, its LRV, undertones, best rooms, trim, and how it differs from Riverway and Windy Blue.
Windy Blue SW 6240 indoors: the soft gray-blue undertones, its LRV, the rooms it flatters, how it shifts by light, and trim pairings.
Sherwin-Williams Silvermist SW 7621, the "Silver Mist" paint color: LRV 47, blue-green-gray undertones, best rooms, exterior use, and how it differs from Sea Salt.
Halcyon Green SW 6213 indoors: the soft gray-green with a quiet blue side, its LRV, the rooms it suits, lighting behavior by orientation, and trim pairings.
Cascade Green SW 0066 indoors: the medium sage from the SW historic palette, its LRV, gray-green undertones, the rooms it suits, lighting, and trim pairings.
Livable Green SW 6176 indoors: the soft sage gray-green that works like a neutral, its LRV and hex, the rooms it suits, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
Contented SW 6191 indoors: the soft gray-green that hovers between sage and celadon, its LRV, the rooms it flatters, lighting behavior, and the SW twins it gets confused with.
Redend Point SW 9081 indoors: the earthy mauve-rose Color of the Year, its LRV and undertones, the rooms it flatters, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
Realist Beige SW 6078 indoors: a warm grounded beige with a taupe core, its real LRV and hex, the rooms it flatters, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
Balanced Beige SW 7037 indoors: the warm taupe-pink greige, its real LRV and hex, the rooms it flatters, how north and south light move it, and trim pairings.
White Duck SW 7010 indoors: the soft warm off-white with a green-gray undertone, its LRV of 74, the rooms it flatters, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
French Gray No.18 indoors: the Farrow & Ball gray-green that is more green than gray, its LRV, undertones, best rooms, trim pairings, and near-twins.
Inchyra Blue No.289 indoors: the deep blue-teal-gray that shifts between near-black and teal, its low LRV, the rooms it suits, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
Oval Room Blue No.85 indoors: the soft blue-gray-green that smokes and shifts, its LRV, the rooms it suits, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
Studio Green No.93 indoors: the near-black Farrow & Ball green, its LRV of 8, how it reads room by room, lighting behavior, trim pairings, and how it differs from Essex Green and Inchyra Blue.
Farrow & Ball Hague Blue No.30 indoors: its green-leaning navy undertone, the low LRV, the rooms it suits, light by orientation, and trim pairings.
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