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.
West Highland White SW 7566 indoors: a soft warm white with a yellow-cream cast. Its LRV, undertones, best rooms, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
Colonnade Gray SW 7641 indoors: the balanced mid-depth greige, its LRV and undertones, the rooms and light it suits, trim pairings, and how it beats Agreeable, Repose, and Worldly Gray.
Light French Gray SW 0055 indoors: the blue-violet undertone, LRV 53, the rooms it suits, lighting behavior, trim pairings, and Morning Fog vs Big Chill.
Morning Fog SW 6255 indoors: the soft blue-violet gray, its LRV, the rooms it flatters, how it reads in N/S/E/W light, and the trims and near-twins to know.
Natural Choice SW 7011 indoors: the warm off-white greige, its LRV 73, hex, the rooms it flatters, how it shifts by light, trim pairings, and how it differs from White Sand and Shoji White.
Perfect Greige SW 6073 indoors: a warm mid-tone greige with a taupe-violet base, its LRV, the rooms it suits, lighting behavior, and trim pairings.
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.
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