Best Exterior Trim, Garage Door, & Gutter/Soffit Colors
By Kylie
April 25, 2026
When creating the best exterior paint color palette, a lot of pieces need to come together. Or let me phrase that differently, a lot of COLORS need to coordinate.
Garage doors, trims (& fascia), gutters & soffits, front doors, shutters, and even garage doors need to be considered. Lucky for you, you’ve got a little Ginger tucked in your back pocket (who pinches upon request), and who happens to have all the answers (or at least some of them).
But rather than having you bounce all over Hell’s half acre (let’s be honest, he probably has more than a 1/2 acre down there), I’ve brought together my best blog posts for each topic and surface.
- Use this blog post as your anchor post
- Once you’re done reading about a certain topic, come back here and find the next one.
- Eventually, your exterior paint project will be done, and THEN…we get to move inside (wink wink).
THE BEST WHITE EXTERIOR TRIM COLORS
While there are hundreds of whites to choose from, there’s only a small handful (what Tim calls me, although I like to think I’m a bit bigger than average) that work. I’ve narrowed it down to the top 7 for you.
The Best White Exterior Trim Colors
WHITE TRIM FOR BRICK HOMES
If you have a brick exterior, you might enjoy focusing on that type of home in this blog post…
The Best White Trim Colors for Brick Houses
EXTERIOR DETAILS: SOFFITS, GUTTERS, & DOWNSPOUTS
If you’re wondering what the best color is for your soffits, downspouts, and all those wee details, this blog post has the answers…
Should Gutters & Downspouts Match the House or the Trim or Neither?
GARAGE DOOR PAINT COLORS
There’s no quick and easy answer to what color your garage door SHOULD be, but this blog post will guide you to the best choice for you and your home.
What Color Should Your Garage Door Be?
And if you’re looking for the best FRONT DOOR & SHUTTER colors, check out this bad boy…
The Best Front Door & Shutter Colors
If you can’t decide which paint colors or placements are best, my Online Color Consulting can help.
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Homeowner’s Guide: White Kitchen Cabinets
This isn’t another ’10 Best Cabinet Colors’ list, because there is no SINGLE best white for every home and every kitchen.
Learn how to choose a white cabinet paint color that works with your countertops, backsplash, flooring, trim, lighting, and home—so you can rule out the wrong whites, sample fewer colors, and choose with confidence.
158-page PDF – Instant Download
$ 34.95Accent Colors – And How to Use Them
This isn’t about plastering your home in the ‘Color of the Year’ or following the latest trends (unless you really want to).
It’s about finding accent colors that work with YOUR home, YOUR style, and YOUR comfort level.
Because the best accent color isn’t one you love on a paint chip, it’s one that makes everything around it look better.
118-Page PDF – Instant Download
$ 34.95
Homeowner’s Guide: Exterior Paint Colors
Painting your home’s exterior is a BIG investment and choosing a color based on a tiny paint chip, a trend or the house down the street can be an expensive mistake.
Learn how to look at YOUR roof, YOUR windows, YOUR brick (or stone) and YOUR home as a whole so you can understand what colors make sense.
The goal? Less guessing, fewer samples and a lot more confidence before gallons of paint go on your home.
206-page PDF – Digital Download
$ 44.95Exterior Trim Paint Colors
This isn’t a list of ‘the best trim colors’, although you’ll get a ton of links to great shades!
You’ll learn how to look at your home and understand whether it needs contrast, repetition, connection, or a little visual peacekeeping to pull it all together.
Because trim might seem like a small detail…but spread it around all four sides of your home on multiple surfaces and it suddenly has a pretty big job.
118-page PDF – Instant Download
$ 24.95
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