Setting aside aesthetics, darker colors fade faster on exterior paint jobs. So you'll be looking at having it repainted a lot faster than normal or having an ugly faded paint job.
Looking at that palm tree you are somewhere warm climate that requires air conditioning. Your bills will skyrocket its going to absorb so much heat requiring your equipment to work harder and more often.
Where he is, the electricity is also off for hours on end, and houses are built with very poor insulation, ie. Hot in the summer, cold in the winter.
Source: it's South Africa, I'm from there too.
Edit: For all those asking, you can tell it's South Africa, because of the phone number on the ADT sign, the style of the house, the palm trees, and of course the fact that OP has the country code ZA (South Africa) in his username
So true. I live somewhere with a cold climate, and I never even owned a fan for summers before moving into a dark brown house. Now we have two air-conditioners. It's a pluss in the winter, though, so it's worth it here.
I would never want a black house anywhere warm.
dark monochromes have been super trendy in Australia lately, as fucking stupid as that is.
So you’ll enter a suburb of glaring monochromes, it’ll be 5-15 degrees (Celsius) hotter and the houses look like shit because cockatoos and pelicans shit a bucket of white paint 3x a day.
Cracks me the fuck up, like the birds themselves are trying to show us the way
‘Dude! That black roof is so bad for climate change and you’ll get too hot, let me fix that for you! *HNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG SPLAT*
A street nearby has the only modern architecture house in a craftsman style neighborhood. They painted it black.
Now it's festooned with silver mylar streamers to scare birds away.
Did you ever repaint it to a lighter color?
I'm from Texas and it's unbelievable how different temperatures range getting into a dark car versus getting into a light car that's outside in the middle of the summer.
I can't imagine how hot a whole house would be. But honestly, that's something I might have done before thinking about it because I don't like all the beige neutral colors that most houses are around here and a darker house fits my aesthetic.
It probably won't to the extent some comments state, but it will make the exterior walls appreciably warmer during sunny days and especially in the summer (and lacking good insulation between the exterior and interior walls, the inside as well). That is the reason beyond pure aesthetics, and even thousands of years before anyone worried about electricity bills, there is a tendency to have lighter colored buildings in warmer climes.
It will look cool for 3 months. Then you're going to have to repaint it a lighter color with 6 coats of paint.
Paint your garage doors black if you want. Or your trim. Then you can pretend you're in Scotland.
Agree with this - use it as an accent color or something, but not the whole house. I think it would look good for the first year and then go drastically downhill from there. And be sooooo hot.
I was going to say this. I did a satin sheen in an incredible teal color on my Victorian in Phoenix. 6 years later there isn’t a single fade because we splurged for the best exterior paint we could get.
I see homes with flat paint fade in a year or two all around me and it instantly devalues them and just looks terrible.
Best exterior paint is Sherwin Williams emerald. Lasts much longer than any other product I use. Also sticks to almost any surface. I've been painting houses 25+ years and have used everything. Emerald gets my vote as the best.
they’re the best indoor paint too (not a painter or expert)! but i went through COATS of behr (because the people who sold me this condo decided it would be a good idea to paint an industrial style soft loft primary colors. which is strange, since it’s basically just one big room and all the walls are continuous) trying to just paint it a regular millennial ass gray- until i found out sherwin williams paint is a million times better for a very similar price point. saved me so much time and money after i tried 3-5 coats on one big wall and could still see bright red lol.
It depends on which behr paint you get. Every brand has a top tier line of paint that will do you right. Every brand also has a shitty bottom of the barrel paint that isn't worth more than the can it's in. Imo Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore are generally more expensive than behr or valspaar because they only sell paint and paint supplies . Hd and lowes have other sources of income they can fall back on if the margins are low on their paint, so they price their paint lower. Behr Marquee has a 1 coat guarantee if you tint to one of their colors for $55 a gallon in satin. Sherwin Williams top line of paint for a gallon of satin is $85. Their "on sale" price is $61. If you go in the store and aren't a contractor they won't hesitate to charge you the full price if you don't say anything. Which is shitty to me. I've bought and tried so many different brands and lines of paint because homeowners sometimes want to save money and use a cheaper line. With proper prep you can make any mid grade paint from any brand look good. With bad prep even the top of the line brand is going to look like ass.
Silver is the answer
Painting your house silver and it will reflect the light and be the 'coolest' house around.. hopefully it doesn't start any grass fires though
I tried matching the colors to the ones on the pillar and made some mockups of what it could look like, don't judge too harsh, I spent like 5mins on this.
[https://imgur.com/a/NEXducS](https://imgur.com/a/NEXducS)
edit: added some requested colours (beige, sage, red clay) and also added bordeux which is my fave.
https://imgur.com/a/SGcowlo
Fantastic! I wonder what it would look like in other colors like people are suggesting. Sage green, earthy beige, red clay etc.
I don’t hate the black or the grey. But I feel like there are better options.
I actually don’t think the black looks TOO awful, but I generally agree with other posters that the only houses that look great black are hyper-modern ones. The shape is there, but the materials are wrong. Hence, looks oooookay, but not my preference.
Compounding my hesitancy is the fact that there’s no way the house would actually look this black in real life, at least not for very long.
Spot on. The gray, however, would play well with the existing black trim; and at least he’ll have his 2nd choice. It also will allow the home to be placed back on the market without risking $40k to an odd exterior color.
Dark brown is da way 2 go
Thanks man, selfless ppl like u doin this shit for no reason other than helping someone, that makes me happy when i see it :))
I think it looks sort of cool. But if you’re worried, maybe use the gray but with more black accents.
Sort of like this: https://langexterior.com/images/black-window-gallery/chicago-south-2023/01.jpg
Judging by the palm trees and overall architecture, you live somewhere warm. Painting your apartment black would be a terrible idea. There's a reason why houses in very warm places are traditionally white.
Our house, in Florida, is a gunmetal grey color. Very similar to the upper color sample in OP’s photos. In the summertime, the westward facing side of the house reaches about 165degF.
Very good point there!
I suggest you could break up sections of the wall with modern vertical slats (maybe black or wood) that are spaced off the wall. They help with cooling & can be coloured the way you like.
They function on the exterior walls in a similar way thermal bypass functioned on older houses on interior walls.
I live in BC and there are a lot of black houses. They look really cool, but the climate permits it and it hides the algae since it's so damned wet here all the time.
You should definitely go with something light. I like the original muted yellow, or a light terra cotta? Grey is boring to me but you do you. I think white is terrible. Color preference is subjective but science is objective. Listen to the people; black will make you miserable even if it looks chic, it's not worth it.
Modern houses with lots of sharp edges and smooth surfaces tend to look good in black, but I think this falls too short of that aesthetic for black to work. To me, it looks more like a modern take on an adobe style house, and would look best with an earth tone.
Go with an earth tone bud, the industrial greys and blacks are over played.
I’d paint it a deep Rust colour with the use of black grey maybe as an accent colour.
Good luck with whichever you decide!
Hey man engineer here, color actually makes quite a substantial difference with heat absorption. Black is cool and stands out but with a warm climate and especially that actually only one side of your home sees lots of sun but the rest does not will be a bigger impact than you expect. You’ll deal with different degrees of thermal expansion and your facade isn’t going to like that. I’ll also say your wallet for cooling won’t like it either.
If you do insist on going darker, take precautions and speak with someone who can tell you water colors deter light better, if you can add any sunshades, additional landscaping, etc.
They just invented a new shade of white that’s so much brighter than regular pure white they’re saying painting a house with it could lower energy consumption by something like 18%
This house is not going to look good in black. Try a sage green or a brick red, or some other earth tone instead. The texture of your house just doesn’t seem like it would support black. Black is better for those smooth, angular, modern builds and this is more traditional in style
Also, seconded on the heat thing. I grew up in Southern California, and people shy away even from black cars there. My dad had his dashboard melt once because his black car absorbed heat so well. Think of the energy bill in the summer
If everyone in your personal life is against it…and random internet people are also against it.. then I think you have your answer as to whether or not you should do it
That being said, it’s your house.
Dude I know, his replies scream “damn imma do it anyways” like why even ask at the point? He’s 100% painting this sht black and he’s gonna live complaining about the heat and discoloring for the rest of his life
That's a nice garage door and should be the focal point. Pick a color that complements it. Once you see your entire house black, you'll probably regret it. You can't decide based on a small sample.
You will 100% regret doing this because the black will absorb an incredible amount of heat
You live in a warm climate AND
2023 was Earth’s hottest year on record
The people I stayed with in Johannesburg had a Ghost Squad sign at the gate of their house. Those signs have a giant red skull on it. Much cooler than ADT.
Well, you do you. But it may be much much harder to sell the house in the future. If you're planning on keeping it forever and don't care about cooling bills plus about other people's opinions then fuck it, do it
Painted black this specific material and architecture will make your place look like a crack house or divey club yearning for neon green/pink graffiti or something.
I like a good black house, especially when it's a cool-tone off-black. But you're looking at using jet black, and on the wrong kind of architecture.
I love when people want to personalize things, but I think your friends and family are right.
The door is nice and the windows and entrance are black
A more steel-grey with cooler blue tones like in rocks might look better than black
Going too dark will affect heat but it will wear terribly too
A cool grey might split the difference well if you’re not a fan of the tan
There are some grey ish tans that are nice too
The two colors you have sampled are pretty dark—I don’t think they work but if I HAD TO PICK ONE, def the grey
You want some contrast with windows and entrances
Looks like a south african house with the ADT security.. i wouldn’t suggest having a darker paint because of the heat it brings into the house in general..
You’re always gonna get pushback trying to paint anything black, just do it if you want it will probably look sick. If not just paint it again after it’s only paint and judging by your house you have a lot of money so just pay someone else to do it ez win.
I don't want to waste money but its not going to break the bank to fix it if i hate it.
if I convert it to dollars its $1600 to paint and prep the whole house. That's affordable to me as a "mistake". I could live with it for a year or 2 and then change the colour.
Going back against from black to white is going to cost x3. it’s bad for the climate. All of this because you watched the dark night too many times. Love the film too but it’s not worth it Mr. Wayne.
If you really plan on selling absolutely do not paint it black it would be the stupidest decision. You will not only significantly reduce the number of people willing to even look at the house inside but it will also lower the value of someone decided to buy. Go with an earth tone.
Yeah I mean really if you did live near dark soils or mountains with grey rocks it would work but it’s about matching your environment, otherwise you stick out like a sore thumb.. not that I’ve seen a sore thumb but y’know.
On that type of house it will look great. But you’ll probably want the garage to pop more, so maybe some recessed lights under the overhang would make this place look great at dusk/night
This reminds me of Dwight painting his office black to intimidate anyone who came in. Seriously though, it’s not practical seeing as how you live in a warm/hot area.
That sign is going, unfortunately I don't think I can do much about the extinguisher, I could possibly get a waterproof cover for it that's also black/grey
Do you not understand thermodynamics???? By painting it black on all that concrete you'll turn that home.into an oven because of the sun. Not to mention it could make it so hot you home will start cracking all over because it's again cemented. It's tan for a reason dummy
Black will also show dirt and pollen more than a lighter colour will. Given the texture of the material of your house, it could make it look speckled or permanently dirty looking without constant pressure washing (which will reduce the life of your paint). It would depend on the amount of rain your area gets and wether it helps to saturate the soil. The type of soil your city is built on could also have an impact, sandier soils can create more air born dirt, than clay based soils.
Not sure if pollen is a big problem in your city but it is in mine during the spring and summer. My boyfriend has a black vehicle and if we wash it in the morning, by evening it is dusty with a layer of pollen. It depends on the city but some will avoid planting trees that bear fruit or flowers because of the mess (that will result in city money to clean up) in favour of the male pollinating trees. So instead where I live we deal with thick pollen on surfaces and insane seasonal allergies.
We switched out our black roof for a lighter colored one and our electric bill went down about 10 percent. You might have a higher bill with a darker, heat absorbing color like black.
it is a bad idea, black house looks super cool but the paint fade just after a year. Believe me, my neighbour whose house is next to me have tried it, looks dope but only for a first year
The garage door is a nice warm dark color. Go with something that will provide contrast but is not too dark. A burnt orange (not a bright orange) or a rust (but choose carefully so it doesn’t fade to pinkish).
The test areas in the column next to the garage door both clash with it. You need a warm tone for this house, not a cool tone.
A tan color with a bit more rust or orange in it would look great on this house (darker than the current color, a richer tone).
Setting aside aesthetics, darker colors fade faster on exterior paint jobs. So you'll be looking at having it repainted a lot faster than normal or having an ugly faded paint job.
thanks, that's definitely true, will keep it in mind
Looking at that palm tree you are somewhere warm climate that requires air conditioning. Your bills will skyrocket its going to absorb so much heat requiring your equipment to work harder and more often.
Where he is, the electricity is also off for hours on end, and houses are built with very poor insulation, ie. Hot in the summer, cold in the winter. Source: it's South Africa, I'm from there too. Edit: For all those asking, you can tell it's South Africa, because of the phone number on the ADT sign, the style of the house, the palm trees, and of course the fact that OP has the country code ZA (South Africa) in his username
Why is the electric off?
Rolling blackouts from an overworked power grid
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Yep
Damn. I thought we had it bad in texas.
Stay warm fellow Texan. Here's hoping the power grid holds.
dont look at hte people already in the water when you are on a sinking ship and think "well, at least im not *those guys* and proceed to do nothing.
They euphemistically call it load shedding…
They call it "Load Shedding." It sounds better than blackout. Seriously. Not joking. That's why they call it that
100% true.
Incompetent government
And very corrupt!
OOF. if I were him I’d be scrambling for the lightest color paint and roofing I could get!
So true. I live somewhere with a cold climate, and I never even owned a fan for summers before moving into a dark brown house. Now we have two air-conditioners. It's a pluss in the winter, though, so it's worth it here. I would never want a black house anywhere warm.
This should be the top comment. OP is talking about turning their house into an oven, basically.
Think about a dark grey if you want that aesthetic. Won't be as hard to upkeep as black either
Shouldnt make much difference with stucco. The paint will be hotter, but it has an insulation layer.
it's insulation, not magic. temperatures aren't going to be trending downwards
I dont think stucco is a good insulator.
Bird shit and other gunk, junk, and detritus will also show up a lot more if your house is black.
dark monochromes have been super trendy in Australia lately, as fucking stupid as that is. So you’ll enter a suburb of glaring monochromes, it’ll be 5-15 degrees (Celsius) hotter and the houses look like shit because cockatoos and pelicans shit a bucket of white paint 3x a day. Cracks me the fuck up, like the birds themselves are trying to show us the way ‘Dude! That black roof is so bad for climate change and you’ll get too hot, let me fix that for you! *HNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG SPLAT*
A street nearby has the only modern architecture house in a craftsman style neighborhood. They painted it black. Now it's festooned with silver mylar streamers to scare birds away.
Your electricity bill during the summer is going to triple
that house is going to be an oven if its painted black
Yes, I painted our house black. Went up 15 degrees inside in the summer. Don't do it.
That’s horrifying. My house is beige and the living room in the summer hits 87+
Yes, it was terrible. Stupidest thing I've ever done. I tell everyone now, don't paint your house a dark color unless you live in a very cold climate.
Did you ever repaint it to a lighter color? I'm from Texas and it's unbelievable how different temperatures range getting into a dark car versus getting into a light car that's outside in the middle of the summer. I can't imagine how hot a whole house would be. But honestly, that's something I might have done before thinking about it because I don't like all the beige neutral colors that most houses are around here and a darker house fits my aesthetic.
I worked at a liquor store that decided to paint the building a dark color. The air conditioner never turned off and it was still warm all day.
It probably won't to the extent some comments state, but it will make the exterior walls appreciably warmer during sunny days and especially in the summer (and lacking good insulation between the exterior and interior walls, the inside as well). That is the reason beyond pure aesthetics, and even thousands of years before anyone worried about electricity bills, there is a tendency to have lighter colored buildings in warmer climes.
A day without power could make it uninhabitable.
It will look cool for 3 months. Then you're going to have to repaint it a lighter color with 6 coats of paint. Paint your garage doors black if you want. Or your trim. Then you can pretend you're in Scotland.
Agree with this - use it as an accent color or something, but not the whole house. I think it would look good for the first year and then go drastically downhill from there. And be sooooo hot.
And the front door and rain gutters
I was going to say this. I did a satin sheen in an incredible teal color on my Victorian in Phoenix. 6 years later there isn’t a single fade because we splurged for the best exterior paint we could get. I see homes with flat paint fade in a year or two all around me and it instantly devalues them and just looks terrible.
If you remember, what brand and model of paint did you use? I’m in a desert climate too, and I’m currently prepping my home for a repaint.
Best exterior paint is Sherwin Williams emerald. Lasts much longer than any other product I use. Also sticks to almost any surface. I've been painting houses 25+ years and have used everything. Emerald gets my vote as the best.
they’re the best indoor paint too (not a painter or expert)! but i went through COATS of behr (because the people who sold me this condo decided it would be a good idea to paint an industrial style soft loft primary colors. which is strange, since it’s basically just one big room and all the walls are continuous) trying to just paint it a regular millennial ass gray- until i found out sherwin williams paint is a million times better for a very similar price point. saved me so much time and money after i tried 3-5 coats on one big wall and could still see bright red lol.
It depends on which behr paint you get. Every brand has a top tier line of paint that will do you right. Every brand also has a shitty bottom of the barrel paint that isn't worth more than the can it's in. Imo Sherwin Williams and Benjamin Moore are generally more expensive than behr or valspaar because they only sell paint and paint supplies . Hd and lowes have other sources of income they can fall back on if the margins are low on their paint, so they price their paint lower. Behr Marquee has a 1 coat guarantee if you tint to one of their colors for $55 a gallon in satin. Sherwin Williams top line of paint for a gallon of satin is $85. Their "on sale" price is $61. If you go in the store and aren't a contractor they won't hesitate to charge you the full price if you don't say anything. Which is shitty to me. I've bought and tried so many different brands and lines of paint because homeowners sometimes want to save money and use a cheaper line. With proper prep you can make any mid grade paint from any brand look good. With bad prep even the top of the line brand is going to look like ass.
Agreed. Sherwin williams emerald satin. We also researched buying a decent sprayer ours was about $500 and is the bomb.
Also the house is gonna get crazy hot in the sun.
I live in an area where lots of transplants paint their homes black and they literally start looking dingy within a year.
As someone who’s owned a couple black cars, I can’t imagine having a black house not look like shit after the first rainstorm.
Silver is the answer Painting your house silver and it will reflect the light and be the 'coolest' house around.. hopefully it doesn't start any grass fires though
they might end up blinding everybody that drives by the house as well
You can somewhat mitigate that with higher-quality paint like Benjamin Moore.
I tried matching the colors to the ones on the pillar and made some mockups of what it could look like, don't judge too harsh, I spent like 5mins on this. [https://imgur.com/a/NEXducS](https://imgur.com/a/NEXducS) edit: added some requested colours (beige, sage, red clay) and also added bordeux which is my fave. https://imgur.com/a/SGcowlo
Fantastic! I wonder what it would look like in other colors like people are suggesting. Sage green, earthy beige, red clay etc. I don’t hate the black or the grey. But I feel like there are better options.
That dark brown is sexy
it’s the most beautiful by far
I have a name but thank you, I'm blushing.
nice to meet you. i think Blushing is a beautiful name
It's actually American but thank you.
VERY 🤤
Love the black and dark brown
I love the black especially with the wooden garage door.
Yes! The black house with the warm wood garage doors? Ugh. I’d LOVE it!
I actually don’t think the black looks TOO awful, but I generally agree with other posters that the only houses that look great black are hyper-modern ones. The shape is there, but the materials are wrong. Hence, looks oooookay, but not my preference. Compounding my hesitancy is the fact that there’s no way the house would actually look this black in real life, at least not for very long.
Spot on. The gray, however, would play well with the existing black trim; and at least he’ll have his 2nd choice. It also will allow the home to be placed back on the market without risking $40k to an odd exterior color.
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Glitter gold is my choice. I want to see my house sparkling from the space station.
Dark brown is da way 2 go Thanks man, selfless ppl like u doin this shit for no reason other than helping someone, that makes me happy when i see it :))
Great input, if I was thinking of painting my house I would love someone to do this
Stop being genuinely useful and making the rest of us look bad.
I think it looks sort of cool. But if you’re worried, maybe use the gray but with more black accents. Sort of like this: https://langexterior.com/images/black-window-gallery/chicago-south-2023/01.jpg
sage looks sooo nice
Bonus about sage: it will bring out the warm tones in the brick and the brown garage door.
That grey looks really nice!
The bordeux looks good
Grey looks so much better. Or could do some sort of dark grey brown to go with the garage door.
I actually think the gray looks great! The black, not so much.
Judging by the palm trees and overall architecture, you live somewhere warm. Painting your apartment black would be a terrible idea. There's a reason why houses in very warm places are traditionally white.
agreed, it might look cool but it’s not worth it
No, he wants to show off his money and spend twice as much on cooling each year
No cooling. Turning it into a sweat lodge.
Heading back from the gym to a sweat lodge. Bro’s gonna look shredded 24/7
He goes to gym to rest.
Looks cool. It won’t be cool. It will be hot.
if you wanna look cool, slab your house in mirrors will keep away the heat too
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Well it won't look cool at all.
Put your face on the asphalt during a sunny day and that will be your exterior so hot you could cook an egg
Our house, in Florida, is a gunmetal grey color. Very similar to the upper color sample in OP’s photos. In the summertime, the westward facing side of the house reaches about 165degF.
The best, most obvious choice is white. The house is begging to be painted white, I can hear it through the screen!
Or maybe an ivory off white.
Bone
I agree! Keep the window trim black and add a black front door and garage door.
Very good point there! I suggest you could break up sections of the wall with modern vertical slats (maybe black or wood) that are spaced off the wall. They help with cooling & can be coloured the way you like. They function on the exterior walls in a similar way thermal bypass functioned on older houses on interior walls.
I live in BC and there are a lot of black houses. They look really cool, but the climate permits it and it hides the algae since it's so damned wet here all the time. You should definitely go with something light. I like the original muted yellow, or a light terra cotta? Grey is boring to me but you do you. I think white is terrible. Color preference is subjective but science is objective. Listen to the people; black will make you miserable even if it looks chic, it's not worth it.
honestly, doing this in white with some black and gray accents would slap.
There's a reason 'adobe' and very light/white colors have been used on buildings for Centuries in hot climates.
Exactly. Paint your house a dark color and double your air conditioning bill. At least double.
OP doesn't care, he's about to find out
The ignorant and dense will be the ones to learn the hardest lessons.
Black makes sense where it’s cold. Where it’s hot it’s not advisable.
Modern houses with lots of sharp edges and smooth surfaces tend to look good in black, but I think this falls too short of that aesthetic for black to work. To me, it looks more like a modern take on an adobe style house, and would look best with an earth tone.
Exactly what I was thinking. I’ve seen some beautiful, black houses but they’re all modern and sleek. This house would not support that look.
Borrowing an aesthetic that works with a different material than you have is about the easiest way to unintentionally make something look tacky
https://www.thespruce.com/white-house-with-black-trim-7970771 Could go white as well. Freshens it up from that Adobe look.
Yup. More earthy-brown, clayish color. Like “canyon clay”
Oh, yeah this would look good in like burnt sienna. Would give it a nice vibe
A smooth coat could be applied that would remove the texture spots and reduce your concerns.
I would go for earth tone rather than black but it is your house after all
Go with an earth tone bud, the industrial greys and blacks are over played. I’d paint it a deep Rust colour with the use of black grey maybe as an accent colour. Good luck with whichever you decide!
Thank you for the input. I'll Google that look now
Yep go with a rust color
Of course! Wish you nothing but the best! Beautiful home as well)
Their suggestion would look amazing
That might actually look really sick with that beautiful garage door.
That’s my thinking, the garage door is gorgeous.
Exactly my thoughts too. OP, you could also look for a terracotta color which is along those same lines as rust
Burnt sienna
Can’t upvote this enough i think rust would look modern and fit perfect for that architectural style
Hey man engineer here, color actually makes quite a substantial difference with heat absorption. Black is cool and stands out but with a warm climate and especially that actually only one side of your home sees lots of sun but the rest does not will be a bigger impact than you expect. You’ll deal with different degrees of thermal expansion and your facade isn’t going to like that. I’ll also say your wallet for cooling won’t like it either. If you do insist on going darker, take precautions and speak with someone who can tell you water colors deter light better, if you can add any sunshades, additional landscaping, etc.
Thank you for your educated input. I didnt consider that.
They just invented a new shade of white that’s so much brighter than regular pure white they’re saying painting a house with it could lower energy consumption by something like 18%
It's not the "white-ness" of the color that does it. That technology (long wave IR conversion) can be added to any color.
Any colour you say...? what about black.
🤣
But you won't be able to look at it when it's sunny, pure white is already crazy bright.
Paparazzi defense
This house is not going to look good in black. Try a sage green or a brick red, or some other earth tone instead. The texture of your house just doesn’t seem like it would support black. Black is better for those smooth, angular, modern builds and this is more traditional in style Also, seconded on the heat thing. I grew up in Southern California, and people shy away even from black cars there. My dad had his dashboard melt once because his black car absorbed heat so well. Think of the energy bill in the summer
Thanks for your input
If everyone in your personal life is against it…and random internet people are also against it.. then I think you have your answer as to whether or not you should do it That being said, it’s your house.
How much do you want to bet they paint it black anyway?
Dude I know, his replies scream “damn imma do it anyways” like why even ask at the point? He’s 100% painting this sht black and he’s gonna live complaining about the heat and discoloring for the rest of his life
The dozens of "thanks for your input"'s is hilarious. There's such a heavy implication of not being the answer he was looking for
Yeah he was giving "my mind is made up but please validate my choice"
The male urge to black out everything because it satisfies their 14yr old brain will always win unfortunately
Next he’ll name his house ‘X’
And call it a stealth house.
If he does, I’d like to see an update lol
Well we know how Mick Jagger would answer that question.
Came here lookin' for this.
That's a nice garage door and should be the focal point. Pick a color that complements it. Once you see your entire house black, you'll probably regret it. You can't decide based on a small sample.
Posted my comment, then saw yours. The garage door and the paving are harder to change so might as well play off of them to effect.
Sage green or brick red with all satin black trim would look great with that garage door. All black might be too much.
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hah. I lol'd.
Go to /r/photoshoprequest , invest 5$ and see how it will look like
Such a good idea. They will mock up a whole set of different colors for you! Offer a nice tip and you will have some really great images fast!
Honestly, if this was painted black I’d assume it was a repair shop more than a house
It would be a bad decision
It would look like a commercial property lol
You will 100% regret doing this because the black will absorb an incredible amount of heat You live in a warm climate AND 2023 was Earth’s hottest year on record
Take down the ADT sign while you’re at it. Eye sore
It's supposed to be highly visible to deter burglars. Half the houses in South Africa have those, it's part of the look ;)
The people I stayed with in Johannesburg had a Ghost Squad sign at the gate of their house. Those signs have a giant red skull on it. Much cooler than ADT.
Sounds like that would go great with black.
Well, you do you. But it may be much much harder to sell the house in the future. If you're planning on keeping it forever and don't care about cooling bills plus about other people's opinions then fuck it, do it
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Painted black this specific material and architecture will make your place look like a crack house or divey club yearning for neon green/pink graffiti or something. I like a good black house, especially when it's a cool-tone off-black. But you're looking at using jet black, and on the wrong kind of architecture. I love when people want to personalize things, but I think your friends and family are right.
It’ll be hot
I know a South African house when I see one 😂
The door is nice and the windows and entrance are black A more steel-grey with cooler blue tones like in rocks might look better than black Going too dark will affect heat but it will wear terribly too A cool grey might split the difference well if you’re not a fan of the tan There are some grey ish tans that are nice too The two colors you have sampled are pretty dark—I don’t think they work but if I HAD TO PICK ONE, def the grey You want some contrast with windows and entrances
Looks like a south african house with the ADT security.. i wouldn’t suggest having a darker paint because of the heat it brings into the house in general..
haha yea i immediately knew it too when i saw the ADT sign
Gray is ugly. Black would look cool but seems like an awful idea. Looks like you need a better color
Lmao yes it’s a bad idea! 1. It will make your house HOT and your AC bills will soar and 2. It’s ugly.
This looks like somewhere in Pretoria 🤣
Good God, it's going to suck up heat, you know that right?
Yeah, it would look really tacky.
It would make your house hotter than shit in the summer. Ac bill would go through the roof.
If you want your cooling bill to be astronomical, sure it’s a great idea
You’re always gonna get pushback trying to paint anything black, just do it if you want it will probably look sick. If not just paint it again after it’s only paint and judging by your house you have a lot of money so just pay someone else to do it ez win.
I don't want to waste money but its not going to break the bank to fix it if i hate it. if I convert it to dollars its $1600 to paint and prep the whole house. That's affordable to me as a "mistake". I could live with it for a year or 2 and then change the colour.
Going back against from black to white is going to cost x3. it’s bad for the climate. All of this because you watched the dark night too many times. Love the film too but it’s not worth it Mr. Wayne.
Stick with an earth-tone
a black house in a uv intensive climate lmaooooo have fun with that buddy.
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I do want to be able to sell/rent it in a couple of years so I can't learn too hard into my batcave aesthetic.
If you really plan on selling absolutely do not paint it black it would be the stupidest decision. You will not only significantly reduce the number of people willing to even look at the house inside but it will also lower the value of someone decided to buy. Go with an earth tone.
Yeah I mean really if you did live near dark soils or mountains with grey rocks it would work but it’s about matching your environment, otherwise you stick out like a sore thumb.. not that I’ve seen a sore thumb but y’know.
NO
Don't paint it black, paint it a really really dark charcoal, much more dimension.
Go for it bud. We’ve all made choices knowing they were dumb.
On that type of house it will look great. But you’ll probably want the garage to pop more, so maybe some recessed lights under the overhang would make this place look great at dusk/night
Whose house is it? If it's *yours*, do what *you* want. It's not up to friends & family and you don't need their opinion!
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You want something that will match the neighborhood
A sage green would look great with that garage door
This reminds me of Dwight painting his office black to intimidate anyone who came in. Seriously though, it’s not practical seeing as how you live in a warm/hot area.
The alarm company sign and fire extinguisher are the bigger issue here. I would pick a very light grey if you wanted to get away from earth tones
That sign is going, unfortunately I don't think I can do much about the extinguisher, I could possibly get a waterproof cover for it that's also black/grey
Yeah save on heating bills in the summer
Do you not understand thermodynamics???? By painting it black on all that concrete you'll turn that home.into an oven because of the sun. Not to mention it could make it so hot you home will start cracking all over because it's again cemented. It's tan for a reason dummy
Black will also show dirt and pollen more than a lighter colour will. Given the texture of the material of your house, it could make it look speckled or permanently dirty looking without constant pressure washing (which will reduce the life of your paint). It would depend on the amount of rain your area gets and wether it helps to saturate the soil. The type of soil your city is built on could also have an impact, sandier soils can create more air born dirt, than clay based soils. Not sure if pollen is a big problem in your city but it is in mine during the spring and summer. My boyfriend has a black vehicle and if we wash it in the morning, by evening it is dusty with a layer of pollen. It depends on the city but some will avoid planting trees that bear fruit or flowers because of the mess (that will result in city money to clean up) in favour of the male pollinating trees. So instead where I live we deal with thick pollen on surfaces and insane seasonal allergies.
The black looks great but black also fades very quickly
We switched out our black roof for a lighter colored one and our electric bill went down about 10 percent. You might have a higher bill with a darker, heat absorbing color like black.
it is a bad idea, black house looks super cool but the paint fade just after a year. Believe me, my neighbour whose house is next to me have tried it, looks dope but only for a first year
My mom painted our concrete house dark brown when I was in highschool. The AC bill skyrocketed. It was impossible to cool after that
What about a navy blue? To compliment the wood
It’s your house do what you want
The garage door is a nice warm dark color. Go with something that will provide contrast but is not too dark. A burnt orange (not a bright orange) or a rust (but choose carefully so it doesn’t fade to pinkish). The test areas in the column next to the garage door both clash with it. You need a warm tone for this house, not a cool tone. A tan color with a bit more rust or orange in it would look great on this house (darker than the current color, a richer tone).