Yellow Paint Samples For The Exterior Of My House

Em

Holy Buttercream! You painted samples on the front of the house!?!? You are awesome!!!
And your bushes are gone too?

Just curious…have you virtually “painted” the house using the SW Colorsnap tool (https://www.sherwin-williams.com/visualizer/#/active/scenes)?
Wondering if it would be close to the actual shades you’re looking at? I know computer screens have their own funky effect on color/shading but being able to upload your own house could be a fun way to experiment.

Carla

I’m so glad you are doing exterior because I need to and now I get your expert information on how to do it. Plus I want to paint it yellow but was a ft raid to choose it! So banana cream will be my go to color also!

Phoebe

I actually yelled an excited “IIIIII, she’s painting it yellow”. I love your colour decision, it took a second look to notice differences, but I think that Banana Cream is indeed the best yellow, for the reasons you mentioned. I hope you get a few sunny days really soon!

Alta Craig

I love the yellow for the exterior! I hope you’ll have a few days of sunny weather soon so you can get it pressure washed and painted. Are you planning to add shutters? What color will the front door be? It’s gonna be epic!

Onward and Upward!

Brenda Pawloski

I love your stone! I like how it is bumpy yet cut into nice rectangular shapes. To my untrained eye it appears to be in good shape too. I would want to keep it on the exterior even in a remodel. I did not know what I would think about it painted yellow but I really like it, in Banana Cream. I wish I could see undertones like you do. They have to be really blatant for me to perceive them.

Char

I’m not loving the yellow. The article you read about yellow yellow being a crowd favorite as long as it’s the “right yellow”. I’d qualify it further and say as long as it’s on the “right house”. I think it is beautiful on that traditional house. I just don’t see it on your house.

I’m sure you’ll prove me wrong. And even if you don’t it’s your house and it only matters that you love it.

Brette

As the former owner of a yellow house, I can attest that you are right to be cautious about choosing the proper shade. When we bought our house, it had been freshly painted and the yellow was too bright. Since it was a boxy two-story, it looked like a big haystack. Over the years, the paint faded to a more acceptable shade. When we had it repainted, we chose a very toned-down, neutralized pale yellow. It was just right. then we had the only yellow house in the neighborhood. There are now two in our present neighborhood, one a beautiful pale yellow; the other too bright. Our old yellow house is still there and still yellow.

janpartist

I personally like #3. I think it looks like a less murky #1, slightly more bright, but not bright.

Sharon C

The yellow/white combination looks so fresh and inviting. I like the Banana Cream, it’s going to look gorgeous on your exterior. Fingers crossed for some good weather so you can get it done. You are making awesome progress this year.

Brad W.

Banana Cream is the one I like the best when compared to all the subtle differences of the other samples. I will look great and unify everything. Looking forward to seeing it all done.

Stacy O'Neill

I love a yellow house with black shutters and agree Banana Cream is the best of your selections. Not to confuse matters but check out Montgomery White by Benjamin Moore. Although is is “white,” it reads yellow.

Patty

I am also in the process of picking out a yellow for my house exterior – I was leaning towards Compatible Cream but I think I need just one more sample of that Banana Cream. I also paint right on the walls for the same reason, but it’s still sometimes many, many months before I finish the work, lol. I’m in the hill country a little south and west of you, and we’re of mixed mind on the upcoming rain – we need it, but we would like to get the exterior done before the Texas ‘hell high’ settles into place, ugh. I love that you share your selection processes (and thought processes!) on everything you do – and it’s such fun to see your work progress!

Kathy H

I am in the middle of researching the selection process of paint colors. I learned that each color has an LVR number. It has to do with the light reflectivity of the color. The scale runs from 0 – 100 with zero being closer to a black and 100 being closer to a white. I bought a bunch of sample paints paying close attention to the LRV numbers. I ended up not liking the one with an 80+ LRV rating. Keeping it in the middle rage of 60 will work better for me. All that to say, maybe that “clearer” color has a higher LRV number. The more the color reflects light, the “brighter” or “clearer” it will appear. You might look at the back of the fan deck and see the LRV numbers. If not, I found it is located on the website of many paint companies, ie Benjamin Moore’s. Can’t wait to see your finished house.

Mary Anne Looby

Adele and Carol, I am sure you mean well, but if you have been following Kristi for as long as I have, one thing is very apparent and that is that once she gets stated on a project, with the exception of the kitchen, she has a tendency to stop doing. I am sure it is because she is busy looking for advertisers for her blog, as that and clicks are what get her money. I very often play devils advocate with Krisiti and she knows it. Sometimes she get carried away, as in the molding in the dining room. She spends hours, as she readily admits, pouring over pictures from someone else, often finding hundrends of things she likes. Then she starts second guessing her own style. She is flamboyant. She is not traditional, except in the sense that she likes moldings and very often traditional elements that go with that look, as in pocket doors. Kristi knows that I have been an interior designer for years. Yes, I am old enough to be her mother. I have worked with clients who want me to do their living rooms telling me they have no idea of what they want. You arrive at their home giving them an hourly cost for consultation, which is deducted, if they choose you and go with your designs. We make our money on “kick backs”, not a nice word but that is how I see it. You buy furniture from a particular house, you get a good price for your client and then you also get twenty percent off the top. That is how we get paid. Then we get the, I know I said I didn’t know what I wanted but I really like this chair and this sofa and on and on with a miss mash of unmatched colors, furniture, rugs, wall paint fixtures etc. Kristi is fortunate that she has experience in DIY work. She, admittedly has no education in design. My issue with the dinning room was regarding a question I had asked yesterday. She once again admittedly, changes her mind, a lot~ That is her prerogative. I often cannot keep up with it and I do not have the time to go clicking around on her web site trying to find what she has finally decided. I am trying to ascertain her dinning table style, since last I remembered it was industrial, from PB or WS or RH. If that is the case, none of the chairs she has show us seem to go with industrial. That question, coupled with the commitment from her to have everything finished and cleaned up for showing today, becomes frustrating for someone who is very excited to see her work. I realize that her new toy had to played with, but she did spray the walls in the house. She could have waited a few days to test paint the outside. After all, by her own admission, the house has to be power washed before it can be painted. It is quite possible that once she has cleaned the house she may change her thoughts on the paint. So, as long as Kristi isn’t bitching at me, I shall continue to play devils advocate. We ladies from the Northeast have a tendency to speak our minds. Maybe because we are still such a melting pot of interesting and enlighting people. Have a lovely weekend ladies.(ok, this was a bit bitchy and BTW, I have never talked down to any of my four children, nor have I done so with people I work with. I never employed people, just work in hand in hand in trades)

Chris

I went to look for the yellow paint samples on the Sherwin Williams website since I can’t really tell the difference in the photos. Anyway, I noticed they have a 30% off paint coupon for the month of March and 15% off painting supplies.

http://www.sherwin-williams.com/special-offers/sherwin/coupon/advertised/