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Roof Colour Guide: Asphalt Roofing Shingles, the Ultimate Guide
A simple way to boost your home's curb appeal is to select a shingle colour that complements the look and feel of your home's exterior. This guide offers tips on how to select the best shingle colour for your home.
The Relationship Between the Colour of Your Home and Your Home's Exterior Design
To start this guide, we'd like to share the simplest and quickest way to pick the best shingle colour for your home: ask your roofing contractor to match what you already have! Your roofing contractor will find the closest match to your existing shingle colour and begin work. Easy peasy!
If you are starting from scratch or are looking to revamp the look of your roof, an easy way to narrow down roofing shingle colour is to decide on an exterior colour palate for your home. When you look at your hardscaping elements, like your patios, stone walls, wooden arbors, fencing and driveway paving, what colour palate would you say you have? Are the colour cool or warm? More on this later.
Other factors such as your home's architectural style and environmental setting also play a huge part in picking the best colour for your shingles.
Colour Pallates: Cool vs. Warm Tones
Other features of your home's exterior that you can assess are the colour of your home's brick or siding, and the paint colour of your windows and door trim. The photo below shows a standard warm tone shingle compared to the home's exterior, all in warm tones vs. a standard cool tone shingle compared to the home's exterior, in cool tones.
Does You Roof Colour Affect Your Home's Curb Appeal?
Your roof can make up up to 40% of your home's exterior. Therefore your roof colour can certainly have an affect on your home's curb appeal which can contribute to your resale value.
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What Are The Most Popular Colours When It Comes To Asphalt Shingles?
Neutral colours like black, brown, gray and tan have been the most popular asphalt shingles colours historically as they tend to match most outdoor architectural elements. These neutral colours have increased in popularity due to the introduction of a colour granules in asphalt shingles which gives the overall colour depth and dimension. Shingle manufacturers now offer a variety of shades in each neutral colour, from light grey, blue-grey, green-grey and so on.
There are a few main colour categories when it comes to shingle colours and they vary in degrees of lightness, darkness, intensity and contrast. Let us explain:
Dark Shades
If you have light grey or white siding, black roofing shingles can provide excellent contrast to your home's exterior creating a traditional and timeless looks. Selecting black shingles also gives you the freedom to go with a bold colour for your front door (think red or purple).
Brown Shades
Brown shingles now a days can be found in cool tones or warm tones. Brown shingles with their layered hues, make it wasy to coordinate roofing shingles and exterior siding or brick.
White Shades
White shade shingles typically refer to lighter grey or silver tones, which give them a clean, airy and neutral look. This family of colours on a roof, with light coloured or white siding, allow flexibility for a pop of colour on doors or shutters. It also offers an appealing contrast with nearby trees, shrubbery, and natural surroundings.
Our expert estimators have access to a variety of samples for your choosing! Do not hesitate to discuss your vision with our team. We look forward to working on your project!
