Home Exterior Color Ideas & Trends for 2025 and Beyond

Painting the exterior of your home is no small feat. It’s pricey, time-consuming, and there’s no hiding it if you get it wrong. No one wants to spend $15,000 on a paint job only to have Steve from across the street say, “Love the new yellow!” when you were going for white.

That said, when you do get it right? The payoff is huge. A fresh coat of exterior paint can completely transform your home’s curb appeal and make everything feel brand new.

If you’re at the very beginning of your color selection process and want to know a little more about how to choose a color in the first place—based on things like your home’s architecture, fixed elements like masonry or railings, and how much light it gets—I’ve got a whole separate blog post with all those helpful tips. I would actually suggest reading that post, too, since there are other things to consider when choosing an exterior paint color beyond what’s in style. I like to think about trends as simply one source of inspiration, not a rulebook on what to choose.

If you’re planning to refresh your siding this year, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite exterior paint color ideas and trends for 2025 (and beyond) to help get you thinking.

Painting the trim and siding the same color

Cottage in Sag Harbor. Image by Susan Kaufman

Image via Pinterest (original source unknown, but looks like AI to me!)

If I had to choose the single biggest exterior paint trend of the year, it wouldn’t actually be a color, it would be painting the trim the same color as the siding. It’s sort of like the exterior version of color-drenching. (Like color-drenching, this is actually a look with historic roots, but one that’s making a big comeback right now).

I love how clean this looks feels on all homes, but especially for cottage-y, antique colonial, or Cape-cod-style homes. There’s an adorable little Cape in our neighborhood that recently got a new owner. The house was white with some stonework on the front, and I always thought it was cute the way it was. That was until the new owner painted both the trim and the siding a gorgeous, rich gray-green. Now I LOVE this house. It looks so charming and current, and I realized one of the reasons I love it so much is because both the trim and siding are painted the same color.

Rich, Muted Blues

James Hardie Evening Blue, Image via James Hardie

This also makes a really pretty trim/accent color! Image: @thepottedboxwood

Siding company James Hardie named “Evening Blue” its 2025 Color of the Year

Another of the biggest exterior paint color trends that’s also pulled from indoors? A shift toward more muted tones with a dose of gray or beige, especially when it comes to blues. Instead of a Robin’s Egg blue or clear pastel shade like you’d often see in neighborhoods built in the late 90s or early 2000s, homeowners are opting for rich gray-blues.

In fact, siding provider James Hardie named the deep gray-blue shade “Evening Blue” its color of the year for 2025.

Colors to try: Benjamin Moore Providence Blue, Sherwin Williams Debonair

Earthy Greens

Image via Pinterest, original source unknown

Green home exteriors have gained major popularity over the last few years, closely following the big trends toward green walls inside the home (are you sensing a theme here?). I actually did some research on Google trends, and the search volume for “green home exteriors” rose 56% in the last year, which is more of an increase than searches for “blue home exteriors,” and “gray home exteriors.”

For a look with longevity, go for a muted green, like sage or an evergreen with some gray to it.

Colors to Try: Sherwin Williams Soft Sage, Sherwin Williams Oyster Bay, Benjamin Moore Heather Gray

White

Photo: Lindsay Salazar for The Fox Group

White isn’t exactly a paint color trend since it’s so classic, but it has been an extra-popular choice over the last decade thanks to the farmhouse aesthetic, which is still going strong for home exteriors. White is also the most classic and timeless exterior color choice for a house, since it’s so versatile and goes with nearly any architecture style.

Colors to Try: Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace, Sherwin Williams Extra White, Sherwin Williams Alabaster

Slate Gray and Black

Cottage in Sag Harbor. Image by Susan Kauffman

Another big trend that began in the farmhouse era is painting exteriors a black or dark gray color. This is definitely a modern look that works on contemporary and midcentury styles, but I’ve also seen it look great on antique Cape-style houses (again, in my neighborhood).

Colors to Try: Benjamin Moore Kendall Charcoal, Benjamin Moore Charcoal Slate