If you are looking for inspiration for the outside of your home, you will love the look of a black and white exterior house. You can’t go wrong with one of these black and white houses exterior.
Black and White Painted Houses
To soften the look of a bold exterior, you can add greenery, colorful floral in flower beds, and lighting.
Bringing in subtle pops of wood elements and stone will provide a feeling of warmth and balance to the dramatic exterior.
White House Black Shutters
Beautifully manicured landscape, black shutters and a matching balcony help define the white exterior of this home.
The black shutters give this white exterior just what it needs, so it doesn’t look bland or boring.
Modern Black Houses
An all black house might sound bold, but the look of these homes will surprise you to repaint your own home.
The reason an all black exterior works is because of the texture, greenery, dramatic roof lines, and wood elements surrounding the exterior of the home.
Also, adding accents of the color white around the home, helps soften the dramatic exterior of a black painted home.
This black and white exterior house ranch style home has bright white paint on the ceilings, walls, cabinets to break up the dark color.
Bringing in plants, neutral furniture, and decor make this an inviting space.
As you may have noticed all of these dark exterior homes have a more modern look and feel to them with sharp roof lines.
This style of home is the best option when it comes to painting the entire exterior a bold moody color.
A classic colonial style home might not be the best option when it comes to dramatic exterior paint colors.
It is best to stick to a more neutral color palate for classic style homes and try bold pops of color in landscaping or on the window shutters.
White House Black Trim
An all white house might sounds boring, but if it’s done right it is beautiful.
A wood front door and matching garage doors add a of touch of warmth to the exterior of the home.
Sharp roof lines as shown on both of these homes help bring visual interest along with the coordinating black trim.
Dramatic lines give a home a modern farmhouse look and feel.
Another option to define the entrance of an all white exterior, is to add stone or an arch in front of black painted doors.
The arch brings attention to the front of home and looks aesthetically pleasing.
Here is another beautiful black and white house exterior designed by Coco and Jack.
This design is symmetrical, contains texture from the stone, and blends the colors perfectly.
Black Painted Brick House
Painting an all brick house the color black, is an easy and affordable way to instantly update a home.
The black townhome shown here, even helps update the look of the homes on either side.
Breaking up the brick tones by using the color black on the exterior, helps make this home standout and add a ton of visual interest.
The brick on either side of these townhomes, helps bring the look together.
Hopefully the neighbors never decide paint the brick on their home because a black and white exterior house won’t look as good.
Colonial White and Black House
Here is a white colonial home with black shutters and matching door for a soft classic look that will be in style forever.
You can’t go wrong with a simple color palate on the exterior of a colonial style home.
It is best to maintain a neutral exterior on the bulk of the color palate for a colonial style home.
You can add a pop of color onto the front door, in landscaping, and even the window shutters.
White Farmhouse Exterior
Currently an all white farmhouse is one of the most popular design trends for home exteriors.
If you can’t get enough of this look, don’t worry you don’t have to live on a farm to achieve this style.
The farmhouse style has transitioned into modern farmhouse, so you can make this style your own.
If you have sharp roof lines similar to these homes, you should consider a darker color roof with coordinating windows or front doors.
The darker color on the roof stands out against an all white farmhouse exterior.
Exterior Paint Colors
It can be a serious struggle when it comes to choosing white paint for the exterior or interior of a home.
There are thousands of different shades of the color white.
Every shade of white has a different undertone making some of them warm or cool and even a light shade of pink.
So, before you decide on a shade of white test several colors and look up photos of the color to see how it looks in real life.
White Exterior Paint Color
Sherwin Williams most popular white paint color for exteriors is, Alabaster.
This creamy white paint color is perfect for and space in your home or outside of your home.
Alabaster is not a bright white paint color, so your home won’t end up with a stark white look.
If, you do not prefer the warmer tones in this color then might like Modern White by Sherwin Williams.
I recently painted my living room and kitchen in the color, Modern White and I absolutely love it.
The color is more cool, but it pairs nicely with gray, black, bright white, and other neutral colors. Modern White does not pull unexpected tones, so you can’t go wrong with this color.
Iron Ore Exterior Paint Color
Alabaster coordinates beautifully with the Sherwin Williams colors, Iron Ore.
The color Iron Ore is a warmer shade of black white makes it a great match for Alabaster.
Another popular shade that looks great on the exterior of a home is, Tricorn Black by Sherwin Williams.
This color is a true black color without any undertones showing through.
Conclusion
Before deciding on a black and white exterior house color, make sure to test samples in several places with these tips. Paint can look totally different depending on the lighting and surrounding elements.
Another way to bring black or white to your exterior is to build an outdoor bar. These outdoor bars will inspire you to build your own custom bar.