Best Front Door Color For A Blue House

Choosing the perfect front door color is essential if you want to maximize your curb appeal and make a great first impression. Especially when your home is blue. It’s not an easy color to design with but if you do it right you can achieve some fantastic results. So what’s the best front door color for a blue house?

Ask any realtor and they’ll tell you almost nothing’s more important than maximizing curb appeal. That first impression buyers get when pulling up to the house is near everything. And it’s even more important if your designing for your own personal home because it’s you who’ll be pulling up each and every day. Blue is a very specific siding color so you really have to nail the font door and all your accents. Entry doors are an undeniable focal point that draws guests into the home. They should be inviting and make a beautiful statement. Not to mention all the fun you can have with a front door around the holidays. And to make choosing the perfect front door color even harder, paint comes in a near endless number of hues.

The easiest and most effective way to maximize curb appeal and give your home that magazine cover look is by choosing the right front door color. Best of all it’s cheap. Trying a new door color is as easy as a $25 can of paint and an hour or two on the weekend.

So we’ve compiled our list of the BEST front door colors for blue houses. Hopefully some of the pictures and information we’ve included will help you choose the right shade of paint for your front door.

But before we get to the doors let’s talk a bit about general color theory.

Benjamin Moore Paint Color Chart

Color Theory

Color theory plays a role whenever your selecting any color used in or on a home. Before we start talking about specific door colors there are a few things you should know about house colors in general.

For starters, the best way to pick house colors is by understanding their relationship on the color wheel. This creates a good flow between your colors rather than a disconnection. Each color you choose should feel like a part of an overall plan or color scheme and not as an afterthought. They should all mesh and compliment one another. Think of it like putting together an outfit. Your pants, shirt, shoes, belt, hat, jewelry, etc. should all play into an overall look. One thing out of place throws the whole look off.

These are basic concepts any artist or designer knows. Understanding the relationship colors have with one another is important when designing on your own without the help of a professional.

• Complimentary colors: High contrast colors positioned opposite from one another on the color wheel. Complimentary colors are dramatic and bold. They are sometimes referred to as opposite colors. The best example of this are white and black.
• Analogous colors: Found side by side on the color wheel. These colors are similar to one another. Like yellow and orange or blue and purple. Using these colors creates a harmonious color scheme like brown and tan.
• Neutral colors: Sometimes occupy a position in the center of the color wheel and are generally considered to be black, white, gray, cream and brown. Neutrals can be safely paired with just about any other color which is why they’re so popular. Earthy colors are generally considered to be neutral. Neutral colors are by far the safest and most popular colors used on homes both inside and out.

Using color theory when selecting the front door color for your blue house is a sure fire way to achieve fantastic results.

Beautiful custom home with blue gray siding and espresso stained real wood front door.

Complementary Colors

Complementary color schemes often use one cool color next to one warm color. Orange, reds, and yellows are the warm colors, while blues, greens, and purples are cool. This helps create what’s known as simultaneous contrast. It’s the highest level of contrast available on the color wheel. When your choosing the best front door color for a blue house you have to keep in mind the color wheel and complimentary colors.

Simultaneous contrast occurs due to a natural illusion when you place two complementary colors next to one another. Both colors will appear brighter which grabs the viewer’s attention. Artists love using simultaneous contrast to their advantage. For example, sunsets with deep blues next to bright oranges are more eye-catching because they rely on simultaneous contrast. If your red paint doesn’t seem bright enough try painting something blue next to it and see what happens. The red will stand out much more when seen next to it’s compliment and so will the blue.

Simultaneous contrast is used in architecture all the time. That’s why the classic blue house with a bright red front door has been around for decades. Color combinations like these tend to be timeless rather than a passing fad because they’re based on good color theory rather then what’s trendy.

Neutral Colors

Neutral colors are by far the most widely used in architecture. They go with just about everything and make up almost all the colors found in natural materials like wood, concrete and stone.

Classic neutrals such as beige, ivory, taupe, and gray have little to no color added to them. They’re basically just a base color mixed with just a small amount of pigment.

If you add more color to a neutral it becomes what we call a tint. For example gray blue is a gray base with blue added in. There’s enough color that it looks blue but is still muted enough that it’s considered a neutral. There’s a fine line with tints. Too much color and it’s not a neutral any more, too little and you get no impact from the color.

The vast majority of homes today use neutral colors somewhere in their exterior color palette. In fact it’s not even close. Over 85% of new homes built in NJ are using some type of neutral color scheme on the exterior. It’s primarily because neutrals look great, go with almost everything and the majority of people really like them.

Another great thing about neutral colors is that almost all natural materials are a neutral. Stone veneer, concrete, wood and even some brick are all considered a neutral so you’ll have plenty of options.

If your looking for the best front door color for a blue house you should at least consider using some neutral colors somewhere in your design.

Pro Tip: If you stick with neutral colors and a bold front door you really can’t go wrong. That’s why we see so many blue homes with a red front door. Gray blue is a very popular siding choice with white trim and a black roof with some stone or brick. The red door really makes the whole design pop. You’ll see a few examples of homes with this color scheme in the pictures ahead.

Analogous Colors

Analogous colors are among the easiest to find on the color wheel because they’re next to each other. Pick any color at any point on the wheel. Then, pick any three colors directly to the left or right of it. Together, those four are a group of analogous colors.

Analogous color schemes are a common sight in nature, occurring often in plants. Take a look outside at anything natural and you’ll find tons of examples. Analogous colors can be seen in the petals of a single flower or in the sky at sunrise or sunset.

Multiple shades of the same color are considered analogous. For example dark green,light green and medium green are all considered analogous. Many of the finest homes use variations of the same base color throughout their color design.

Analogous Colors Can Be Mono Toned

Different shades of the same base color are considered analogous. This is how analogous colors are used when selecting finish materials like roofing and siding. For example, a brown house may have a dark brown roof with a cream colored siding, white trim and a darker brown secondary siding color. These colors are all considered analogous.

Choosing analogous colors creates a color scheme that seems connected and in harmony with one another.

Analogous Colors Are Serene

Perhaps because of their connection with nature, homes featuring analogous colors often have a serene feel. When decorating with these colors, it’s important to create a balance by choosing one main shade to focus on. Generally that color on a home is it’s siding. In this case blue. But what shade of blue your using will make a big impact on the other colors in your design.

Analogous Color Schemes Are easy

Using analogous colors on a home is easy because they’re all so closely related. All your colors will work well together which makes designing effortless. You don’t have to do a ton of work finding a color scheme that works. Just choose a main shade and then a few others that are next to it on the color wheel. By sticking so close to the main shade your guaranteed to have colors that flow perfectly together without the risk of a clash.

Take some chances and make statements with your small accent colors.

Pro Tip: Always choose the main color first. This makes it very easy to branch out on the color wheel in either direction. Choose 4 colors, including the main, that touch on the wheel. Keep in mind that black and white don’t count as colors. This can be helpful if your using a black roof and white trim like most blue homes do.

Too Much Of A Good Thing

Make sure to get the most out of an analogous color scheme by using contrast. This is where selecting the perfect front door color comes into play.

With the colors in your palette so closely related it’s easy for them to blend into each other and look flat. This actually prevents the front door from standing out.

Picking a bold front door color as a focal point is one of the best ways to maximize your curb appeal. Balance the level of your colors, making light, medium, and dark color choices which creates an even blend of tones throughout the exterior. A sense of balance is important and that’s easy to achieve using analogous colors as long as you have a wide range of values.

Just make sure to coordinate everything with the blue siding.

Custom home with blue siding, real stone veneer and coffee bean stained wood front door.

Color Value

The value of a color has nothing to do with the actual color itself. It’s how light or dark it is. It’s super important to vary your lights and darks by including a wide range of values in just about any design. If you use too much from the same value range your design will look flat, especially from a distance.

Imagine your looking at a home in black and white. Or better yet, take a photo into a program like Photoshop and turn it into a black and white. You’ll notice a few things.

• In a black and white photo just about everything is a shade of gray. Light colors will appear more white and dark color more black.
• In a good design you’ll see a wide range of light and dark areas. Every element should be clearly defined even without the color.
• In a bad design elements will appear almost the same color and won’t be clearly defined.

This simple exercise is great at teaching you how to design with good value. Don’t use color as a crutch by simply changing the shade to define different elements on the home. Think about color and value simultaneously and include a wide range.

Small Things Worth Considering

Here are some other things to consider when picking a front door color for your blue house. Every element you use on the house is important because the front door and blue siding are just two parts of a large color scheme.

• Roof color: The color of your roofing shingles are often overlooked and it’s a mistake. Make sure you take this into account when coordinating your front door color with your blue siding. The roof caps the house and create a divide between the house colors and sky. Think of it as a hat for your house.
• Mail box: The mail box is another thing you’ll need to consider and for some reason it’s often overlooked. What color is it? How big? What’s it made of? Something simple or an elaborate construction made of brick or stone? Give it some thought because a mail box is an important part of the color scheme and your curb appeal.
• Gutters: Gutters come in a variety of colors and materials.
• Driveway: The color and material of your driveway is a factor. Concrete or asphalt goes with almost everything but if you’ve got a paver or brick driveway it complicates things.
• Retaining walls: If you have retaining walls then their colors have to work with the rest of the home.
• Railings and/or columns: Every color on the home is a part of it’s overall color scheme.

Choosing the right front door to go with your blue siding and all these other smaller elements isn’t easy. But it’s worth the effort if you want a beautiful home that maximizes curb appeal.

Don’t Forget the Landscaping And Porch Plants

Landscaping and porch plants are an important part of your home’s curb appeal and color scheme. Shrubs, flowers, bushes and trees should all be considered. And don’t just consider the color of the plants and flowers but also the planters.

Landscaping is one of the most often overlooked items when designing and building a new home. In fact most new homes don’t even bother to include it. If you consider the eventual landscaping and what porch plants you’ll have it’ll be easier to pick the right front door color. Like we always say to our clients, consider as many elements as possible when choosing your house colors. A beautifully decorated home with fresh porch flowers and impeccable landscaping can do a lot for your curb appeal.

Will you be planting bushes or shrubs, large trees, colorful flowers, and where will they be? Will you need planters on the porch and if so where, what will they be made of and what color will they be? Everything you see has an effect on the overall look and feel of the home. It helps all sets  tone and establishes a feeling when you first see the home. Flowers and landscaping are an important part of that and can tie into your green siding and front door color.

When you look through the photos throughout this page notice the impact decorations, flowers and landscaping have on the look and feel of the home and it’s color scheme.

What Color Front Door Goes With Blue Siding?

Blue is a classic siding color that will never go out of style. The problem and benefit of choosing blue is the wide variety of shades it actually comes in. Especially when your house is painted. Dark, light, bold or muted. There’s a huge variety of color options when it comes to blue and each will have it’s own best front door color. That’s why it’s so important to choose a front door color that looks good with the exact shade of blue your using instead of picking a color you saw in a photo or on TV.

Pro Tip: We recommend bringing front door paint samples to your home rather than bringing a siding sample to the paint store. It helps to see the color on your actual house in real light. This is where a good paint color chart can really come in handy because it’ll have a paint sample for just about every color in the store.

Even though the right front door color is dependent on your exact siding color we can still talk about some colors that generally look great with blue.

Front Door Colors That Generally Work With Blue

Let’s dive in and start looking at some beautiful front door colors for blue homes.

• Green: Green and blue look great together. Just make sure to vary the values because green and gray can easily look flat.
• Black and/or white: You really can’t go wrong with these two colors. When combined, black and white trim on a blue home is stately and elegant. Black trim seems formal and bold, while white trim is striking and dramatic. Black and white are classic house colors that have been around since colonial times. They’re both a safe choice that will never go out of style.
• Brown and tan: Neutral colors flow perfectly with blue because they basically match everything. These earthy neutrals will help keep your color design understated but attractive. However, because they’re all so close on the color wheel you lose the effect of contrasting colors. In other words, nothing will stand out if all your colors are so closely related.
• Blue: Just because you’ve got blue siding doesn’t mean you can’t have a blue front door. Make sure to vary the shade and value if you want your front door to really standout.
• Gray: Gray is a beautiful, stunning color when combined with blue. Especially if your gray has a tint or is dark.
• Burgundy and Red: Burgundy is a great choice for those looking for some interest without committing to the intensity of a really vivacious red. Brick red is a slightly more modern take on burgundy. Pure red is a color with some real personality and absolutely draws tons of attention and looks fantastic with blue.

Best Front Door Colors For A Blue House

You can make a great first impression with your front door and siding color combination. Here’s a list of our favorite front door colors with blue siding. Hopefully one or two of them will help you choose the right front door color for your blue home.

Beautiful custom home with pale blue gray siding and real wood stained front door. Matching wood garage doors, brown gutters and real stone accents.

Medium Brown Front Door With Light Blue Gray Siding

It’s hard to match the rich quality of a beautifully stained real wood front door. When natural colors are executed properly they’re dramatic and full of life. Most new homes rely mainly on composites so it’s easy to forget how beautiful natural materials can be. The wood adds a lot of warmth to a color scheme that’s otherwise on the cool side.

When using a real wood front door with blue siding, it’s important to create contrast as well as a sense of balance. A mix of materials is essential. Vary your textures with trim elements and accent pieces like stone. Use white trim because it stands out even when the siding color is pale. Make use of interesting shapes and architectural features if you can.

Plants and landscaping adds tasteful splashes of color.

Natural tones and stained real wood creates some of the best front door colors for blue houses.

Stunning custom built home with pale gray blue siding and a real wood front door. White garage doors with lots of white trim. Real stone veneer.

Pale Gray Blue Siding With A Real Wood Front Door

Here’s another example of a color scheme very similar to the last home. Pale blue gray siding with a real wood stained front door. One of the best front door colors for a blue house on any value or shade is real wood. Blue homes tend to be on the cool side and wood is great way to bring warmth.

More ways to bring warmth and tie the design together are with the roof and real stone veneer. Most blue homes use a black roofing shingle but when the home’s blue siding is muted and gray you can use a brown roof. The real stone has a lot of warm color and undertones throughout that flow beautifully with the door and roofing.

This home design has white garage doors instead of matching the stained wood. Since the only dark area on the house is the front door your eye is immediately drawn to it with almost no distraction. It’s a great way to create a focal point.

Royal blue fiber cement siding with a cool brown real wood front door, stained glass and black door hardware.

Brown Front Door With Royal Blue Fiber Cement Siding

It’s hard to match the quality of a real wood door. The natural grain and textures are impossible to duplicate with a composite finish. And with so many stain colors to choose from it’s a very versatile finish.

When using a wood front door with blue siding it’s important to create contrast as well as a sense of balance. That’s what your door trim is for. The detail and separation between the wood door and siding is an important element of the design. The stained glass and black door hardware are also really nice choices and look great with the brown and blue. Don’t forget that all the little things are just as important as the stain color and siding.

Pro Tip: With a blue siding color this bold we recommend using a wood stain with cool undertones like what you see above. Brown still warms up your design but the cool tones create a harmonious design. This color brown perfectly matches the blue siding color but still stands out and doesn’t look disconnected from the overall color scheme.

Light blue cedar shake siding with a natural wood front door.

Natural Wood Front Door With Light Blue Siding

Natural color tones and other real wood elements look great on a home with blue siding. All that white trim with the door stain’s yellow undertone gives the home a happy feel. I like when a home’s color scheme is welcoming and that’s easily achieved with lighter colors. It’s a common color scheme here in New Jersey especially by the beach.

Pale blue colors sit back allowing other features to come forward. Landscaping, porch plants, or architectural features can really stand out against a lighter background. The yellow undertone of this stain is a nice choice because it not only adds color but also a lot of warmth. The stain is mild so all that beautiful wood grain shines through and adds a lot of detail. The black hardware is a great choice. It’s the only dark element on the house so it really stands out. The old fashioned doorknocker is a nice touch as well.

Dark blue siding with dark brown stained front door, white trim and light colored stone veneer.

Coffee Bean Front Door With Dark Blue Siding

What is it about brown? Every designer we know is obsessed with it. Could it be its depth and richness? Its elegance? That sensuous quality that few other colors can equal.

Committing to a stain color for the front door of your home is a big decision. Especially when you factor in the nuance of color. How shades can be different depending on light, texture, and the colors around them. As well as the style of the home and environment it sits in. When your using a blue siding this dark it’s important to add contrast with either an even darker front door or something light. In this case the homeowners went very dark and I think they made the right choice.

Keep the stain’s undertones cool to flow with the siding. Brighten things up by including white trim and a light colors stone veneer like what we see used above. I love how the stain was used on the roof paneling. It really ties the design together and provides a beautiful contrast with all that thick white trim. Another fantastic addition are the black metal railings. They flow nicely with the door hardware and mailbox.

Espresso Front Door On A Gray Blue House

Here’s another example of a home with a dark brown espresso stained front door only this time with muted light gray blue siding. This home also uses white trim and a light colored stone to create contrast but the siding is much lighter. The two homes clearly show how beautiful a dark wood front door can be with blue siding. Whether your using a dark siding or something light it makes little difference, this stain color just works.

Just like the previous home these designers went with black door hardware. I really like black with a dark wood door. It’s a classy finish and dark enough to contrast the stain.

Navy blue cedar shake siding with white trim and a real wood front door.

Real Wood Front Door With Navy Blue Siding

Natural wood color tones look great on a home with navy blue siding. It’s a cool shade of blue with a medium amount of pigment that looks fantastic when paired with red. The red white and blue color scheme has been used for centuries on all sorts of products because of how great the colors work together. If you don’t want a red front door but do want some reddish undertones then introduce it with your wood stain.

There are plenty of wood stains that have red in them but we like to choose wood that has natural red undertones. Woods like cherry are already reddish so you don’t have to add much coloring to them. Even a light natural stain will look reddish if you choose the right wood. It’s more of a subtle look but still gives you the red white and blue color scheme your looking for.

We also wanted to highlight the silver door hardware. Silver looks great with blue siding and wood. Most of the doors on this list so far have used black because the doors were darker. With a door this shade silver is a nice option.

Blue gray beach house with reddish brown front doors. Matching gutters and hand rails. real stone veneer.

Blue Gray Siding With A Reddish Brown Front Door

Here’s the last example we have of a stunning blue home with a wood front door. As you may be able to tell from the article so far, we think one of the best front door colors for a blue house is wood. Ans as with any other front door color, match your stain to the exact color blue of your siding. We’ve got over 20 examples of beautiful blue homes in this article and almost none of them match. With such a wide variety of blue options you need to be flexible with your front door color.

This home really has it all and does everything right. The blue siding has a bit of green and gray in it which is a fantastic choice for a beach house. The coloring is subtle but still has just enough pigment to bring out some rich tones.

The front door is a deep brown with red undertones and a lot of pigment. That same coloring was used on the gutters and hand rails which really ties the look together.

If you look at the color wheel you’ll see how perfectly these colors work together. Even the stone is just the right shade and flows beautifully with the brown shingle roof. The landscaping and hardscaping are impeccable and I love how they used both round and square columns.

This house represents all the things we love about blue homes with real wood front doors and i think it makes a great model if your looking to do something similar.

Beautiful home with blue gray cedar shake siding, a black front door and lots of porch flowers.

Black Front Door With Blue Gray Siding

Choosing the right exterior colors for your home can be a challenge. Color sets the tone for the house as guests arrive. It can make home buyers more eager to see a house or cause them to drive right by. With that said, every home is different, and what works for one design may not work for another. When you’ve got blue siding to contend with, the challenge of finding the perfect front door color gets that much more difficult.

Blue is a very specific color with a ton of variations. If you want an all around safe choice that works with any shade of blue, consider black.

English style black front door with medium blue cedar shake siding. White trim with glass side lights.

Black Front Door With Medium Blue Cedar Shake Siding

If you want a sleek minimalist front door then consider black with silver hardware. Black goes great with blue and so does silver. We recommend using a flat metal with very little sheen. Stay away from chrome or anything overly polished. This example of an English style front door with center knob and mail slot looks fantastic next to the medium blue gray cedar shake siding. I like the flat sheen used on the door too. The design feels well refined and classy.

Did you know metal can come with an undertone too. Buy a silver with a cool steel finish to compliment the siding and door colors.

On our list of the best front door colors for a blue house, black is right at the top.

Modern black front door on a custom home with blue lap siding, a covered front porch and wood panel ceiling.

Modern Black Front Door With Blue Siding

If you’ve got a contemporary styled home then blue siding works. Check out this beautiful example above featuring blue horizontal lap siding with a modern black front door and wood ceiling. The porch is covering a really nice blue stone patio and custom white square columns. One of my favorite parts is the thick white trim caps on the walls and around the windows. It’s an overall clean, crisp house design.

This is one of the only pictures we have where the front door is open exposing the hinges. If you really want to consider every detail then coordinate the hinge color with your door like they did above. Attention to the smallest details is how you achieve the best results.

I really like all the modern style lighting. The simple black frames tie into the front door style and accent the home beautifully.

Black entry door with colorful stained glass inlay and shiny gold finishes. Blue cedar shake siding with white trim.

Black Front Door With Colorful Stained Glass Inlay

Blue siding with a black front door is a fantastic look. It’s clean, classy and sophisticated but it lacks warmth. Homes with this type of color palette are often considered cold and uninviting. A great way to brighten up the home is with porch plants, accessories, decorations, or one of my favorite methods, stained glass.

Adding stained glass to your front door gives it an immediate burst of color and vibrancy, transforming your entry into a warm and inviting space. And because of that newfound color you can use different hardware finishes like this beautiful gold lock and mail slot. Normally we recommend a flat sheen but the one used here is extremely shiny and it works.

Stained glass gives you another element to coordinate styles and colors with other than blue and black.

Blue home with horizontal lap siding and a dark gray front door.

Dark Gray Entry Door With Blue Lap Siding

There’s a reason why so many top designers view gray as a no-fail design choice for an entry door. It’s a classic color and, depending on the tone, is versatile enough to make a home feel calm and elegant with a dramatic feel. Gray is a hot trend at the moment and just happens to be one of the best colors to pair with blue siding.

One of the biggest fears to overcome when using a dark color on your entry door is that it’ll make your home feel gloomy. Not true. A dark color adds drama to a home. The dark gray door with purple undertones shown above has just the right amount of pigment added in to add warmth. Dark gray surrounded by bright white trim and blue siding is anything but gloomy.

Just make sure you use a blue that’s lighter than the door. If you use the same value or something darker the home would look way too dark. Going a shade or two lighter creates the contrast you need. It’s also a good idea to use a blue with at least a medium amount of pigment. The design needs some color. We also recommend a gray with an undertone. This one has purple, which we really like, but other colors would work too.

What’s great about gray is it’s versatility. Add just a tiny splash of any color to create a subtle tint that can go with almost any other house color scheme.

Light blue gray home with a dark purple front door decorated for Fall. Sidelights with white trim. Real gray stone veneer.

Dark Purple Entry Door With Light Blue Gray Siding

Luxury, happiness, regal, and power are just a few words associated with the color purple, so there’s no surprise that it’s a favorite of top designers. Purple shades have been associated with royalty since the beginning of time. On a home, it has positive effects on the mind and body, creating an energy that immediately puts guests in the right frame of mind. Best of all, purple is incredibly versatile, which means you can tailor the shade to match just about any type of blue siding.

• Purple is a versatile color
• Adjusting the shade allows it to go with just about anything
• Can be considered a neutral
• Goes great on a blue home

We recommend using this dark of a purple with a lighter shade of blue siding. Remember to vary your values and create contrast. Although the color is so versatile it works well with darker blue siding too. Things get tricky when you use so many dark colors on a house but you can pull it off with trim work and other design elements.

Stone veneer is another nice addition to this exterior. It’s a great way to break up the wall while adding lots of detail. The steel gray coloring works well with both the purple door and blue siding.

Classic red, white and blue house color scheme. Gray blue cedar shake siding with white trim and a bright red front door.

The Red Front Door And Red Brick

In Feng Shui, a red front door means “welcome.” Feng Shui is a Chinese philosophy in which the arrangement and color of objects in a room relates to the flow of energy. The front door is known as the “Mouth of Chi” where energy enters. If you believe in or follow Feng Shui, painting your front door red would create a welcoming energy.

A red door means “welcome” in an old early American tradition. If a family had a red front door tired travelers traveling by horse and buggy would know that a home was a welcoming place to rest. Today, an all red door is and has been a common trend we associate with passion, drive, intensity and expression. Red doors beautify properties and draw the eye toward the home’s entrance, welcoming visitors.

The red, white and blue house color scheme is a classic that I doubt will ever go out of style. If you like the look, we recommend doing what these designers did and breaking up the design with lots of detail. Here we see stone veneer, wall paneling, a covered front porch with columns and a beautiful chimney. All these elements together create a truly beautiful home that’s fresh, energetic and inviting.

Dark blue house with a bright reddish orange front door and real stone veneer.

Orange Front Door With Dark Blue Siding And Stone

Any good designer will tell you that color has power and evokes emotion. It can be used to effect moods, tell a story, and change the way someone feels within a space. So deciding on the color of your front door can be fairly tricky. Before you begin choosing paint colors it’s important to consider the feeling you want your home to exude. When someone pulls up to your house for the first time what type of statement are you trying to make. If it’s something bold then orange may be the front door color for you.

Orange is a striking contemporary color that can help you achieve your design goals when matched with blue siding. The color is known to promote general wellness and can have both calming and energizing effects, making it the perfect mood setter. It’s draws attention and is near impossible to miss. And it’s a rare front door color so your sure to stand out and be memorable.

When the boldness of red meets the joy of yellow, we’re left with a color that’s highly versatile and always super chic: orange. The color represents success, health and happiness, and is known to promote general wellness and emotional energy. Whether you’re looking to go all-natural with terracotta or go bold with citrus, orange is a choice worth considering.

Royal blue lap siding with a white front door and matching white trim.

White Front Door With A Blue House

The white entry door with a blue house is a classic color combination that works nicely on just about any style or size home. White railings and columns are a perfect addition with splashes of color brought by the landscaping and porch plants. It’s such a clean and crisp style that just about any accent piece or decoration looks great. And any additional colors are welcome. We recommend using porch plants with some simple white pots to continue the clean design.

The beauty is in it’s simplicity and is sure to stand out amongst the neighbors. A home styled like this would be easy to sell in just about any real estate market which is why it’s so popular. It’s also very forgiving and hard to mess up. Any color hardware works and with any sheen.

Try a front door with some glass. Either stained, frosted or clear works well. The glass helps break up the design and add some interest.

Canary yellow front door on a blue house with lots of white trim.

Gray Blue House With A Yellow Front Door

There are happy colors and sad colors. And yellow definitely falls into the happy category. In fact I’d say yellow is the first color most people would think of if asked to name a happy color. If that’s the effect you want your front door to have then it’s worth considering.

Canary yellow is a vibrant color that gives off a care free vibe. It promotes a sense of wellness and can have both calming and energizing effects, making it the perfect color for a front door. Just be sure to pair it with the right shade of blue. It’s a color with lots of pigment so I’d dial down the blue a little. Yellow looks fantastic with a gray house because there’s such a contrast between something extremely colorful and something without much color. That effect can be carried to a blue house by picking a siding that’s a bit muted like the home shown above.

Best of all a yellow front door isn’t an overused color. White, black, red, and brown are by far the most popular choices. But this article is about the best front door color for a blue house not the most common. Take a chance and consider canary yellow or some other happy shade.

This beautiful blue home features light blue siding, a deep blue front door and real stones with a blueish coloring.

Deep Blue Front Door With Blue Siding

Deep blue is a beautiful color with lots of pigment. If you want a rich and colorful home then we recommend pairing it with a blue siding that’s also on the colorful side. The example home above uses lots of pigment in every element of the design. I love the commitment the designers made to use bold blue colors all over the home. Even the stone veneer and columns have blue tones running throughout them.

Notice how each element has a different value. This is a great example of using value variation to define elements on the home. Each thing you see has a rich coloring with lots of color but they all have a different value which helps define them.

If you turned this image black and white you’d still see each item quite clearly because the design is well thought out and executed beautifully.

Royal blue front door with dark blue siding. Gold hardware with a high shine, white trim and glass side lights.

Royal Blue Entry Door On A Blue House

Blue and white work wonders on just about any house. White trim brightens the home and makes the blue really pop. Almost any shade of blue looks great but royal blue is a real classic. When your using a blue front door on a blue house it’s important to vary your values and colors. There’s so many different shades of blue so it won’t be hard. If you use a color too close to your siding then the house will start to look flat.

Perhaps because it’s the color of both the sky and the sea: in color therapy, blue tones are said to evoke clarity, pureness, and increased intuition. The shade is immediately calm and welcoming. Blue also works well with landscaping as green and blue compliment one another.

White trim is our secret weapon when designing a blue home. We use it strategically on just about every blue home we design. Even if just as an accent around windows and doors that’s enough but we recommend going a bit further with it. Try to include some columns, railings or decorative wall paneling.

A Few Tools You May Need

If your painting or staining your front door you’ll not only need the perfect color but also the right tools. Good quality tools are important for a nice finish and a care free work day. The last thing you need is to spend your day picking out loose bristles or dealing with runs.

Here’s a list of a few tools we use on all of our painting jobs and highly recommend.

Summary: Best Front Door Color For A Blue House

Choosing the perfect front door color is essential if you want to maximize your curb appeal and make a great first impression. Especially when your home is blue. It’s not an easy color to design with but if you do it right you can achieve some fantastic results. So what’s the best front door color for a blue house?

Ask any realtor and they’ll tell you almost nothing’s more important than maximizing curb appeal. That first impression buyers get when pulling up to the house is near everything. And it’s even more important if your designing for your own personal home because it’s you who’ll be pulling up each and every day. Blue is a very specific siding color so you really have to nail the font door and all your accents. Entry doors are an undeniable focal point that draws guests into the home. They should be inviting and make a beautiful statement. Not to mention all the fun you can have with a front door around the holidays. And to make choosing the perfect front door color even harder, paint comes in a near endless number of hues.

The easiest and most effective way to maximize curb appeal and give your home that magazine cover look is by choosing the right front door color. Best of all it’s cheap. Trying a new door color is as easy as a $25 can of paint and an hour or two on the weekend.

Hopefully some of the pictures and information we’ve included will help you choose the right shade of paint for your front door.

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