Is the roof really as pink as it looks on my screen, or is it more of a salmon color? Even the columns appear to have a pink tinge to them.

The first thing that comes to my mind is something in the medium grey range with a lighter grey column. I didn't know you could paint the roof tiles. Maybe they wouldn't look so bad once you toned down the house. I'd also remove that front hedge and plant something low-growing in front of the left side of the porch and continue it in front toward the entry. You don't show the entire front, but it looks like a white vinyl fence to the left too. Same with that single shrub between the entry and the garage. Make a planting bed out of that small space.

I think it would look great in a charcoal gray with the white trim and a white or light gray roof paint.

Have a look at BM...
Brandy Cream
Dusty Road
Tucson Winds
Carlisle Cream
Bayshore Beige

I would not paint the roof! Some of the paints can destroy your roof. It might take a year or two or three but a roof has to breath, if not it traps the moisture. Spray is a very bad idea; people do it though not knowing it will shorten the roof's life span.

Agree with jterrilynn........don't paint the roof. Imagine what it would look like when the paint starts peeling!

I would go with gray tones or gray/white for the exterior.

Instead of replacing the columns check into the sleeves that can go over existing columns. A carpenter may be able to reshape or box in the ornate top of each column.

I feel that gray would conflict with roof. The roof is really warm-toned and I think a paint should be too. I think that's why the green you have now isn't working with the roof.

The traditional color for this tile roof is just a cream-off white. Since you are trying to go in a more contemporary direction, how about a chocolate type brown and paint the accents a slightly lighter version of the same color?

{{!gwi}} has a similar look to what I'm thinking, although the browns aren't warm enough on that particular house.

Here is a link that might be useful: {{!gwi}}

Please don't paint those wonderful roof tiles. They were meant to be the exact color they are now, and anything else will look odd, IMO. I think a creamy off-white would work best on your brick.

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In fashion, I often see pink paired with chocolate brown or charcoal gray, so that's what I thought of as soon as I read your description. After seeing the photo, I still think those would be good choices. I see others have recommended these as well. (My personal preference would be a charcoal gray.)

Gray? I just don't see it. Warm brown, as some others have suggested or what about an ivory? But gray, when you are in southern California or Florida or a place like that doesn't seem right to me.

I think that a dark gray would look fabulous. Check out the Benjamin Moore site and pick a color close to the roof color. Then it will show you complementary colors. When I did it I got a lot of grays.

I caught this thread doing a search for PINK EXTERIOR--
because we bought second home in FL that has roof tiles very similar and want to repaint the house's exterior...
right now it is a grayish white with darker gray trim--very un-Florida colors IMO and the house could stand some brightening up...
it is difficult to keep a White House truly white because the water for the sprinkler system comes from well on our lot and it has sulfur or something in it--leaves a yellow stain on some lower areas of the exterior...
I wanted to paint the house yellow until we realized the roof tiles are really PINK w/some black streaks painted on...
yellow won't work with those tiles and neither will a tan...

WHAT did you decide to go with for your house???
These tiles seem to be more Santa Barbara than FL gulf coast to me--
our house is only one in our subdivision with them and all the houses have tile roofs--it is an HOA requirement...

Don't paint the tile roof!! Tile will expand and contract and paint and the paint will peel and look awful.

I would paint the stucco creamy white, which looks best with the roof and the intended Spanish style.

I think the problem with your current color is the greenish cast which clashes with the roof.

This post was edited by tinan on Sun, May 12, 13 at 21:55