Exterior Colors: Orange You Daring

I love pumpkin and squash colors on an old New England Colonial. There is a house in my CT town painted pumpkin with red trim. Wonderful. It was Frank Sinatra's favorite color as well!

Barbara, what color orange is that? It's fabulous!!

I love orange, burnt orange were the color of my bridesmaids dressed and everyone hated me ;).
I am painting my 1830's new england farmhouse and want to use orange as an accent, what is a good body color?

Thanks everyone for stopping by!
Donna- I now will have Salmon on the brain as I'm searching for trends to write about.
Carole- Yes, in the Southwest you wouldn't bat an eye at an orange house-but everywhere else it seems so BOLD-the colors of the surrounding terrain really makes an impact when it comes to color, right?
Michele- as a lover of orange I think I would be in heaven in Holland!
Barbara- I love your client's orange house, you all rocked the color.
Cheryl- "totally timeless" is the perfect description.
Sonu- I know-- you know your colors--- so I'm totally going to sample Benjamin Moore's Audubon Russet for my door makeover, I'll be sure to let you know my final pick.

Love Orange- still my fave hue after all these years! I've used Aura Exterior in a Matte finishe Audubon Russett HC-51 from Benjamin Moore on Front Doors and it's so fabulous. The Aura Matte is surprisingly durable and takes the "edge" off the orangey-orangeness of the color.@Michele
, I'm dying to go out to Amsterdam for Queen's Day to soak it all in!

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I love the color orange! I think orange as an exterior accent is timeless! Thanks for sharing.

Good point - and my answer is "yes," depending on the orange of course. There are a few around here but I don't have pictures of them (yet!)

Here's a client's house in the Boston area: http://www.integralcolor.com/wp-content/gallery/re...

I love Orange too - so bold and cheerful - I was in Holland (the House of Orange) during the recent World Cup and the Dutch really know how to "show their purpose" - which in this case was wining.
The facades of houses, bars & cafés (inside and out), streets, parks and people all decked out in orange - very very uplifting, affirming and positive - if at times a bit overwhelming. This color will put anyone in a good mood!

I think I would like orange on the exterior and interior in the right context and air. I think the clear dry air of the west is very conducive to orange rather than the wet moist air of the east. I noticed long ago how exterior house colors changed as you drove across the US. The orange adobe of New Mexico is an all time fav!

Orange is the color you either love it or hate it - usually no in-betweens. I'm not a big fan of orange and wouldn't consider it for any part of my home but I love coral for a girls room (and nail polish of course) and used a burnt orange in a clients master suite and it came out gorgeous! I see salmon coming in as a new twist to "orange". Don't cha think?