8 of the Best Front Door Colors for a Brown House

Whether you’ve refreshed your home’s exterior and need a new door to match the vibe or you’re just looking to brighten up your brown house, adding a pop of color in your front door can have a major impact on your home’s appearance. So you don’t get dizzy and overwhelmed looking at color swatches, we’ve picked out eight of the best front door colors for brown houses.

1. Green

It doesn’t get much earthier than brown and green. A dark brown home exterior can serve as the perfect backdrop for a vivid green door. If your home is a light or medium shade of brown, a light, medium, or dark green is flexible enough to work just as well for your front door.

Go big with a bright, electric green, or choose a more subtle sage with gray undertones to pull together the look of your home with the simple act of painting your front door.

For inspiration, try:

• Sherwin-Williams® Nurture Green 

• Clare® Matcha Latte 

• Benjamin Moore® Sullivan Green 

• Sherwin-Williams® Inland

2. Brown

Brown on brown may sound like this season’s fashion disaster, but don’t be fooled by a seemingly uncommon duo. Two contrasting shades of brown can complement each other—especially when you use the right color palette and throw in some accent colors.

For example, a cool light brown home, an equally cool dark brown door, and neutral white window trim, columns, gutters, and shutters can work together to create dimension. This look goes well with homes that have a slate gray roof to top it off (pun intended).

For inspiration, try:

• BEHR® Dark Truffle 

• Benjamin Moore® Char Brown 

• Sherwin-Williams® Urbane Bronze 

• Clare® Coffee Date

3. Teal

Teal is one of those colors that complement any shade of brown. Though teal’s a bright color, your home’s exterior won’t feel too out there when this eye-catching accent is surrounded by a calming neutral. Instead, you’ll have a charming splash of color that brings out the best of your brown home.

Caught somewhere between blue and green, teal works wonderfully with brown by toning down some of its richness and pulling in a sense of calm. Pair this color duo with white or even gold trim, shutters, and gutters for an added effect.

For inspiration, try:

• BEHR® Aqua Fresco 

• Sherwin-Williams® Calypso 

• Benjamin Moore® Teal Ocean 

• BEHR® Juniper Berries

4. Blue

A blue front door is a solid choice that you can count on to cheer up your home and create a charismatic doorway. You can pick from a variety of blue hues for your front door, but a medium to light-medium blue offers the greatest contrast without looking muted against a darker brown background. Meanwhile, light brown homes are more flexible and can pair well with any shade of blue for your front door.

Blue can have a formal look to it, but you can tone down some of this formality with foliage or decor of your choosing, making it an elegant and classy (entry)way to step up your home’s stylistic wardrobe.

For inspiration, try:

• BEHR® English Channel

• Sherwin-Williams® Dynamic Blue 

• Clare® Blue Ivy 

• Benjamin Moore® Toronto Blue

5. Red

When we say red, we don’t necessarily mean fire engine red—though that’s a great choice for anyone really hoping to make their front door stand out. A burnt red, however, is a universal color for brown homes. It’s a classic choice that works. Red also happens to look good with white trim around the door for added depth.

Generally speaking, the lighter the shade of brown, the darker the red you’ll want for your front door. So, a dark brown home can pull off the brightest shade of red imaginable, while a more taupe shade of brown is better off with a deep, rich red that has hints of brown in it for a more subtle look.

For inspiration, try:

• Sherwin-Williams® Flower Pot

• BEHR® Red My Mind 

• BEHR® No More Drama 

• Benjamin Moore® Heritage Red

6. Yellow

It’s the color you never saw coming. Yellow ranges from rich, dark gold to pale pastel—and all colors from either end of the spectrum can give your front door much-needed color that works beautifully with a brown exterior.

A cool yellow won’t be as vivid as a dark gold, so if you’re looking for a subtler shade, use a pastel and accentuate the door frame with a coat of white paint to soften the appearance of your bolder front door. On the other hand, if you want serious color, go all out with a bright yellow and keep your trim color brown for an added effect.

For inspiration, try:

• Clare® Golden Hour

• Benjamin Moore® Sunshine 

• BEHR® Celebration

• Sherwin-Williams® Daisy

7. White

White is a classic front door color for a dark brown home. This timeless color combo works with all kinds of home styles, making it versatile, clean, and charming no matter how you go about it. But colonial-style homes, cottage-style homes, and any home with architectural columns or balconies especially look stunning with a white front door, window and door trim, columns, balconies, garage door, and more.

Whether your home is a light, medium, or dark brown, there’s a shade of white paint just waiting to lavish your door in a spectacular hue that lightens your home and boosts that curb appeal.

For inspiration, try:

• Benjamin Moore® White 

• Clare®  Fresh Kicks 

• BEHR® Ultra Pure White 

• Sherwin-Williams® Pure White

8. Dark Gray

For a modern-style home, a brown house and a dark gray front door are like two peas in a pod. You can blend modern elements with a rustic-style home within this color palette, too. A cool slate gray with natural brown wood creates an industrial aesthetic fit for an earthy yet modern vibe.

Additionally, any home with natural brick can benefit from the contrast of dark gray. Have an exterior painter near you paint your door frame white to accentuate the gray and help pull out the different colors in your bricks.

For inspiration, try:

• Benjamin Moore® Wrought Iron 

• Clare® Irony

• Sherwin-Williams® Iron Ore 

• BEHR® Cracked Pepper