# Unusual house colors you've seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802 "2004-09-17T05:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/21 "2004-09-18T21:40:17Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I wouldn’t do this to my own place, but…it’s not that bad. Just a crazy quilt, but I’d prefer this to the colors that remind me of bodily fluids. > > **lawoot** : A woman who recently retired from my former workplace was always known as The Purple Lady. She wore that color every day and her desk, supplies, etc. were all purple. She went to live in Arkansas. I wonder if she’s going to paint her new cabin that color. > > There’s just something about purple. My best friend laid a brand new hardwood floor and stained it purple. THAT’ll up your resale value! She’s pretty close to Purple Lady. Now if it were _blue_… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/22 "2004-09-18T21:49:03Z")
This house was battleship grey when my parents bought it. Every outside inch was grey. The bedrooms were carpeted in purple or green carpet with bright walls. The bathroom was resplendent in pale green tiles (2 different shades), green walls with dark green trim. There’s a house I see from the train which is bright purple with an orange roof. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/23 "2004-09-18T21:57:43Z")
There is a house in my area that is this color. But that’s not all - it’s a giant triangle poking up into the air. A big purple/pink triangle, sitting at the corner of the street. Absolutely wonderfully hideous. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/24 "2004-09-18T22:35:37Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > There is a house in my area that is this color. But that’s not all - it’s a giant triangle poking up into the air. A big purple/pink triangle, sitting at the corner of the street. > > Absolutely wonderfully hideous. You don’t live in Lexington, Kentucky do you? I saw a house that color there. They even painted their storage shed magenta. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/25 "2004-09-18T23:42:55Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > There is a house in my area that is this color. But that’s not all - it’s a giant triangle poking up into the air. A big purple/pink triangle, sitting at the corner of the street. Maybe they’re just really, really … uhh, fabulously proud. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bangiadore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bangiadore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bangiadore)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/26 "2004-09-19T00:35:02Z")
There’s a big old Victorian three-family down the street from me that’s painted entirely **black**. I guess that it was last painted at least twenty years ago, since the black is flaking off in some sections. And what do we see of the previous color in the areas where the black’s coming off? Why, metallic silver! There’s another big Victorian in the neighborhood that’s purple. That might not be so bad, except that the first floor is clad in typical, red-brick-color brick. Not good, not good at all. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/27 "2004-09-19T00:45:32Z")
My neighborhood is full of unusual house colors. For one, there’s the purple house whose owners also have put up bowling ball and golf ball sculpture in their yard. There’s a beautiful teal house, and a few others in variations of unusual blues, yellows, and greens. My neighborhood has a lot of gingerbread dollhouses. It’s really rad. (Of course, the place I rent is a total dump.) ZJ ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/28 "2004-09-19T01:06:41Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > #1: House done in what can only be described as bilious-greenish-yellow, with burnt orange trim. I swear I know this house. I fact, I know the people who live in this house. Are you sure you’re not in Tacoma? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/29 "2004-09-19T01:17:53Z")
Some unusual house colors at [historicproperties.com](http://www.historicproperties.com/results.asp). [pink Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=Weriv004) [purple Federal](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=Nekil001) [grey/purple Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=ncrid002) [rose Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=ncgle002) [very red shingle-style](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=j325masou005) ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/30 "2004-09-19T01:42:25Z")
The house nextdoor is yellow with white trim, teal shutters, brown roof and turquoise foundation. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/31 "2004-09-19T03:04:50Z")
There is a house a couple blocks from mine that had been neglected for some time. Last year new people bought it and set to work fixing it up. They put a pretty light grey aluminum siding on it covered part of it with rock, and made the lawn a show place. A few tasteful lawn ornaments and thousands of flowers done very tastefully in nice patterns. Every time I drove past I smiled at how nice it looked. Until about two months ago when I took one look at it and literally drove up on the sidewalk. They had (by hand and badly) painted the aluminum siding, fence and rocks a weird color of purple. The only way I can describe this color is if Pepto Bismal were purple this would be it. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/32 "2004-09-19T03:59:51Z")
Unfortunately, the beast I’m thinking of had a fire and is now taupe with black trim. In it’s heyday, however… Teal aluminum siding with flamingo pink trim. Not the cheap stock stuff. You have to special order this colorful crap. Two plus stories with many, many windows. Chain link fence painted the same teal as the house. A lonely pink flamingo standing vigil in the front yard. On a main thoroughfare. It was glorious in its hideousness. I will forever regret not taking a picture. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/33 "2004-09-19T05:07:44Z")
> [@Helena](#): > > I swear I know this house. I fact, I know the people who live in this house. Are you sure you’re not in Tacoma? :eek: I’m quite sure. But perhaps those Tacomans are related to these folks? By the way…Is there any significance in having a red door? I’ve noticed a house which is nicely done in gray and white–and there is this huge bright red door. It’s a real distraction if you happen to be driving past the house; it really catches the eye. Does it mean something other than pure drama? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/34 "2004-09-19T05:10:04Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Some unusual house colors at [historicproperties.com](http://www.historicproperties.com/results.asp). > > [pink Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=Weriv004) > [purple Federal](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=Nekil001) > [grey/purple Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=ncrid002) > [rose Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=ncgle002) > [very red shingle-style](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=j325masou005) I didn’t care for the pink one, but the purple one was kinda cool. There was a guy here who had painted his house in FIVE different colors. It was a rainbow–er, a bit of a mishmash. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/35 "2004-09-19T12:04:52Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I’m quite sure. But perhaps those Tacomans are related to these folks? > > By the way…Is there any significance in having a red door? I’ve noticed a house which is nicely done in gray and white–and there is this huge bright red door. It’s a real distraction if you happen to be driving past the house; it really catches the eye. Does it mean something other than pure drama? I dunno. Everytime I see a red door, I want to paint it black. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/36 "2004-09-19T21:38:25Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I dunno. Everytime I see a red door, I want to paint it black. :smack: And I didn’t even see that one coming! ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/37 "2004-09-19T22:00:09Z")
The Barlett House in Yanceyville NC is being painted an historic Palette: Purple plus the siding colors are Knoxville Gray, and Razzle Dazzle. There will be seven different colors on the house. “The roof will be a red tulip color which easily could been created form Polk berries form the grounds.” Can’t wait to see it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/38 "2004-09-19T22:17:25Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Some unusual house colors at [historicproperties.com](http://www.historicproperties.com/results.asp). > > [pink Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=Weriv004) > [purple Federal](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=Nekil001) > [grey/purple Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=ncrid002) > [rose Victorian](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=ncgle002) > [very red shingle-style](http://www.historicproperties.com/detail.asp?detail_key=j325masou005) I’d live in either the rose house or the very red house. In my neighborhood, the trim on a brick rowhouse is striped in the colors of the classic five-flavor Life Savers. The trim on the house next to it is painted in thin black and white stripes, with flamingo-pink accents. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/39 "2004-09-20T02:05:45Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Oooh, I _really_ want to see this! I love tacky-yet-pretty things. My daughter kept me running today, and I didn’t get a chance to take a picture…I’ll try agin tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802/40 "2004-09-20T05:32:52Z")
My house is pink! (but certainly _not_ pink ‘victorian’.) It’s a common traditional colour in this area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-house-colors-youve-seen/264802.md?page=3)