Best Shingle Color for Red Brick House
Best shingle color for a red brick house comes down to four families, all shown below on real homes.
- Roof colors
- 4
- Shingles
- 13
Red brick already carries strong color.
Two routes work, and the brick decides which one.
Cool grays step back and let the brick lead. Warm wood tones pick up the warmth in the brick instead.
Red brick runs from orange to maroon, and nobody else's before and after has your brick in it. One photo of your house settles which route is yours.
Four Roof Colors That Work on Red Brick
Two of these contrast with the brick and two harmonize with it. Both routes are standard specification.
Look at the brick undertone first. Orange leaning brick takes the warm tones. Brick that leans purple or pink takes the cool grays.
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Charcoal
The cool gray pulls away from the brick and lets the brick stay the feature.
- Atlas Pinnacle Pristine BLACK SHADOW
- CertainTeed Belmont Black Granite
- Owens Corning Duration Estate Gray
- TAMKO Heritage Oxford Grey
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Black
Maximum contrast against red. It frames the brick hard and reads newer than charcoal from the street.
- CertainTeed Landmark Charcoal Black
- IKO Cambridge Dual Black
- Owens Corning Duration Onyx Black
- TAMKO Heritage Rustic Black
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Slate Gray
A mid gray with a green cast. Lighter than charcoal, and it keeps the roofline visible on a tall brick elevation.
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Weathered Wood
The warm route, and the one most often recommended for brick. Driftwood is the cooler version of the same idea.
Red Brick Houses With These Roofs
Real homes, each tile linking to the shingle that produced it.
Brick varies more than paint does. Compare against your own brick rather than these.
What Not to Put on Red Brick
Two categories cause most of the regret.
- Terra Cotta A second red. The roof and the wall compete and the elevation loses its horizon line.
- Light Gray Washes out against a saturated brick wall. The roof reads as a pale gap above the brick rather than a cap on it.
Red Brick House questions.
Two families work, and the brick undertone decides which. Weathered wood, driftwood and brown blends share the warmth in the brick. Charcoal and black contrast with it and let the brick lead.
Both are standard. Brown and weathered wood suit brick that leans orange, since they share its warmth. Black and charcoal suit brick that leans purple or pink, where a warm roof would clash.
Yes. Charcoal is the common specification, and a mid slate gray works on a taller elevation where a very dark roof would read as a heavy band.
A second red, such as a terra cotta, because the roof and the wall then compete for the same note. A very light gray is the other miss, since it washes out against saturated brick.
How to test roof colors against your brick
One daylight photo, and you can swap all four against your brick with your thumb.
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