Pick your siding and trim colors and see the gutter and fascia colors that go with them: matched to the trim or the siding, or the ones the roofing maker GAF pairs with that siding. Then paint the gutters on a sample house or on a photo of your own. Your photo never leaves your device.
Pick a color to paint the gutters
1Your house
2Your siding and trim colors
3Gutter colors for your house
Dark Bronze gutters on a tan house: an LRV gap of 38 with the siding (stands out in any light) and 91 with the trim (stands out in any light).
Your siding reads warm. GAF: bronze gutters are in the spotlight right now on warm‑toned siding and homes with wood accents
, and Earth‑tone siding partners perfectly with a deeper, complementary gutter choice such as a rich metallic bronze, forest green, or warm brown.
Your siding reads cool. GAF names no gutter color for cool siding of its own; its rule for every house is Dark gutters work with both dark or light roofs and siding.
Or match the trim or the siding and let the gutters disappear.
A white house. GAF: Against white siding, white gutters will disappear, creating a modern, monochromatic look.
Or the other way: Matte black, dark bronze, and charcoal gutters add visual depth and create a frame for the roofline.
- Gutter Helmet and GAF: matched to the trim, they blend in
- GAF: matched to the siding, they disappear
Gap = the difference in LRV (how much light a color reflects, 0 black to 100 white): over 30 the gutters stand out from the walls in any light, 20 to 30 in daylight, under 20 they blend in. The fascia board behind the gutter is usually painted to match it, so the roofline reads as one line.
4Or pick any gutter color
5Tap the gutters
On a sample house the gutters, the fascia and the downspouts are painted for you. On your own photo, tap each gutter run and each downspout; a thin gutter is easier with the Brush. Paint on the trim or the walls? Move Spread left, or wipe it with Erase.
Quick answer: most gutters are best matched to the trim, so the fascia, the gutter and the trim read as one line and the gutters blend into the house. The other two ways the gutter makers name are the siding’s color (they disappear) and the roof’s color. To frame the roof on purpose, GAF names matte black, dark bronze and charcoal, which it says work with any siding, and bronze on warm siding. Pick your siding above to see each color on a house, with how much it stands out from the walls.
How to use the gutter color picker
- Pick your siding color. Tap a chip, type its color code, or tap Read it off my photo and then your siding.
- Say what your window trim is. White, cream, black or the house color.
- Read the gutter colors. The trim’s own color and the siding’s own color come first, then the colors GAF pairs with your siding, each with its LRV and its gap from the siding and from the trim.
- Tap a gutter color and the sample house’s gutters, fascia and downspouts are repainted in it, or pick any color on the board below.
- Try your own house. Use your photo, pick a color and tap each gutter run and each downspout. A thin gutter is easier with the Brush.
The three ways to choose a gutter color
Gutter Helmet, a gutter guard maker, puts it as three schools of thought. One is to choose gutters the same color as the trim they are up against.
That allows them to blend into your home.
Another direction is to choose gutters the same color as the roof.
Finally, you can choose a color to coordinate with your siding.
The roofing maker GAF says the same in its Gutter Color Trends guide: Match your gutters to your trim or siding to create a clean, fresh exterior.
and Coordinate your gutters with fascia boards and trim to deliver a streamlined and sophisticated style.
Matching is why the picker lists the trim’s color and the siding’s color first.
Or the gutters can be a line on purpose. GAF: Matte black, dark bronze, and charcoal gutters add visual depth and create a frame for the roofline.
and Dark gutters work with both dark or light roofs and siding.
Its trend list adds:
- Bronze on warm siding.
bronze gutters are in the spotlight right now on warm‑toned siding and homes with wood accents.
- Earth tones.
Earth‑tone siding partners perfectly with a deeper, complementary gutter choice such as a rich metallic bronze, forest green, or warm brown.
- Cream on light homes.
lighter or cream gutters that blend into light-toned cottage-style homes.
- White on white.
Against white siding, white gutters will disappear, creating a modern, monochromatic look.
- A dark roof.
Selecting dark gutters can be the perfect frame for your charcoal or black roof.
- Copper.
Copper-look gutters can add a luxury feel, and can enhance historic or craftsman styles.
The picker reads your siding the same way as the roof color picker: a siding with no clear hue and an LRV of 75 or more is white; otherwise its hue says warm (beige, tan, cream, brick) or cool (gray, sage, blue). That reading is ours; the pairings are GAF’s.
Stands out, or blends in
Each gutter color also shows how far its LRV (how much light it reflects, 0 black to 100 white) is from the siding’s and from the trim’s. The yardstick is the UK’s Approved Document M, paragraph 0.26, which calls two surfaces contrasting when the difference in light reflectance value between the two surfaces is greater than 30 points
, or at least 20 in good light. It was written so people can find a door, not to choose a gutter, so here it only answers “will the gutters read as a line on the house”.
GAF puts both choices plainly: Contrasting with your roof color or exterior siding color can emphasize roof design.
and Blending gutters visually into your roof or siding color lets other features shine.
Neither is wrong; the picker says which one you are choosing.
Gutter colors by siding color
With white trim: how the picker reads each siding, how far white gutters (matched to the trim) are from it, and the colors GAF pairs with that siding, each with its LRV gap from the siding. “Stands out” = over 30 points, “daylight” = 20 to 30, “blends” = under 20. Color names are the picker’s own, not a gutter maker’s.
| Siding | Reads | White gutters (gap) | Colors GAF pairs with it (gap) |
|---|---|---|---|
| White #F4F1EA | white | 6, blends | Soft White (7, blends); Matte Black (86, stands out); Dark Bronze (85, stands out) |
| Cream #F3EAD3 | warm | 11, blends | Almond (19, blends); Matte Black (81, stands out); Dark Bronze (80, stands out); Chocolate (79, stands out); Forest Green (78, stands out) |
| Beige #DCC7A6 | warm | 35, stands out | Cream (18, blends); Matte Black (57, stands out); Dark Bronze (56, stands out); Chocolate (55, stands out); Forest Green (54, stands out) |
| Tan #C4A882 | warm | 53, stands out | Cream (36, stands out); Matte Black (39, stands out); Dark Bronze (38, stands out); Chocolate (37, stands out); Forest Green (36, stands out) |
| Light gray #C9CAC6 | cool | 35, stands out | Matte Black (57, stands out); Dark Bronze (56, stands out) |
| Gray #A3A5A1 | cool | 57, stands out | Matte Black (35, stands out); Dark Bronze (34, stands out) |
| Sage #A9B59B | cool | 50, stands out | Matte Black (42, stands out); Dark Bronze (41, stands out) |
| Blue-gray #7D8C96 | cool | 69, stands out | Matte Black (23, daylight); Dark Bronze (22, daylight) |
| Red brick #9B4A3A | warm | 82, stands out | Cream (65, stands out); Matte Black (10, blends); Dark Bronze (9, blends); Chocolate (8, blends); Forest Green (7, blends) |
| Charcoal #45484A | cool | 88, stands out | Matte Black (4, blends); Dark Bronze (3, blends) |
| Navy #2B3A55 | cool | 90, stands out | Charcoal (3, blends); Bronze (3, blends) |
Three worked examples
A white house, white trim. White gutters are 6 points from the siding: they disappear, GAF’s monochrome look. Matte Black is 86 points away and draws the roofline, the “black gutters on a white house” look. With black window trim, black gutters match the trim too (a gap of 0).
Tan stucco, white trim. White gutters match the trim and stand 53 points off the walls. Dark Bronze (38 points) is GAF’s warm metallic for warm siding; Cream (36) is the softer match. Tap the tan sample to see them on the gutters, the fascia and the downspouts.
Red brick. The dark colors blend into brick: Dark Bronze is 9 points from it and Matte Black 10. White trim and white gutters stand out at 82. For a brick house Gutter Helmet suggests the roof: if you have a Brick or Stone home and you’re not able to coordinate with that, you may want to pick the color of your roofing material so the gutter coordinates with your roof.
Common mistakes when choosing a gutter color
- A color that matches nothing. Gutter Helmet:
Note, however, that your gutter should complement both your roof and walls to avoid a clash of colors.
Start from the trim, the siding or the roof. - Forgetting the downspouts. They come in the gutter’s color and run down the walls: on light siding a dark downspout is a vertical line. Paint the sample and look at the corners.
- Forgetting the gutter guards. Ask what colors the covers come in, Gutter Helmet says,
to ensure everything coordinates.
- Choosing from a screen. The board’s colors are screen colors, not a maker’s chips; ask the installer for a sample piece and hold it against the fascia.
- Ignoring the rules.
If you live in an HOA-restricted community, you want to make sure that you’re following the rules set forth in your regulations.
A historic district may set the color too.
Finishing the outside? The roof color picker pairs the shingles with your siding, the exterior house color visualizer paints the siding on your photo, and the shutter color picker and the front door color picker finish the front. Planning the inside too? The free 2D room planner lays out every room.
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Gutter color questions
What color should my gutters be?
Usually the trim’s color, so the gutters blend into the house: that is the first of Gutter Helmet’s three ways, and GAF says to coordinate gutters with the fascia boards and trim. The other two are the siding’s color and the roof’s color. Pick your siding above and the picker shows all of them on a house.
Should gutters match the trim or the siding?
Either works. Matched to the trim, the fascia and the gutter read as one line that outlines the house; matched to the siding, the gutters disappear into the walls. GAF calls both “disappearing gutters”. On a white house with white trim they are the same choice.
Do black gutters look good on a white house?
Yes, as a deliberate line. On white siding matte black is about 86 LRV points away, so it frames the roofline strongly; GAF names matte black among the dark gutters that “work with both dark or light roofs and siding”. With black window trim, black gutters also match the trim.
What color gutters go with red brick?
Gutter Helmet suggests the roof’s color for a brick or stone house, since the brick itself is hard to match. Dark bronze, brown and black all blend with red brick (under 20 LRV points); white or cream gutters, matched to white trim, stand out from it.
Are bronze gutters a good choice?
GAF says bronze gutters are “in the spotlight right now on warm-toned siding and homes with wood accents”, and names dark bronze with matte black and charcoal as the dark gutters that frame a roofline. On beige, tan or cream siding the picker lists bronze among GAF’s pairings.
What color should the fascia be?
The fascia is the board the gutter hangs on, so it is usually painted the gutter’s color or the trim’s: GAF says to coordinate gutters with fascia boards and trim. When the gutters, fascia and trim match, the roofline reads as one clean line.
What colors do gutters come in?
Most gutters today are seamless aluminum, which Gutter Helmet says comes “in just about every color imaginable”: white, cream and almond, grays, browns and clay, bronze, black, green and copper-look are common. White and off-white aluminum tend to be the cheapest. Ask your installer for their color chart and a sample piece.
Can I try gutter colors on my own house?
Yes. Upload a photo, pick a color and tap each gutter run and downspout, or use the brush on thin ones. Your photo never leaves your device: the painting happens in your browser.