A front door isn’t just a front door. It is a pair of open arms welcoming you into the home and a guidepost directing wary travelers to a place to rest… and where to drop off Amazon packages.
A colorful front door helps amplify these traits and also gives you a chance to show your taste. At the same time, the color you choose can impact the selling price of your home, so it’s good to choose wisely. Street presence is an important factor for homebuyers, and the door’s color can improve or negatively impact a home’s overall appeal.
The good news about 2025 is that the main focus is muted tones, which are easier on the eye without sacrificing appealing colors that attract buyers.
In this article, we dive into the hottest color trends for 2025 to select the five best colors for your front door. As you will see, these colors will bring a fresher look to some tried and true door colors that have proven their worth over time. We also review which colors to avoid.
Top 5 Front Door Colors to Sell Your Home
5. Sherman Williams Iron Ore (7069)
According to a recent study conducted by Zillow, a black front door could boost your home’s resale price by $6,450. Not only that, but homes with a black front door were more likely to be revisited by potential buyers, giving them a leg up on the competition. This makes sense, as black is a striking but neutral color to paint your front door. It gives an air of respectability while still showing some creativity. It is also enduring, making it a logical choice for older home designs.
Black, in general, has been popular in recent years for all home styles, but each year, we get a bit of a twist on the concept. For 2025, Sherman Williams put out its color Iron Ore, a charcoal tone that adds a sophisticated look when used sparingly, for example, on a front door.
4. Pantone 2025 Color of the Year: Mocha Mouse
Pantone has selected Mocha Mousse (PANTONE 17-1230) as its Color of the Year for 2025. Like the name suggests, it’s a delicious tone with a warm, rich brown hue. You get a brown that is void of moodiness and in with a new take that is sure to attract the eye.
This and other browns like it are a safe, natural choice that harks back to more rustic comfort, but it also matches well with white, neutral shades, and natural tones like green. Brown is also a smart move financially. The Zillow study shows that a brown door might net you about $300 more in home value, which is a net positive.
This lighter brown tone is good news for Portland because darker browns aren’t always a great look for doors, and the city didn’t respond well to the color trend in the past. This tone is an option worth considering.
If considering this tone, use it with caution in interior rooms. You’ll do better with much lighter tones, like beige. The early 2000’s had too much brown interior paint, and the market hasn’t gotten over that yet. You’ll benefit from using it sparingly, such as (you guessed it) your front door.
3. Benjamin Moore Dusty Cornflower CSP-605
Chalky blues lead to home tours, according to Zillow. This color is right outside the expected, yet classic, bringing memories of a sunny day, creativity, and home comforts. If your home’s exterior is lighter, a chalky blue door can act as a great accent piece, drawing attention to the front door and inviting guests.
Keep the siding color in mind when choosing this door color, as too much blue (or too much contrast) can easily overwhelm this soft color choice.
2. Benjamin Moore Cinnamon Slate (2113-40)
Benjamin Moore introduced Cinnamon Slate (2113-40) as its Color of the Year 2025, and it’s easy to see why. You get the benefits of classic purple but in a softer, deeper, more relaxing tone that works beautifully on a front door. In fact, you may want to paint entire rooms with it. This color goes with practically all neutral home colors while beautifully welcoming visitors.
Stronger colors like purples, violets, and pinks can be risky traditionally, but it can work if it reads timeless, and this tone does just that.
1. Sherman Williams Oyster White (SW 7637)
As always, homebuyers tend toward neutral colors, and nothing brings a home together quite like a pristine white front door. Not only does the color go well with all siding colors, but it can help tie together the rest of your siding and roof edges, leading to an overall cohesive look.
In terms of shades of white, you have many to choose from. Sherman Williams recommends four shades, but Oyster White is a solid door color option.
A white front door signals cleanliness, comfort, and a welcoming brightness that is sure to attract potential buyers. Plus, by choosing a more reserved front door, you can decorate the siding of your home with a bright color to balance it without overwhelming the viewer. A white front door also leads to a higher intention to tour the home, making it a safe choice for any home.
White doors can really help offset darker exterior colors and help them pop, and it’s an enduring choice. You won’t feel the need to change the color very soon.
How to Choose a Color for Your Front Door
Before choosing a color, here are some important factors to consider:
Remember That Your Door Is Not the Only Element
In many homes, the door also matches other elements, such as shutters, roofing material, trim, windows, and garage doors. Additionally, different home colors come into play in the home’s overall look, so it’s best to complement them. Examples include stone or brick pathways, exterior wall treatments, fireplaces, and landscaping.
Door Colors To Avoid
In the recent Zillow color study involving over 4,700 recent and prospective home buyers, we learn that some door colors are worth avoiding, and they may not be as obvious as you think.
Gray: In the study conducted by Zillow involving over 4,700 recent and prospective home buyers, the color gray was ruled out because it leads to homes selling $3,365 less than similar homes with different door colors.
Red: this color is sure to attract the attention of potential buyers but also makes it less likely they will look inside.
Saturated Blue: This color opten pops up in color trends, but you’ll benefit from different blue shades. Saturated blues led to lower prices by about $1,300 and resulted in fewer tours and prospective buyers.
Olive Green: Just like saturated blue, olive green led to lower prices by about $1,300 and resulted in fewer tours and prospective buyers.
Selecting a Final Color
Keep in mind that bold colors are a bold move to make. It would be hard to avoid staring at a yellow home with a purple front door. You’ll benefit more from using the complimentary colors in the interior of your home and sticking instead to something more manageable.
What colors should you choose? This year offers plenty of softer tones, but ultimately, the answer will depend on the look you want for your home. Thankfully, there’s a palette for each option:
- If you want everything to be a similar color, you want a monotone color palette.
- If you want to use nearby colors on the color wheel, say on either side of the color of choice, you’re going for an analogous color palette.
- If you want to get really advanced, you can use three colors in a triangle shape on the color wheel, called a triadic color palette.
All this to say if you’re looking to paint your front door, try and find a color that works with the rest of your home’s color. If your home is white, you can take liberties with your front door color, but if your home has a monotone color scheme going for it, it’s best to stick with that scheme and choose a front door color that matches.
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