What are your favorite exterior house color combinations?

I love sunny yellow with white trim. :-)

Here are some historically accurate palettes for you to peruse:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10043803@N07/sets/72157607492336114/

I too have old homes that have always been white with black shutters and they look great!

I love yellow and white!

Here's a historically accurate color palette for you to consider:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10043803@N07/sets/72157607492336114/

Green is one of the 2017 colors. How about this:

Hi Ellen. We too are making plans to paint our house. I would like a light gray and white trim. I think white trim looks clean and crisp. We plan to use a sprayer for the big sections. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Light gray, black and light or dark blue as third color

Our house is cream and brown with a white porch and white trim around the windows. The house across the street from us is grey with red shutters and a red porch. I never would have thought of that combination myself, but it really looks nice. If I were you, I'd look around the neighborhood and see what others have done and think about what would fit in. Does the neighborhood mostly decorate in subtle colors? Pastels? Bright colors? in most cases, it's best to blend into the neighborhood, but then to give a nice pop to the front door, to set you apart. I grew up in a light blue house with black trim, and a bright purple front door. It made our house stand out from all the houses with doors that matched the primary exterior color. But not so much that people thought our house was "weird."

Light grey with white trim and red or burgundy front door

sage with brown or white with black