Aluminum Roof Color Choices

Many homeowners easily make the decision that residential aluminum roofing is the best choice they can make in terms of overall value.

Aluminum roof color choices.

Use the metalmax color selector to test out our different color options on your next residential or agricultural building. American metal roofs provides several aluminum product lines. Five years of exposure. Metal roofing color charts.

This can trip some people up when deciding on a roof color. Metallic colors such as silver light gray light blueish tones and yes even white if your home s siding provides a good contrast with the color of the metal roof. Our high quality paints protect your customers metal roofing and wall panels from damaging chemical corrosion and ultraviolet rays and come with a best in class warranty. Abc offers more than 40 paint colors for your customers to choose from for their metal building projects.

While blue and red are present the options in this set aren t bright. Our cupolas for sale can be ordered with a copper roof or a painted aluminum roof. Here are your color choices for your cupola. One square of aluminum roofing 019 thick can use as many as 1 152 aluminum beverage cans closing the recycling loop for the consumer.

25 30 years of exposure. Light metal roofing colors such as. Brown gray and black roofs best for houses that are yellow green or red. With those general considerations out of the way let s discuss how your home s architectural style affects your choice of metal roof colors.

One year of exposure. Notice in the sample chart above there is no yellow nor a bright green. White beige bronze sand light blue etc reflect the sun s rays a lot better than darker ones thus keeping your home cooler in the summer. Vendors tend to go with muted tones.

Don t choose a color from the hardware store just because it looks good under fluorescent lights. Remember that the color will look quite different depending on the weather and the amount of light it gets. Dark gray and black roofs best for homes that are gray yellow or blue. While a metal roof is already more energy efficient than asphalt shingles you can maximize its efficiency by choosing the right color.

This is approximately how your copper roof cupola should look as it weathers over time. The important point to keep in mind here is contrast. If you have a more traditional home in a tudor or colonial style then more muted colors like gray brown and cream can help create a classic look. What you are unlikely to find from the specialty vendors who stock metal roofing material specifically is standard or pure colors.