Painting Doors, What Color?

by Herb
(MD)

Do the doors in a hallway get painted the same color as the trim or do they get the wall color?

Answer

Typically the doors are the same paint color as the rest of the trim. This is easy to do and provides a clean look, but every once in a while I have a customer that wants something a bit different.

The doors could become an accent color that compliments the walls. Example, lets say the walls are a light beige color with light or white trim. The doors could be painted with a color 1-2 shades darker than the walls. This would compliment the wall color and provide better definition of each door opening. I have done this and it does look good, if the right colors are chosen.

The bottom line is there isn’t a set standard for choosing a paint color just a typical way of doing it. The nice is "if you don’t like it you just repaint it".