Palette · Exterior

Navy Exterior PaletteNaval Blue & Cedar

A confident five-color exterior scheme built on deep naval blue with soft greige, crisp white trim, warm cedar, and a near-black accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor
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Navy is the exterior color that still feels fresh in 2026. Naval Blue carries this scheme as the body color — deep enough to read serious from the curb, soft enough that morning light warms it instead of flattening it.

Around it, Soft Greige and a warm Pure White do the framing work on shutters, trim, and the porch ceiling. The white keeps everything crisp, while the greige takes the hard edge off so the navy never feels stark.

Then Warm Cedar brings the natural touch — a front door, a wood beam, or planters — and a quiet hit of Ink Black on light fixtures and railings ties it all down. Lead with the navy, let the white frame it, and use cedar and black in small, deliberate doses.

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Every Color, Matched to Real Paint

Each color matched to the closest paint in every brand we track, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide. Take any code to the store, they mix on demand.

Questions people actually ask

Questions

Will a navy house look too dark outside?

Not when you balance it. Sunlight lifts deep navy and keeps it from reading flat, and the white trim with warm cedar tones gives the eye places to rest, so the whole front feels rich rather than heavy.

What trim color goes with a navy exterior?

A soft warm white is the easy win — it frames the navy cleanly without the cold glare you get from a bright stark white. The greige works on shutters and porch ceilings to soften the contrast.