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Best Shingle Color for Red Brick House

Best shingle color for a red brick house comes down to four families, all shown below on real homes.

Red brick already carries strong color.

Two routes work, and the brick decides which one.

Cool grays step back and let the brick lead. Warm wood tones pick up the warmth in the brick instead.

Red brick runs from orange to maroon, and nobody else's before and after has your brick in it. One photo of your house settles which route is yours.

See it against your brick
Roof colors
4
Shingles
13
Brick Red house with Charcoal roof -- CertainTeed Belmont Black Granite

Four Roof Colors That Work on Red Brick

Two of these contrast with the brick and two harmonize with it. Both routes are standard specification.

Look at the brick undertone first. Orange leaning brick takes the warm tones. Brick that leans purple or pink takes the cool grays.

Red Brick Houses With These Roofs

Real homes, each tile linking to the shingle that produced it.

Brick varies more than paint does. Compare against your own brick rather than these.

Brick Red house with Charcoal roof -- CertainTeed Belmont Black Granite
Charcoal roof
Brick Red house with Charcoal roof -- CertainTeed Grand Manor Sherwood Forest
Brick Red house with Charcoal roof -- Atlas Pinnacle Pristine BLACK SHADOW
Brick Red house with Charcoal roof -- IKO Cambridge Harvard Slate
Brick Red house with Charcoal roof -- Malarkey Vista Black Oak
Brick Red house with Charcoal roof -- Owens Corning Duration Estate Gray

What Not to Put on Red Brick

Two categories cause most of the regret.

  • Terra Cotta A second red. The roof and the wall compete and the elevation loses its horizon line.
  • Light Gray Washes out against a saturated brick wall. The roof reads as a pale gap above the brick rather than a cap on it.
Red Brick House questions.

Two families work, and the brick undertone decides which. Weathered wood, driftwood and brown blends share the warmth in the brick. Charcoal and black contrast with it and let the brick lead.

Both are standard. Brown and weathered wood suit brick that leans orange, since they share its warmth. Black and charcoal suit brick that leans purple or pink, where a warm roof would clash.

Yes. Charcoal is the common specification, and a mid slate gray works on a taller elevation where a very dark roof would read as a heavy band.

A second red, such as a terra cotta, because the roof and the wall then compete for the same note. A very light gray is the other miss, since it washes out against saturated brick.

How to test roof colors against your brick

One daylight photo, and you can swap all four against your brick with your thumb.

See it against your brick

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