# A familiar house. A fresh coat of possibility.

Try a new exterior palette on your house photo. Explore the siding, trim, and front door together before choosing physical paint samples.

**Audience:** For visual exploration from your own references

[Try exterior paint](/try/exterior-paint-visualizer/start)

## How it works

Exterior paint, from your own image.

1. **Bring your references** — Upload a well-lit house photo that shows the siding, trim, door, and roof clearly.
2. **Describe the direction** — Specify the color for each surface and name anything that should stay, such as brickwork, roofing, or window frames.
3. **Review the concept** — Compare the palette against the original, then test real paint samples outside in changing light.

## Example prompt

```
Repaint only the siding in muted sage green, the trim in warm off-white and the front door in deep forest green. Preserve the siding profile, porch, roofing, glazing, garden, path, shadows, camera and all architectural details exactly.
```

## From reference to concept.

A generated source, its edited result, and a closer look at the same result. Use the comparison above to inspect what changed.

- **Original paint** — The generated source image used as the edit reference.
- **Sage and forest palette** — The result of the task-specific edit, using that source image.
- **Door, siding, and trim** — A tightly framed detail from this result, shown at three times the scale of the full view.

## Benefits

- **Bring your references** — Upload a well-lit house photo that shows the siding, trim, door, and roof clearly.
- **Describe the direction** — Specify the color for each surface and name anything that should stay, such as brickwork, roofing, or window frames.
- **Review the concept** — Compare the palette against the original, then test real paint samples outside in changing light.

## Tips

- Upload a well-lit house photo that shows the siding, trim, door, and roof clearly.
- Specify the color for each surface and name anything that should stay, such as brickwork, roofing, or window frames.
- Compare the palette against the original, then test real paint samples outside in changing light.

## Exterior paint questions

### What should I upload for exterior paint?

Upload a well-lit house photo that shows the siding, trim, door, and roof clearly.

### Can I specify a paint brand or color code?

You can include a name, code, and sample image in your brief. The result is an approximation: screen settings, lighting, and generation can change the color. Confirm it with physical samples.

### How should I check the result?

Compare the palette against the original, then test real paint samples outside in changing light.

### Can I refine the concept in the same conversation?

Yes. Tell Bob which parts to change and which to retain. Refer back to your original images and review each new concept for unintended changes.

Generated paint colors are approximate and not color-managed product samples. Lighting, surface texture, and screen settings affect the result.

## Related workflows

- [Sketch to render](/try/sketch-to-render.md)
- [Presentation set](/try/architectural-presentation-set.md)
- [Exterior design](/try/ai-exterior-design.md)

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