Article: If you rent your house or apartment, or if you live in a location with a homeowner's association, there may be rules on what color your front door can be. Before painting, check in with any necessary authorities to make sure you aren't breaking any rules. If you paint your front door against your location's policy, you may have to re-paint it the original color. Different colors convey different impressions. While colors like grey and blue can be calming, colors like red and yellow can be energizing. Decide what kind of impression you'd like to make on guests when they arrive and pick a color that conveys the energy you'd like your house to give off. Think about the colors and scenery around you. What colors or shades would look particularly good with your garden, for instance? Or which shade would best compliment your house and fit in with the neighborhood? If you don't have a strong color preference, considering how to match the colors around your door could help narrow down options. If you're trying to choose between a few different paints, you can experiment with them. Paint a small piece of wood with one of your color samples. Then leave it by your front door and look at it at different times of day to see how the color looks in the space in different lights. Do this with multiple colors and choose whichever one you like best.
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Check with your homeowner's association or landlord before painting. Choose the impression you'd like your door to make. Take the other colors around the door into consideration. See how different colors or shades look in the space.