Not if you want to sell your house that is. Home buyers gravitate
toward certain colors. And unfortunately, purple is one of the top five turn
offs as a front door color.In an article by Angie’s List “What are the best front door colors to sell your home?” color choices were put to the test. Home buyer surveys nixed purple as a favorite.
Believe it or not, I have seen Viking purple used on front doors of Minnesota homes. In our family we have an old family saying that “it looked better on the paint chip” when we see any unusual color choice on a house. But purple isn’t the worst choice for a front door hue. Pink takes that spot with gray, orange and yellow also scoring low. Yellow is a bit of a surprise to me to be a low scorer because it IS appealing for siding, just not the front door.
Top colors are red and white. But white can be hard to keep
clean. If you are going to put you home on the market and have a white front
door, keep it sparkling. A dirty white door will be a huge turn off too!Another caution if you choose to paint the front door red to attract buyers to your home; be careful with the shades. If the shade tends to look on the orangey side in the evening under a porch light, this could be a turn off to a home buyer viewing in the evening hours.
