As a general rule especially if your garage faces the front of your house you ll want your front door and garage door to be the same color.
Should garage door match trim or siding.
A good idea is to go with a lighter color or match the color to the house and paint the frame and or trim the same color as your window trim.
Considering most garage doors are not exactly what we would consider a unique feature of your home.
Most of our clients agree that garage doors should be painted siding color while the trim around the doors are painted to match the trim on the rest of the house.
Your front door should attract more attention than your garage door so you don t want your garage door to distract from your front door.
I prefer the garage doors to match the siding color which makes them blend in well.
The answer to should your garage door match your front door is no.
You re better off trying to match your garage door color with the shutters or the trim.
So grey garage if the material isn t horizontal siding or any other color including grey if the siding is the same as the house.
As for the garage the rule of thumb i know try to adhere to is you either match the color or match the materials or both.
The majority of homes we paint garage doors are painted body color.
However there are exceptions to that rule.