By Steve Jordan

As the flamboyant architectural styles and textures of the late Victorian period gave way to more austere tastes at the turn of the 20th century, the public's earlier preference for dark colors in kaleidoscopic hues shifted to favor "kinder and gentler" schemes in both muted and bright colors. These colors were expressed on the exteriors of a new wave of houses competing for attention—Colonial Revivals, Arts & Crafts bungalows, Foursquares, Tudor Revivals, and a few combinations in between.

	FOURSQUARE Body *up grey dk. green dk. green dk. brown *down red brick lt. olive straw straw Trim grey white white straw SHUTTERS grey willow green green green SASH black green green white BUNGALOW Body copper brown drab, up; amber br., down amber br., up; brick, down TRIM brick red white or off-white tan ROOF red ivy green russet COLONIAL Body tan Colonial yellow (ochre & chrome yellow) TRIM rich buff white TUDOR Body stone color cream TRIM brown green or maroon SASH brown/black green or maroon SHUTTERS copper verde green or maroon * For double-body schemes