Front Door Colors That Could Help Your Home Sell for More

While the color of a front door comes down to aesthetics, it can ultimately impact a home’s selling price. In fact, according to a 2022 survey from Zillow prospective homebuyers said they’d pay roughly $6,500 more for a home with a desirable paint color. Contrarily, survey participants said they’d pay about $6,500 less for a home if the front door color was viewed as undesirable.

Zillow’s survey included 1,549 participants from across the U.S. who either bought a home in the past two years or planned to buy a home in the next two years. The participants were shown an image of a front door to a home along with four images of the home’s interior. Participants were shown one of 11 different front door colors, but all the interior images remained the same. They were then asked how much they would be willing to pay for the home. The takeaway is that while paint is a relatively minor factor in the scheme of things, it’s clearly something that buyers consider—subconsciously or otherwise—when valuing their potential new home.

According to experts, the best colors to paint your front door are: