House Color

[fredhag]

Okay, this seems going a little Clark Griswold way, but we are getting our house re-sided, and my wife doesn't *seem* to care about color too much, and I really don't care.  Yet I am wondering abut the best color for projected light shows.  I'm guessing white is the best so if that's the case, I am thinking a light pastel would still work fairly well (at least compared to all the dark earth tones in my neighborhood).  Thoughts?

[tbone321]

Lighter colors are better than dark but any color besides white or a shade of grey will alter the colors on your projection.  I would be far more concerned with how the house looks as a part of the neighborhood over concern of projection for one or two holidays in the year.  You could pick a few colors and then coat a large piece of cardboard with those colors and see how the projection looks on that before picking the final color.