Exterior Color Renderings
See it before
you paint it.
With expert guidance and photo-realistic previews, we'll help you choose your exterior color without taking a leap of faith.
The Problem
Choosing exterior colors shouldn't feel like a guessing game.
Tiny swatches and paint fans can only tell you so much. We help you see how your color will actually look on your home, so you can stop guessing and start feeling sure.
What We Do
Get clarity before you commit.
Photo-Realistic Previews
See your home in exact shades from Benjamin Moore, Farrow & Ball, Sherwin-Williams, and more before calling the painters.
Guidance when you want it
If you want help choosing the right direction, we offer expert guidance to help sort through the options.
The Process
From Uncertain to Confident in Three Steps
Upload Your Photos
Share a few pictures of your exterior and tell us what you're considering.
Review Your Custom Options
We create photo-realistic previews using exact paint colors and curated palettes selected for your home.
Paint With Confidence
Select your final palette with confidence and schedule your painter.
Offerings
Expertise, tailored to your home.
Every offering includes a true photorealistic rendering of your actual home.
Many color consultants charge extra for this, or only include it on their highest-priced packages, or deliver a generic moodboard instead of a real rendering. At Chromist, it's never an upsell.
Door
$139
The single most visible decision on your home's exterior, rendered on your actual photo. Two expert-recommended options in two business days.
- ✓True photorealistic rendering — both options
- ✓2 expert-recommended door color options
- ✓Paint code + finish recommendation for both options
- ✓1 Samplize physical sample (your preferred option)
- ✓Turnaround: 2 business days
Before you order, read our photo guide →
Color Preview
$295
You already know what colors you want to see. We apply them to your actual home photo — siding, trim, shutters, and door — so you can see exactly what you're getting before you commit.
- ✓True photorealistic rendering, 2 renderings
- ✓Full exterior: siding, trim, shutters, and door
- ✓Your chosen colors applied to your actual home photo
- ✓Paint codes + finish recommendations
- ✓Turnaround: 4 business days
Before you order, read our photo guide →
Signature
$495
Done for you. Our color experts design three palettes built around your home's architecture, materials, and neighborhood context. You review, we refine.
- ✓True photorealistic rendering — 3 expert-curated palettes
- ✓Full exterior: siding, trim, shutters, and door
- ✓Painter's Blueprint — print-ready spec for your painter
- ✓True Color Guarantee
- ✓Samplize physical samples included
- ✓1 round of revisions
- ✓Turnaround: 4 business days
Before you order, read our photo guide →
About
A refined eye.
A considered process.
chromist (ˈkrō-mist) n. A specialist in the art and science of color. One who reads light, surface, and context to determine how color will truly behave. Derived from the Greek chroma, meaning color, hue, and the richness of the visual world.
That's what we are, and it's what we bring to every home we work on. As creative directors with years of experience in design, branding, and visual storytelling, we understand how color, light, architecture, and context work together. We pair that trained eye with a calm, considered process and modern visualization tools to make an overwhelming decision feel clear.
Our goal is simple: help you make confident, informed choices about your home's most visible update.
FAQ
Common questions, answered.
Choose with confidence
Choose once. Paint once.
When the day comes to schedule your painter, your colors will already be decided. Thoughtfully, cohesively, and with confidence.
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