How can I see what my house would look like in a different paint color?
Add a photo of your house above, tap the area you want to change (siding, trim, shutters or the front door) and pick a color. The tool repaints that area and keeps the light and shadow from your photo, so the result still looks like your house. Press and hold "See original" to compare, and tap a painted area again to try another color on it.
The swatches are 48 colors from Farrow & Ball, Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams, each with its name and code, so you can order a sample of the one you like. You can also pick any color with the custom picker.
Is there an app that redesigns the outside of my house from a photo?
Yes. RoomAura, made by Ruvix Labs, is an iPhone app that takes a photo of your house and generates a new design of the same view in the style you choose. As well as the front of the house, it handles gardens, patios, pool areas, driveways and balconies, as well as indoor rooms.
RoomAura is free to download. Creating designs needs RoomAura Pro, bought in the app (the US App Store lists $7.99 and $39.99, checked October 28, 2026). Designs are ideas to explore, not measured plans.
How accurate are paint colors on a screen?
Close enough to narrow your shortlist. Check a real sample before you buy. Every swatch here is a digital approximation of a physical paint, and screens, camera white balance and daylight all shift how a color looks. Outside, colors usually read lighter and brighter than on a chip.
Before you commit, paint a large sample board for each of your last two or three colors and look at it against the house in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
What kind of photo works best?
Shoot the house straight on, from the street, on a bright overcast day. Even light gives the tool one clear area to fill; hard sun and deep shadow split a wall into several areas, so you may need two taps or a higher edge tolerance.
Keep the whole wall you want to change in the frame and avoid cars or trees covering it. If a tap spreads into the sky or roof, undo it and lower the edge tolerance.
Which exterior color tool should I use?
Use this visualizer to compare paint colors on your own photo, a paint brand's visualizer once you have settled on that brand, and the RoomAura app when you want to see a whole new exterior style. We make this tool and RoomAura.
| This visualizer | Paint brand visualizers | RoomAura app | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Works on a photo of your own house | Yes | Varies by brand | Yes |
| Colors from several paint brands | Yes (48 colors, 3 brands) | Usually that brand only | Not a paint matcher |
| Changes more than the paint | No, paint only | No | Yes, a full style redesign |
| Where it runs | Any browser, nothing uploaded | Brand website or app | iPhone app |
| Cost | Free | Usually free | Free download, designs need RoomAura Pro |
More ways to plan colors
- Planning the inside too? Build a matching scheme with the room color palette generator.
- See what else RoomAura can redesign, indoors and out, on the RoomAura AI room redesign app page.
- Questions about accuracy, spaces and pricing are answered in the RoomAura FAQ.
Sample photo by Mingyang Liu on Pexels. Brand names belong to their owners; this tool is not made by or affiliated with any paint brand.