AI House Painter

AI House Painter: See a New Exterior Color on Your Own House

Upload a photo of your house, name a siding color and see it painted on, before you buy a single can. Below are three before and afters, including where the AI did not follow the request.

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Upload a straight-on photo of the front of your house. Name the siding color and say that the trim, roof, garage door, front door and lawn stay exactly the same.

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House Painting, Before and After

AI-generated sample edits of three houses. The before photos are AI-drawn stand-in houses, not photos of real homes, and the camera angle stays the same. The exact prompts are printed further down, and each caption says what the AI did not follow. The samples were run directly on our image model, so results through the tool can look different.

AI-drawn stand-in of a one-story house with beige vinyl siding, white trim and shutters, a white garage door, a dark red front door, a gray shingle roof and a concrete driveway, before — Example 1 (prompt 1 below): beige siding to sage green on a one-story house, including the front gable. The white trim, the white shutters, the white garage door, the dark red front door, the gray roof and the driveway look the same. Partly followed: we asked for a muted sage and the green came out a mid, slightly olive green with more color than muted. Unrequested change: the lawn was redrawn a little.

The same house with the siding painted sage green and the white trim, shutters, garage door, front door, roof and driveway kept — Example 1 (prompt 1 below): beige siding to sage green on a one-story house, including the front gable. The white trim, the white shutters, the white garage door, the dark red front door, the gray roof and the driveway look the same. Partly followed: we asked for a muted sage and the green came out a mid, slightly olive green with more color than muted. Unrequested change: the lawn was redrawn a little.

AI-drawn stand-in of a two-story house with light gray siding, white trim and windows, black shutters, a black front door, a dark gray roof and a white two-car garage door, before — Example 2 (prompt 2 below): light gray siding to deep navy on a two-story house, including the garage wall and the wall behind the front porch. The white trim, the white windows, the white garage door, the black front door and the dark gray roof stayed. The prompt did not mention the black upstairs shutters, and they now blend into the navy so they are hard to see. Unrequested change: the lawn was redrawn a little.

The same house with the siding painted deep navy blue and the white trim, windows, garage door, front door and roof kept — Example 2 (prompt 2 below): light gray siding to deep navy on a two-story house, including the garage wall and the wall behind the front porch. The white trim, the white windows, the white garage door, the black front door and the dark gray roof stayed. The prompt did not mention the black upstairs shutters, and they now blend into the navy so they are hard to see. Unrequested change: the lawn was redrawn a little.

AI-drawn stand-in of a two-story craftsman style house with tan wood siding, brown trim, a covered porch with brown square columns, a brown front door and a dark roof, before — Example 3 (prompt 3 below): tan siding to a warm white on a craftsman style house, including the wall behind the porch. The brown trim, the brown porch columns and railing, the brown front door and the dark roof stayed. Partly followed: the triangle at the top of the front gable stayed tan, so the white covers the walls but not the peak. We saw no other changes.

The same house with the main siding painted warm white, the gable peak still tan, and the brown trim, porch columns and front door kept — Example 3 (prompt 3 below): tan siding to a warm white on a craftsman style house, including the wall behind the porch. The brown trim, the brown porch columns and railing, the brown front door and the dark roof stayed. Partly followed: the triangle at the top of the front gable stayed tan, so the white covers the walls but not the peak. We saw no other changes.

What an AI House Painter Can and Cannot Do

It can

Recolor the siding in your photo and keep the roof, windows and doors as they are.
Show a light, a dark and a bold color side by side so you can narrow the list.
Give you an image to show a partner, a neighbor or a painter.

It cannot

Match a paint brand's chip. The color is whatever the model draws for your words.
Show how sun and shade will change the real color through the day.
Be sure to leave everything else alone: our samples show trim, shutters, lawn and gable peaks can shift.

Before You Buy the Paint: What One Exterior Color Guide Says

We cite one guide here, from brick&batten, a company that sells exterior design services, so it has a stake in the topic. Its advice, paraphrased:

Paint reads lighter on the house. A color often looks about half a shade lighter on a house than on the chip, and sun, shade, the time of day and the direction a wall faces all change it.
Ask for an adjusted shade. A paint supplier can lighten or darken a favorite color by a set percentage, which changes its depth without changing the hue.
Texture changes the look. Smooth siding or brick reflects more light and looks lighter, while porous stucco absorbs light and looks darker, closer to the chip.
Check the undertone. Neutral paints carry hidden tints, and one way to see them is to hold the chip next to white paper. The article says a blue-gray can suit a south or west wall and look cold on a north or east wall. Test large swatches on your house before you commit.
Match the sheen to the surface. The article suggests eggshell, satin or low luster for siding, satin or semi-gloss for doors, trim and garage doors, and satin or eggshell on masonry.

Our advice, not the article's: use renders to choose two or three colors, then paint large samples on a few walls and look at them in the morning, at noon and in the evening before you buy gallons.

How to Paint Your House With AI, Step by Step

Photograph the front of the house. Stand back far enough to fit the whole front, in daylight and without a strong shadow across the siding.
Upload it above and describe one change. Name the siding color and how light or dark it should be. Then list what must stay: trim, windows, doors, roof, lawn and driveway.
Check the whole image. Look at the gable peak, the shutters, the garage door and the lawn, the places our samples slipped. Run it again with a clearer sentence if something changed that you did not ask for.
Try two or three colors on the same photo. Then take your favorites to a paint supplier and test large swatches on the house.

The Exact Prompts Behind the Examples

These are the edit prompts for the three examples, word for word. Swap in your own colors and the list of what stays.

Prompt 1

Repaint only the beige siding of the house a muted sage green. Keep the white trim, the white garage door, the brown front door, the gray roof, the lawn, the driveway, the windows and the camera angle exactly the same

Prompt 2

Repaint only the light gray siding of the house a deep navy blue. Keep the white trim, the white windows, the black front door, the dark gray roof, the garage door, the lawn, the driveway and the camera angle exactly the same

Prompt 3

Repaint only the tan siding of the house a clean warm white. Keep the brown trim, the porch columns, the brown front door, the dark roof, the shrubs, the yard and the camera angle exactly the same

Source

brick&batten (exterior design services), Cassie McDowell, 5 Tips for Choosing Exterior Paint Color, July 25, 2019, brickandbatten.com. Opened and paraphrased; none of its sentences or images are used.

AI House Painter FAQ

What is an AI house painter?+

It is a tool that takes a photo of your house and shows it with a new exterior color. You describe the color in words, and an image model redraws the siding. It does not paint anything, and it is not a paint company or a contractor.

How do I use it on my own house?+

Take a straight-on photo of the front of the house in daylight, upload it to the tool on this page, and write one sentence: the color for the siding, and the list of things that must stay the same, such as the trim, roof, garage door and front door. The prompts printed below are examples.

Will the render match the paint I buy?+

No. The render shows a color idea, not a paint chip. Brick&batten, a company that sells exterior design services, says paint often looks lighter on a house than on the chip, and that sun, shade, the time of day and the direction a wall faces all change a color. Put a large sample on your house and look at it at different times of day.

Will it only change the siding?+

It should, if you say what stays, but it is an AI edit and not a mask. In our three samples the trim, roof and doors stayed, the lawn was redrawn a little in two of them, and in one the gable peak kept its old color. Look at the whole picture before you trust it.

Can it paint the trim, the front door or the garage door too?+

Yes, if you ask for them. Name each part and its color. For trim, shutters or doors on their own, the trim, shutter and front door visualizers on this site are set up for that.

Does it pick a color for me?+

No. It shows the color you name. The article we cite below suggests narrowing to a few colors and testing large samples on the house, and rendering two or three of them on your photo is a quick way to do the narrowing.

Do I need to sign up?+

Yes. Rendering requires an account so your credits and results can be saved. You can sign in with Google or a one-time code sent to your email.

Is it free?+

Signing up is free and new accounts get 1 free render. Free renders carry a small watermark. More renders and clean images are on the paid plans on the pricing page.

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