Choosing black for an exterior house color is a bold and exciting choice. To make your home stand out even more, consider one of these 12 front door colors.

Your front door sets the tone for your home, so take a page out of Dave and Jenny Marrs' book by implementing one of their many front door upgrade ideas.

If your door is a stained wood and the sidelights are all stained wood, then that looks fine. It’s all one piece. It’s also okay to have painted sidelights with a stained front door.

If it’s black, it would be black,” she says. In any case, the wood stain will show through no matter the color of the stain. “It’s not opaque, like when you use paint,” she says. Homeowners with newer ...