Traditional adobe tiled roofs have strong orange and red warm undertones and painting the house cool colors like gray blue or green can have a jarring effect.
Orange tiles on roof.
Cedar shakes shingles.
Both imbrex and tegula and mission tiles are used.
A clay tile roof is considered to be a water shedding system so windblown rain is expected to get in under the tiles and must be accounted for during the installation.
Concrete clay roof tiles.
These homes look best painted in rich tan gold or light brown.
For a lighter look go with lighter browns that have hints of orange.
Orange and brown roofs typically have overall earthen tones.
In china roof tiles are in use throughout the country on temples and village houses.
Choose other brown tones for house colors that blend with the tones of the shingles.
Self adhering underlayment that sticks to the roof deck and prevents leakage can be a highly desirable option for tile roofs.
For a weighty rustic quality use darker browns such as van dyke brown walnut or java.
If your roof is a cool gray or blue avoid using warm paint colors.
Orange a rich orange colour likened to sussex wealden clay the orange tiles are more commonly used as hanging tiles or to mix in with our other hand made colours to suit specific project requirements.