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Originally Posted by BlueStarAirlines
Just off the top of my head, the darker colors retain heat which will increase cooling costs.
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I'd say you are right. Holds true for cars too. Example: the most popular car color in Florida is beige. Same is true for Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, etc. Arizonians favor white, as do North Carolina and Utah. Darker colors are more popular in the north and central states: Red for Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri. Both North and South Dakota prefer red, to the extent that each of those states prefer it at a nearly 30% rate. Being from Minnesota I can tell you that a dark-colored car sitting outside in the winter during the day will have a higher internal temperature when hop in to start it; light-colored cars not so much--and in Minnesota that can be significant. Seems logical that the same thing holds true for houses.
Regarding odd-colored houses for the area, there is a farm in Minnesota that has every building on it painted pink. And not just pink but a bright, Pepto-Bismol pink. House, barn, outbuildings, even the doghouse. I had several clients who lived out that way so I'd pass it from time to time. On the far side of odd.