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GAF roof shingle colors

Whatever your style, find the perfect GAF roof shingle color to complement your home.

Get inspired by GAF roofing shingle colors

GAF shingles are built to help protect your home, and they’re designed to beautify it too. We’ve made it easy to enhance the look of your home and heighten its curb appeal by offering a wide array of roof shingle colors in our most popular styles.
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Important note on color

Picking the right shingle color for your home is important. Computer and smartphone screens may represent image colors differently. So, once you've selected your favorite colors, be sure to ask your contractor for shingle samples to see how they'll look in real life.

Our most popular roof shingle colors

GAF shingles are built to help protect your home, and they’re designed to beautify it too. We’ve made it easy to enhance the look of your home and heighten its curb appeal by offering a wide array of roof shingle colors in our most popular styles.
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Weathered Wood

It’s no surprise more GAF customers have been inspired by the rich tones and neutral highlights of Weathered Wood than any other shingle color. Weathered Wood brings out the ultra-dimensional wood-shake look of our Timberline HDZ® shingles exceptionally well.

Sunset shadows, all day long

Dual Shadow Line technology precisely distributes color granules to create two parallel shadow lines, which gives the Timberline® UHDZ™ shingle a thicker, ultra-dimensional wood-shake look than our Timberline® HDZ™ shingles.
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Timeless Shingle Colors

Given the investment you make in a new roof or reroofing project—and how long your roof will last—timeless shingle colors are a reliable way to help ensure your home looks elegant (despite changing trends) in the long term. That's why GAF shingles are not only constructed to protect your home for many years, they're also designed to beautify it by mixing durability with classic color design.
By Cristina Soriano April 21, 2023

CLASSIC AND DISTINCTIVE

Black & Gray roof shingles

Gray is a calming, neutral color sitting between the extremes of black and white allowing to be a great backdrop when combining with other colors. It is the transition of light to dark, giving you the freedom to explore the range in between.

Black is a formal and dignified color that gives a sense of sophistication. As a roof shingle color it is often paired with white homes, but it can provide an elegant contrast to almost any paint, siding, or brick color.

Explore classic shades of architectural shingles

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RUSTIC AND ROMANTIC

Brown & Red roof shingles

Brown is simple and dependable. Its earthy shades offer a sense warmth while allowing other colors on a home to appear richer and brighter.

Red is confident and romantic. It’s a bold alternative for those seeking a unique alternative to black roof shingles on a white home.

Be inspired by earthy and bold shingle colors

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BALANCED AND NEUTRAL

Beige & Gold roof shingles

Beige is flexible and calming. In a roof shingle, it helps balance boldness and offers a relaxed, blended look with like-colored exteriors.

Gold is associated with luxury and extravagance but its closeness to yellow gives it feeling of warmth and happiness.

Explore balance with roofing shingle colors

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NATURAL AND SOOTHING

Green roof shingles

Green is the color of balance and renewal. Another roof shingle color that is often found on white homes, it gives a sense of sustainability and harmony with nature.

Seek serenity with your roof color

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Additional shingle color resources

Consider a color that not only complements your house but also your neighborhood. A certified GAF contractor is also a great resource for figuring out the best roof shingle color for you. To get a feel for how a color works with your home, try our Virtual Remodeler.
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See how a shingle color will look on your home

Use one of our model homes or upload a picture of your own home to select and view roof shingle colors and styles to find the perfect roof for you with our Virtual Remodeler.

GAF shingle styles

Our shingles fit with both current and historical home designs. Looking for a roof that works well with your home and complements what’s in your community? Start by looking at similar homes in your neighborhood and take note of their roofing shingles. Contractors can help you identify the products.

How to choose your shingle style

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