White stucco
Terracotta clay tile on white stucco is the classic Spanish look and it is hard to beat in the Southwest and Florida. For a modern house, black standing seam on white stucco is the current favourite and it is the render at the top of the page.
Beige and sand stucco
Warm stucco takes brown, terracotta and dark bronze. Black can look harsh against beige in strong sun. If you want a dark roof, charcoal is softer.
Grey stucco
Grey stucco is a modern finish and it wants a modern roof. Black or charcoal metal, or a dark flat tile. Terracotta on grey stucco rarely works.
Tile or metal
Real clay tile is heavy and expensive. Concrete tile is cheaper and heavier still. Stone-coated steel in a tile profile gives the shape at a fraction of the weight, and it can be rendered on your house below so you can see whether the shape reads from the street.
Flat roofs
A lot of stucco houses have a flat or low-slope roof you cannot see from the street. If that is yours, the roof colour barely matters and the choice is about the membrane. We render TPO membrane too, mostly so owners can see how a white roof changes the look from above.
Try it on your stucco
Stucco texture changes how a roof colour reads next to it, which is why the same terracotta looks right on one house and wrong on the next. Upload a photo and compare tile, black metal and brown.
