Exterior paint not only needs to look good but should also protect your home from the intense Hawaiian weather conditions. Painting in direct sunlight can easily make your home’s exterior paint glisten and pop for the most impactful effect while improving curb appeal.
On the other hand, too much ongoing sunlight exposure can dramatically impact the quality and lifespan of the paint on your home’s exterior. Consider the fact that your home’s exterior paint is eroded, dried, soaked, heated, cooled, and chipped throughout the year. It’s not surprising that you may need to make some touch-ups to maintain the paint’s professional look.
How Sunlight Affects Exterior Paint
Few people outside of professional painters in Hawaii understand the damaging effects that ongoing sun exposure can have on exterior paint. How does it happen?
Fading & Bleaching
If you’re wondering, “does exterior paint fade?” The answer is yes. Ongoing sunlight exposure can lead to photodegradation, the technical term for when the color fades over time. Dark colors typically fade the most noticeably, but no color is immune to fading over time. Even bright colors will fade due to ongoing exposure to the intense Hawaiian sun.
The process of fading and bleaching occurs so slowly that you may not realize it’s happening. To determine how much fading has occurred, take a swatch of your original paint color and directly compare it to your home’s exterior.
What Colors Fade the Most in Sunlight?
Do dark exterior paint colors fade? The short answer is yes, and red is the color that fades the fastest. Red colors have the longest wavelengths of visible colors, which cause them to reflect light while absorbing the harmful and energy-rich wavelength light. Blues and violets absorb UV rays and degrade slower.
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