Many people paint their houses white in hopes that light-colored paint will reflect the sun's heat rather than absorb it. But does painting your house white keep it cooler? Start the day smarter.

A new kind of paint might be the key to cooling homes in humid climes like Singapore. Researchers based in the island country ...

This experimental paint reflects sunlight, emits heat and mimics sweating to cool buildings without air conditioning, even in the tropics.

American designer Joe Doucet has developed a pigment that changes color, depending on the temperature. It could be a game ...

While white-box abodes remain popular in the Hamptons, homes painted black are now all the rage. NY Post photo composite In a monochromatic world, where a white box has become the default for ...

When we went to look at the house with our realtor, I knew I would paint it the minute we drove up," she said. Mary Cole Wilson's Savannah home before painting it white. Wilson wasn't put off by ...

Our front door had always been painted black, because we live in a white colonial that had dark green shutters. The house is ...