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@EK76 is right, being a conscientious neighbor is about kindness and respect, not house color consults or rules of style. I think the wild colors of DC's row houses are what make the city shine. And as to historically accurate paint colors, take a morning off and head down to Mt. Vernon. The acid green interiors will give you a start but, hyper pigments where and still are in some ways a bench mark of expensive paint. While Mt. Vernon is of a different period, my point stands. We can't really speak to how loud a color was historically as they tend to fade over time. We have an idea that the past was a lot more monochrome than it truly was I think. All those sepia photographs?
I think you've raised some really interesting points though, and kudos to being respectful of your neighbor's privacy and not posting a picture of their house without permission.

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