A faux wood look with an almost black or dark grey siding would help distract the eye.But, all of this costs money, and typically beyond some cleanup and fresh paint, on a rental is the best bang for your buck.

There is also significant grey area, subject to interpretation.

Walls an off white/grey tone.

He put in a hot water heater, painted the upstairs walls white, put black shutters on the house, painted the deck grey, and painted the front door red.

A few big Amazon Fulfillment centers, and a huge Nike center.

I could see kitchen and bathroom themes moving away from their current blue/grey/white (i.e., cold) theme to something warm again.

There is a lot more grey area in commercial and each bank, credit union, agency, and private lender have different credit criteria.

Ultimately you need to put in what the masses will like and not what you like.I do a lot of contemporary designed homes and some of them get white shaker cabinets while others get grey shaker or some other contemporary style and color.

This is definitely still a "grey" area that is going to have a lot of nuances lender to lender. 

LOL but no offense.... just kidding ;-)See again this news, Nike is cutting cost as customer is being cautious in spending