Window/facade/garage paint - something different

So cleaning is one factor. Makes sense. For me, however, the factor "optical room reduction" would be a priority 1 factor. Regarding the furniture, I think the dark frame fits quite well, since we will have a lot of white/light furniture and white tiles. I think a contrast is not so bad there. As mentioned, I do not want it to feel oppressive or significantly "reducing" in size.

So cleaning is definitely a factor. Makes sense. For me, however, the factor "optical room reduction" would be a priority 1 factor. Regarding the furniture, I think the dark frame fits pretty well since we have a lot of white/light furniture and white tiles. I think a contrast is not so bad. As mentioned, I don't want it to feel oppressive or significantly "shrinking."

No, cleaning is not relevant.
I had less to clean in the old house with the darker windows (also inside) because you don't see the fly dirt on dark surfaces.
Dust is equally visible on dark and light surfaces.
You don't feel confined; they are just frames around the window, which provides brightness.

So fly specks look the same on dark – those are the yellow dots, right?

And when I compare our light shelves with the dark ones...? Dust is of course equally present on all of them, but very clearly visible on the dark furniture.

So cleaning is definitely a factor. Makes sense. For me, however, the factor "visual room reduction" would be a priority 1 factor.

Dark does not really visually compress; this is about window frames! BUT - you clean dark window frames more often/frequently than white ones ... and this has less to do with fly droppings, than with dark colors making dust more visible. You can observe this phenomenon well with glass furniture - if it is not cleaned regularly, the eye is displeased.

The decisive difference lies more in personal taste: with colored windows you give every house a kind of "dollhouse character." If your white furniture matches that: good. But keep in mind that when you replace the furniture in the future, you will be limited in your choice of new furniture.

And - solid-colored windows are up to 50% more expensive than single-sided foil-coated windows

Rhineland regards

We have RAL7016 inside and outside and I feel anything but confined. It was also important to us to have the same color inside as outside. My parents have had dark wooden windows since 1986 and they still look great today - surely also because of good maintenance. Not only the condition, but also the style. I don't think we will miss white windows in 15 years.