Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, selected muted colors for her home in Hartford, Connecticut. The trim, siding, and architectural details are painted in different values of the same gray-green.
Stowe's next door neighbor, author Mark Twain, used bolder colors, but stayed within a single color family. The Mark Twain House is painted several shades of brown and russet to coordinate with the brick facade.
