We had the front of our Victorian terrace painted five years back, we had it done in pale green with the plasterwork picked out in white. So many other people had cream or yellow, and we wanted to be different - and five years on, it still looks fresh and good - and we are the only green house in the road!
My neighbours on one side painted theirs a nice pink, and the other side have now gone lilac, so we are like a mini-Balamory in our road.... but it does make a refreshing change from the usual creams and stone colours.