Recalling that A-M's green on the late 1950's LeMans car was called "Napier Green", I did a search and found the following on British Racing Green:
http://www.pitpass.com/features/feat...sid=558&page=1
I like the French Blue the old Bugattis and Talbots were painted, and the tellow on Belgian-entered cars.
Not a house, but a friend once painted his bedroom furniture white with blue Shelby stripes, right down to the "GT-350" lettering, and it looked pretty good.