"Ray" wrote in message
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We have brown metal downspouts, but these feed into connectors that come
about two feet off the ground. These connectors are some kind of heavy
plastic-type material and are white.

Dumb question, but you never know these days when you might do something
wrong:

If I prime these pipes thoroughly, can I paint them brown?

I use Krylon plastic paint and no primer. Clean pipe first. WW