Our HOA is nuts like that. I’m sure this is the only place where you will you lose your house if you paint it the wrong shade of Beige. I cannot wait to move away from here. With that said, this maybe an interesting anecdote.
Our neighbors some years ago redid their wood siding. He had the city approval with a licensed contractor. The HOA complained that the crack(space) between each wood siding was too tight. I kid you not. To this comment, our neighbor replied, I think maybe your crack is too tight … Then he threatened to sue the HOA for making him devalue his house. I think they left him be.