Painted the house possibly louder tones? (8)
I believe the answer is:
coloured
'painted' is the definition.
(colouring is a kind of painting)
'the house possibly louder tones?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'louder' is 'loured' which is within the answer.
'the house' could be 'co' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'co' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for coloured that I've seen before include "Dyed" , "blushed" , "Rich in pigment" , "Tinted" , "It's not black or white" .)