Brand New Deck

Building new pressure treated deck in NJ, partial shade. Hesitating between paint and stain. If stain would like solid color (white and grey). Could you advise pros/cons of solid color stains and recommend some? Thanks in advance

Solid color stain peel eventually. Some sooner than others. if you go with a solid stain than use oil based as it will perform better.

Thanks, what brand would be most appropriate for NJ weather in partial shade?

Look at Flood or Cabot solid stains.