What do you think of people with colourful hair? As in different colour hair - pinks, greens, blues, purples, - big bright colourful hair

[StonePaperScissors]

I always had my hair in a natural brown until last year and I started getting it bleached and highlighted to get some fun bright colours in my hair. I don't want to be known so I won't give my hair colours away but I did a new colour recently and I love it.

I get two reactions.

1. where people love it
2. they hate it but mabe they won't say it but their tone and attitude - I sense something.

For me I think there is too much madness in the world and I am not hurting anyone and I need more bright and cheerful in my life.

Some people probably think I am a clown or something. I don't know. I really love colourful hair.

I used to dye my hair bright colours when I was in my 20s. But that was in the 80s and early 90s. At that point it was really uncommon and you used to have to go to a fair bit of effort to do it, and it was generally considered shocking and outrageous.
As an undiagnosed ND fashion student, being shocking and outrageous was exactly my cup of tea.
Now, it seems everyone has brightly coloured hair and its lost its shock factor. Now I dont really have an opinion on it as its just another hair choice as so freely available to everyone, so has lost any kind of meaningful impact or statement. Its simply a pretty colour. It brightens things up a bit I suppose. It seems many people wear it THINKING it will have shock value, but it just doesnt as it is not unusual.

I have flame red hair and I love it. I'm not a lesbian, don't have extreme political views and don't believe people can change sex. Judge away I give no fucks.

If I saw two men kissing and holding, I’d assume they were gay. No judgment beyond that. Certainly no like or dislike or bias.

overall @StonePaperScissors - if you want to dye your hair, dye it and DGAF what anyone thinks, is what I'd say.

This is an interesting one to me. I used to live somewhere quite middle-class, and bright hair usually meant something like 'I'm a lefty academic teaching an arts subject, I'm a member of a union, I support a free Palestine' etc etc. Where I live now, it's much more common, but also much more working class. And as someone else said, often a signifier of being ND, usually on the autistic spectrum.

If you love it, though, who cares what it signifies to others? It clearly signifies freedom and joy to you.

I'd be jealous because I don't have the confidence to do it myself.

I know a lot of them, they are my children’s friends. I can think of 7 or 8 off the top of my head. And they are autistic young people who describe themselves as queer or non binary, or both. Perfectly likeable kids, if socially awkward like some ASD young people can be.

I’m all for experimenting with your self expression through hair. It’s great because nothing is permanent, you can grow it out and try something else.

However, all styles signal which tribes people put themselves in. The earnest young activists (just look at a trans rights protest and see how common the blue hair is), the wacky or free spirited, the ones wanting to make bold statements.

It’s no different from punks or goths or boho chic or any of a hundred Looks people choose. To pretend we don’t make snap judgements based on social presentation is ridiculous.

It’s only a problem when someone can’t move past their initial snap judgements.

I had blue-green hair for a number of years. It really suited me, and faded beautifully, but I grew it out because in was fed up with the assumptions that other people made about me. My hair is getting, and I dyed it dark blonde but I hate it - it goes brassy and the roots look terrible as soon they start to grow in. After talking to my hairdresser, I think I'm going to go back to the blue-green, but a subtler version where it's grey with the vibrant colour showing through. I don't really care any more about other people's prejudices, and they are welcome to think I'm a woke neurodivergent lesbian on benefits.

I think it's attention seeking but each to their own.

That girl from IT desktop support :)

I actually had chemo a few years back and lost all my hair. So when I look in the mirror and see my bright pink mop it makes me smile because I’m alive.
And any judgemental twats can shove it up their arse

Loads and loads if people where I live have all sorts of crazy hair cuts / colours. It's just like wearing jeans or tracksuit bottoms - no-one would notice either way. I do live in quite a trendy city in the South though, so maybe that's why.

The ones who keep it looking good (not faded with big roots), I'm envious of.

This is hilarious. What the actual hell is wrong with people on here. The daily mail readers are out in force on this post. I had bright coloured hair cos I was well into punk rock. It’s about going against the norm and not being the same as people like you!

Although it is not a look I would personally have, I like to see other people with this style, especially if it is well maintained.

As with tattoos, hair styling can have highly personal / cultural significance, so I generally don’t comment unless I know the person well enough.

I totally agree. But it’s like when gay men wore key chains on their belts.. it wasn’t aimed at heterosexuals.

Constantly judging others must be exhausting.

My Mum had purple highlight up until she died when she was 86! She wasn't gay, ND or anything else either, she just didn't want white hair.

I've had pink hair, more of a rose gold than bright pink, but I no longer have it in case anyone thinks I'm a trans activist or climate change protester!

I think of it objectively, some colours look great on some people but not others. The same as clothes really, different styles of clothes suit different people. My good friend got rainbow hair expensively done and to me it looked utterly shit. On a different person it might have looked amazing. My best friend has had every colour you can imagine and some looked amazing and some weren't flattering at all.
If someone's colour is poorly maintained or applied I might assume the person is strapped for cash but that's about as far I would go judging them by their hair.

I’m in my early fifties and have brightly coloured hair in a pixie cut. I work in a secondary school and dress smartly for work. I am not the only staff member with brightly coloured hair - we have had several teachers and support staff over the past few years with vibrant colours. To my knowledge, none of them is gay, ND, or particularly political. I dye my hair because I had previously decided to go grey gracefully but found that it aged me considerably. The final straw was someone asking me if my DD was my GDD. So I went back to dyeing my hair and having seen that other colleagues had got away with bright colours, I decided to experiment too. I used to have long bright pink hair during my grunge phase in the early 90s so this wasn’t the first time but it’s much easier now as I don’t have to pre-bleach. Several of our sixth formers also have brightly coloured hair - there seems to be two distinct age demographics - teens/ early twenties and over forties where dyed hair is more common.

No, I’m not trying to look like a teenager. No, I don’t have MH issues or strong views on trans issues etc. ND? Possibly but not diagnosed and no interest in pursuing a diagnosis. I am actually a quiet and shy person. I just like colours and a lot of my personal choices (home decor, car, non work clothing) tend to be more colourful than many would choose.

I spent yesterday at an event with 150 women, most of whom are lesbians, and only one had brightly-coloured hair. Please re-think this assumption.

I think colourful hair looks fun. Much better than 'natural' colours that are too dark for an old face.

I'd assume that you believe that men can become women with a magical utterance and that this entitles them to access to women's spaces, sports, dating sites, prizes etc.

Lets get back into the real world of grown ups.........judging - whether it is other people or situations is completely natural, it's how humans keep themselves safe. Everyone does it - yes, even you my dear....you are judging others right now with your post.

We are on a thread where someone has asked for honest opinions on a particular topic and it is being discussed.

I wouldn’t do it myself, but when I see it on others, it depends on how well it’s been done. If it’s got good strong colour, then I will probably like it. If it’s all faded, then I think you need to sort your hair out!

I would also assume that you’re a student or work somewhere where professionalism and appearance are irrelevant.

I think it looks awful when it’s growing out so it needs constant upkeep to look great. Generally it’s not for me, but I’m genuinely really glad other people do it, because fashion can be so boring and it’s joyful to have variety in the world!