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’m surprised that so many people claim that they were unaware that brightly coloured hair is very popular with people who are ND or have extreme views on gender.

It’s like men with shaved heads. Nobody thinks that every man with a shaved head is a skinhead but it’s a reputation that some believe in.

First thought is brainwashed Leftist.

I think pink hair is exactly one of the the 'average older lady' phenotypes.

I am very jealous of people with colourful hair, @StonePaperScissors! I once saw a woman whose hair was dyed in a variety of blues and greens - it looked amazing.

I have always assumed that, as I have dark hair, I couldn’t have my hair dyed like this, so I am jealous and admiring of those who can.

I’ll hope you hurry up and make my latte.

I like it when I see other people with colourful hair. Don't worry about other peoples opinions. Do what makes you happy. A colleague of mine had pink hair a couple of years ago and it looked great she only stopped it because it was high maintenance and she had to go to the hairdressers every other week.

Yup, I feel the same.

I quite like the color blue and I think it looks cool, but if I see someone with it I am immediately wary of them possibly calling me a bigot and trying to make my (professional) life hell because I don't share their views.

I keep my distance, until I am sure they are not going to scream "TERF" at me and will try to enlist others in a harassment campaign. This means I will probably keep my distance forever.

True that.

This is sad. I have a pink section in my hair at the back and im FAR from woke 😅

What an embarrassing take.

I’m genuinely staggered by the prejudice on this thread, I can’t believe how judgemental you can all be about hair colour. I’ve got boring non colourful hair, but whenever I meet someone with colourful hair I’m predisposed to like them. They’ve decided to be different and do their own thing and I think that’s just brilliant.

I'd assume their pronouns were they/them. Or ze/zir/whatever the nonsense is.

Nailed it

But it isn't doing their own thing/being different if it's the ND/trans activist uniform.

I did mine blue once. I found it hard to wear my clothes though as they all looked wrong with the blue (even plain jeans and t shirts, for some reason). Then the blue washed into a green tone which was awful!
Pink is great but fades super fast. It didn’t have the same effect on my wardrobe, I found pink, red, and hennaed hair very easy to wear.

Wow, I am honestly amazed by the majority of these responses.

I don't really notice, it just looks normal to me. The same with tattoos and piercings - someone would have to have quite an extreme amount for me to register.

I certainly wouldn't associate it with any political ideology, if anything I'd probably link it to being fans of a certain style of music.

Some men, quite a lot of men actually and from some very young ages, have male pattern baldness and sadly, quite to their own dismay, have to shave their head !

lol, my dd has colourful hair and so do a lot of her friends, yes they are all ND 😆

But a pretty accurate take.

It's just another hair colour though - brightly coloured hair is so common on people of all age groups, it's totally unremarkable.

This thread has been an eye opener for me. I had no idea that brightly coloured hair is associated with neurodiversity, poor mental health or political ideologies by anyone, let alone so many people.

As for the attention seeking aspect, I didn't realise that would be such a bone of contention either. I've always just thought of it as an extension of the clothes we choose to wear, or the home decor we choose etc.

I have to say I've never thought anything much about people with brightly coloured hair other than to think 'that's a nice colour' or 'I don't like that colour' in the same way I might do about somebody's shoes, outfit, bag etc. I don't read anything further into it than that. It's interesting that others do, and It's going to make me wonder now.

I have/have had several friends and family members with brightly coloured hair. None of them are ND or lesbian and at least one is quite right-wing politically. Mostly they're friendly and less judgemental than your average MN-er.

No one cares. You do what makes you feel good.

I guess I would think the person is a professional protester.

Constantly judging others keeps you safe!👀