Matching my dark roots and covering two years' of orange hair

[kungfooweetie]

Hi there

I'm hoping someone out there can help me with this one;

I've spent a little over a year with orange hair and want to go to a light brown. My hairdresser is away and really, I'm hoping that a return to a solid uncomplicated colour could be done at home.

In the past I've maintained my roots with Rusk Deep Shine but remain nervous about making big changes.

I have medium to dark roots - about 2 inches- and the brassy yellow/faded orange to my shoulders. My last colour treatment was done with aveda, so my hair feels in pretty good condition.

I've just been laughed out of Sally's after selecting a 7.3 - apparently I'd have to go has low as a 5 to cover "all that yellow". Yikes!

I don't mind tonal discrepancies- would welcome them even- but I don't know what yellow looks like "showing through".

Does anyone know their way around a L'oreal colour chart who can advise the blend from root to end? And would a 20vol developer be too strong?

Any advice would be hugely appreciated.

Also- please excuse this long, self indulgent post. Yark.

Are you roots/natural hair warm or cool toned?

20% will be necessary to give good coverage. Level 7.3 is dark golden blonde. If you are looking at med/dark you will need a level 5 or 4. 5.3 quite a light chestnut brown. If you want a cooler tone-5.1 will give you a light/med ash brown.

Sorry 20 vol developer.

Thank you so much!

I'd say my roots are on the cool side - very mousey.