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In your opinion, is this blonde or brown hair?

72 replies

27Harper · 03/09/2017 17:40

Hiya, thinking about the colour I eventually want my hair to be. This picture is not of me, just a woman (I think she may be famous but I don't know who she is lol), but I just wanted your opinion on whether this hair colour is blonde or brown. Thank you! xx

In your opinion, is this blonde or brown hair?
In your opinion, is this blonde or brown hair?
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poppym12 · 03/09/2017 18:31

Mine is this sort of colour (my grey roots are covered with a mix of ash blonde and mocha). I see it as light brown-ish.

vlogger · 03/09/2017 19:13

Dark ash blonde

27Harper · 03/09/2017 19:13

My plan was to get my hair all this colour, and then gradually lighten it with lighter blonde highlights/Balayage xx

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Out2pasture · 03/09/2017 19:15

back in my day and age it was called dirty blond, almost mousy blond.

Tantpoke · 03/09/2017 19:17

Dirty blonde, this is my hair colour and cut in fact, a more technical term would be Medium Ash blonde I guess.

When the light shines on it it looks much lighter and it goes much blonder in the sun.

MikazaMikaza · 03/09/2017 19:31

Dark Ash Blonde
Beautiful

Joinourclub · 03/09/2017 19:38

Dark blonde.

I used to be that colour before I darkened with age. Brunettes called me blonde, but blondes were aghast at the thought I was one of them! (Even though most of those saying you're NOT blonde were most definitely not natural blondes themselves!)

mintmagnummm · 03/09/2017 19:39

Another vote for dark ash blonde

aniceearlynight · 03/09/2017 19:57

The woman in the pics is a model called Anna Selezneva. If you google her you'll find lots of other pics and in many of them she is more noticeably blonde. I'd call the colour cool dark ash blonde. It's gorgeous!

Lucked · 03/09/2017 19:57

Yeah similar to my natural colour and hairdressers refer to it as dark blonde. I usually describe it as mousy 😀

AnnoyedByAlfieBear · 03/09/2017 20:03

Dark blonde.

Trills · 03/09/2017 20:04

Hair colour is a spectrum.

In the same way that a colour can be "in between blue and green", this is "in between blonde and brown".

If you were feeling unkind you'd call it "mousy".

If you were feeling kind you'd call it "dark blonde".

27Harper · 03/09/2017 20:07

Oh that's her name? I couldn't find it bit her picture kept popping up! She has beautiful hair. I really really love the colour it's gorge. What is the technical term for it? Maybe a level 7 dark ash blonde? xx

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CountFosco · 03/09/2017 20:25

I used to be that colour before I darkened with age. Brunettes called me blonde, but blondes were aghast at the thought I was one of them!

I got this as well. DH' s family are all very dark and it was quite bizarre to be consistently called blond by them. At home I was always called mousy but in hindsight the community I grew up in was the kind of place you'd have to have white blond hair before you'd be called blond, if someone was being nice you'd be 'fair'. My hair is 'brown' according to my children but there's a lot of red in it these days but in my mid 40s I like having darker hair, naturally brown hair is more youthful than dyed blond hair these days.

Laiste · 03/09/2017 20:30

'Dirty Blonde' Grin Lovely old phrase.

I'd say dark ash too.

It's a fraction cooler than my natural 'English Mouse' Grin

Ohyesiam · 03/09/2017 20:59

Golden brown ( texture like sun).

MarshaBrady · 03/09/2017 21:02

Dark blonde. It's a gorgeous colour and really suits her.

MikeUniformMike · 03/09/2017 21:05

Dark ash blonde.

FlorenceLyons · 03/09/2017 21:35

This is my dd's hair colour. She thinks it's brown; I think it's blonde!

27Harper · 03/09/2017 21:48

Oh she must have gorgeous hair! My little boy Has unmistakably blonde hair, although so did I until I was 4 or 5 and then it darkened. Currently 12 weeks pregnant with twins and I have the feeling they will be the same with curly blonde hair like mine used to be xx

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Hairq · 03/09/2017 21:49

Dark blonde.

FlorenceLyons · 03/09/2017 21:51

She does have lovely hair. Though she had bright blonde ringlets when she was younger and I miss those!

BillBrysonsBeard · 03/09/2017 21:55

Definitely blonde! Cool ash blonde.

halcyondays · 03/09/2017 21:56

blonde

27Harper · 03/09/2017 21:58

What colour would gigi hadid have and be classed as? I would defo say that it's blonde but it looks a tad lighter than the pic I uploaded of that other model xx

In your opinion, is this blonde or brown hair?
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