Hair Color Chart

[Rusalka]

I found this hair chart which is more or less accurate. It's usually hard to find a good one, especially with high quality pictures and although this is for wigs I think it's the best I've seen. All color swatches are made of fake hair anyway.

Black


Dark Brown:



Medium Dark Brown:



Chestnut Brown:



Medium Brown:



Ash Brown:



Golden Brown:



Dark Blonde:



Ash Blonde:



Ash Blonde/Platinum:



Light Ash Blonde:



Dark Strawberry Blonde:



Auburn:



Dark Auburn:



Copper Red:




From this chart I can say that my own hair color is somewhat between medium brown and auburn. As for its accuracy I think it's generally quite good but I can't really agree with the "dark blonde" classification, it looks lighter than dark blonde to me.

[Nerthus]

Wow, I was looking for one of these Mine is some sort of golden brown I guess.

[Frankiz]

Interesting! I can't see a real difference between dark, dark brown and medium dark brown though. My hair could be either of the three.
And the red is missing! I love redhaired girls, that's why I want to go to Ireland by the way...
I should have said all the "reds", as there are so many different types of red hair.

[Vojvoda]

My genital and armpit hair is copper red

Seriously, the first four colors all look black.I don't see a difference

[Rusalka]

The difference is in the "sheen", so to speak. Black is almost matte, whereas dark brown has a warm sheen to it. Interesting you guys see no difference because in my monitor I do.

[Rusalka]

Originally Posted by Aeternitas

Wow, I was looking for one of these Mine is some sort of golden brown I guess.

Was it that light? Of course I never saw a proper photo of you, Vampyre! Bet you don't show properly in the film since the camera uses a mirror. Better use a digital one.

[Frankiz]

wait a minute, I'm gonna wipe my screen... mmmm no still don't see much difference!
Oh by the way, Voždgive me the email adress of the girl of your photo. I'm gonna ask her her hair colour for a poll.

And anticipating questions about the girl above, her hair colour is dark brown, and no I don't have her email adress.

[Frankiz]

Look at that hair colour, isn't that beautiful? I just love it. And I still love her.

[Nerthus]

Originally Posted by Rusalka

Was it that light? Of course I never saw a proper photo of you, Vampyre! Bet you don't show properly in the film since the camera uses a mirror. Better use a digital one.

Talking like an expert? Yeah, I'd like to get a real good digital camera. It would work better than scanning things too, I guess. Whenever I scan something, it loses quality. But the golden brown doesn't look that light to me. Well, maybe if you compare it to the black one, which is almost undistinguishable... I don't think I've seen someone with such a dark natural hair colour :-O

[Awar]

I guess I'm between golden brown, dark auburn and dark strawberry blonde.

[Awar]

On the other hand, my monitor sucks, so I only recently saw that
the black areas on this banner are in fact purple :-O


I never saw the difference while working on the banner

[Rusalka]

Originally Posted by Aeternitas

Talking like an expert? Yeah, I'd like to get a real good digital camera. It would work better than scanning things too, I guess. Whenever I scan something, it loses quality. But the golden brown doesn't look that light to me. Well, maybe if you compare it to the black one, which is almost undistinguishable... I don't think I've seen someone with such a dark natural hair colour :-O

It must be my monitor settings then. It's an LCD Ultrabright and I'm using custom settings based on Pantone colors and not Windows' own settings so that I have a better idea of how things will look like in print. I don't think many people use these settings, I set it up to work with the printer. So anyway, to me all colors look pretty distinct except maybe dark brown and medium dark brown.

As for the black color, surely it exists but the naturally pitch black hair usually has a blue tint to it, especially in most Asians. These are synthetic wigs, there's no way they could really look like actual hair. People's own hair is almost never only one color anyway. I have at least three different shades on my head (naturally) ranging from very dark blonde (or golden brown) in the lightest parts -my forehead- to medium chestnut/auburn. Even really dark brown has some 'highlights'. Only dyed hair is flat colored.

[Rusalka]

Based on this chart, and based on how I see it, I think your hair is something between dark auburn to dark strawberry blonde. Not that I ever saw much of your hair, of course you skinhead!

[Awar]

I'm not a skinhead, I'm just bald



The hair colour I can stand, but having blond eyebrows and red beard is really frustrating.

If I had a dollar for every time someone told me to dye my eyebrows darker.

[Rusalka]

Nothing wrong with a red beard! My dad has a red beard. In fact he has a very similar coloring to yours overall, except that he now has chestnut hair with gray. And his skin color is permanently pink, I don't know why, but it is.

Your hair color in that photo looks golden brown with dark strawberry blond/auburn to me.

[Nerthus]

People's own hair is almost never only one color anyway. I have at least three different shades on my head (naturally) ranging from very dark blonde (or golden brown) in the lightest parts -my forehead- to medium chestnut/auburn. Even really dark brown has some 'highlights'. Only dyed hair is flat colored.

Yes, that explains those samples. My hair is lighter at the top as well and darker at its ends, or whatever you call that. People usually say it's light brown. Sometimes I see a reddish tinge in it. In natural light is looks even lighter, obviously.

[Rusalka]

Originally Posted by Aeternitas

Yes, that explains those samples. My hair is lighter at the top as well and darker at its ends, or whatever you call that.

Mine starts the lightest, gets to a darker color and then lightens again at the ends, but the ends lighten in the sun, otherwise they'd be the same color as the middle part.

[Nerthus]

What's the difference between golden brown and ash brown, btw? I don't see much.

[Rusalka]

I'm pretty good at colors as I work with them every single day and you learn to notice even the subtle differences between the hues. You can also ask your hairdresser the next time you're there. They might not be very specific about the exact shade but he (or she) can tell you if it's 'golden' or 'ash'. Golden toned hair is warm tones, and has the reddish tinge, or of it's lighter it's golden brown or blonde and ash is a cool tone. Similar to the whole skin tones thing.

[Nerthus]

Originally Posted by Rusalka

I'm pretty good at colors as I work with them every single day and you learn to notice even the subtle differences between the hues. You can also ask your hairdresser the next time you're there. They might not be very specific about the exact shade but he (or she) can tell you if it's 'golden' or 'ash'. Golden toned hair is warm tones, and has the reddish tinge, or of it's lighter it's golden brown or blonde and ash is a cool tone. Similar to the whole skin tones thing.

My hairdresser said it was light brown. I didn't ask what sort of brown though...
Btw, is this the page where you found those pictures?