Why Does Your Brown Hair Fade To Orange Or Red? - Trigg Hair Studio (2024)

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Why does my brown hair dye fade to orange? ›

Any time you go lighter than your natural color, you will bring up your natural underlying pigments.” Brown and black hair have darker orange and red underlying pigments than naturally blonde hair, which is why these hair colors tend to turn more brassy once lightened.

And because those UV rays are stronger in summer compared to other times of the year, some strands will turn a copper red colour due to the underlying warmer tones in your brunette hair being revealed as it's bleached by the light. Suffice it to say, until new hair grows through, the reddish tint will remain.

Just as a purple shampoo neutralises brassy tones on blondes, using a blue shampoo on brown hair neutralises orange and red tones for brunettes.

Hair turning red naturally can be due to several factors. Sun exposure, hard water build-up, diet, and even certain deficiencies such as Vitamin B12 could be responsible for this color shift.

The key to fixing orange hair is usually to neutralise the orange with its opposite colour – blue.

Whether you're dealing with brassy or orange undertones, your best option is a color-depositing, blue toning shampoo. Yes, blue shampoo.

What Is Purple Shampoo for Brown Hair? Purple shampoo for brown hair is the same product as purple shampoo for blonde hair. The color purple is used because purple sits across orange on the color wheel, so purple hair treatments will neutralize any brassy hair tones and help your strands look fresh.

You can do this by adding a silver or purple shampoo and conditioner into your routine whenever you start to think your hair is becoming a little too warm. It's basic color theory: The cool tone of these products will help to balance out that unwanted warmth.

Ash brown hair color shades are for anyone who wants to be a pure brunette without any blonde or red mixed in.

What toner cancels out red in brown hair? ›

To cancel out the red color and go darker, you'll need to add darkness (a deep brown dye) and a bit of green so you don't just end up with dark red hair. Because red and green are opposites on the color wheel, you can use a dye with a greenish tint to turn the red brown.

The brassy/reddish/yellow colours are the largest colour pigments, and the most difficult colour pigment to remove, which is why all colour always gets warmer when it is lightened. The natural pigment left in the hair at the desired level is referred to as Natural Contributing Pigment (NCP).

The color of your hair is determined by a pigment known as melanin, specifically two kinds of melanin - eumelanin and pheomelanin. Eumelanin generally gives hair a brown or black color, while pheomelanin results in yellow and red hues. If a black hair strand has more pheomelanin, it could exhibit a red color.

Red, orange, and yellow undertones naturally combine to make up the different shades of brown hair.

That means going red is possible without bleach — but only if your strands are virgin. "You can do a single process using permanent dye on virgin brunette hair and it would pick up the color," Jaxcee says. On strands that are super dark, she recommends using a 30-volume developer with a customized red color mixture.

If you were unfortunate enough to end up with hair that is not only brassy but also has patches of orange or yellow, it's probably best to cut your losses and dye your mane dark again.

Frequently referred to by pros as “hot roots,” an orangey tint near the scalp is usually the result of using a dye that is too warm or too red for your natural hair color.

Use a purple or blue shampoo twice a week to avoid brassy tones. A shampoo that is violet toned will work to neutralize warm tones in your hair, such as yellows. A blue shampoo will neutralize orange tones.