Dark Hair Colors

There are various shades of dark colors for hair coloring. If you have lighter hair color and thinking of going brunette then make sure you pick the appropriate hair color while going brunette. If you have naturally dark hair color, and thinking of getting hair highlights or lowlights, then make sure the hair color suits you. Thinking, how to find out if a hair color will suit you or not? Here is a description on the cool and warm hair category, that will help you pick up the right hair color and implement various hair color ideas.

Warm Category

The people who belong to warm category are those who have warm skin tone and warm eye color. If you have brown skin tone with pink or golden undertones, freckled complexion, pale complexion with peach or golden undertones, or ruddy complexion, then you have warm skin tone. The eye color can be hazel eyes with brown or golden flecks, golden brown eyes, greenish blue eyes, or green eyes. If you don't have these eye or skin colors, then you belong to the cool category, so refer to the section under 'cool category' to know about dark hair coloring ideas.

Base Colors

• Golden brown
• Dark brunette
• Auburn red
• Dark auburn
• Chestnut brown

Highlights

• Dark hair with blonde highlights of shiny blonde looks great on warm hair colors.
• Reddish orange highlights suit well.
• You can also get copper streaks on dark brown hair colors.
• If you are looking for dark hair colors for fair skin, then go with a base of dark brown hair color, and streaks of honey blonde.

Lowlights
When it comes to getting lowlights hair coloring ideas for dark hair, select a shade which is 2-3 shades darker than your base hair color. If you wish to go for lowlights then use these ideas.

• Base hair color of medium auburn, and dark auburn lowlights.
• Base hair color of medium brown, and dark brown
• On medium blonde hair color, lowlights of deep brown hair color.

Cool Category

If you have dark brown, medium complexion with golden undertones, olive complexion, pale complexion with pink undertones or no color, bronze or brow complexion after tanning, or medium complexion with light pink color in the cheeks or no color, then you have cool skin tone. The eye color, of people who belong the cool category, are blackish brown, grayish blue, dark brown, dark lube or hazel colored with light flecks.

Base Colors

• Deep brown shade
• Shiny raven black

Highlights

• Hair highlights of cool blonde shade like mink or icy white look good.
• You can also go with honey or wheat or ash colored hair highlights.
• Get chunky highlights for a striking hair colored look, or get lots of streaks for a subtle colored hair look.

Lowlights

• If you wish, go with lowlights for hair, then go for medium brown base hair color, and black lowlights.
• You can also go with neutral blonde base color, and deep brown lowlights.

So, figure out which category you belong to and pick a base color, highlights color or lowlights color which you like the most. Hair dye or hair highlighting can be done at home, by buying a home coloring kit. You can use the cap method for hair highlight easy. However, if you want the best results of colored hair then it is advisable that you visit a stylist. Also, if you wish to get lowlights then visit a stylist to get the lowlights.