Coloring on dark hair: features, types, selection of shade

Coloring hair has long been a popular method of quick image change. On the covers of fashion magazines every now and then you can find hairstyles of the most fashionable colors and shades. In this article, we will help you understand the intricacies of coloring on dark hair, analyze the features of this technique, its main types, and also help you decide on the choice of shade for your hair.

Hair dyeing is one of the oldest image-changing techniques; another 2 thousand years BC, hair dyeing gave a person power and significance, dyed hair could be worn by a strictly defined caste of people. Today, hair coloring is a privilege available to everyone, capable of completely changing appearance in a matter of minutes. Due to the large number of varieties and embodiments of hair coloring, many girls often confused classic coloring with highlighted curls. Below we look at the key differences between these techniques, and at the same time try to create a portrait of the classic coloring technique.

• The first and main difference is in a variety of color palette. Highlighting hair involves the use of only two shades - natural and light, coloring can use up to 20 different shades.
• The key to harmonious highlighting - in gradual gradation of 2-3 colors in the hairstyle. Coloring is not picky about smoothness in tones, and therefore it can look simultaneously bright, but also sharply, aggressively.
• Highlighting, as a rule, is carried out in several sessions, because the yellowness characteristic of dark hair will not disappear after the first session. In coloring on top of bleached hair, a few more layers of paint are applied, which means that repeated clarification sessions may not be needed.
• The purpose of highlighting is to achieve the effect of “hair burnt out in the sun”, which at the same time gives the hairstyle more volume, and the curls themselves - a natural natural shine. The purpose of coloring is make curls as saturated as possible, additional tasks here relate to highlighting the general image of a beauty, winning facial features or clothing elements.
• Despite the relatively blurry age limits in hair coloring, coloring goes more to young, bright and extraordinary personalities with a perky character. In the image of respectable ladies, busting with colors can be considered bad taste. What can not be said about highlighting, which looks great for women of all ages.

As you can see, understanding the difference between the two hair treatment techniques is quite simple.

Any type of staining has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are as follows.

• Any, even the lightest coloring renews your look and hair style. Hair looks fresher, brighter, more expressive. Even if the coloring is done with a minimum color gradation from the natural color of the hair, in any case it makes your hairstyle more expressive, and the hair color is clearer.
• Coloring with a successful hairstyle and bangs can significantly adjust your facial features. Highlight successful ones, focus on positive and beautiful features and distract from gross and imperfect facial defects.
• Types of non-continuous coloring (zonal, pixel, longitudinal) not so bad hair. Unlike highlighting techniques, hair looks healthy and strong.
• Shatush, balayazh, classical highlighting - all these are techniques that involve the use of no more than two colors in the painting. Coloring offers unlimited number of shades for coloring.
• Moderate stain equally successful goes to very young girls, and older, but not lost a taste for fashion, women.
• Due to the significant color gradation and the absence of clear borders in the picture, the colored strands not so quickly require correction and refinement.
• For thousands of years of its existence, hair coloring has managed to segment into many varieties. At the moment, there are more than 10 popular ways of coloring, of which even the most sophisticated girl will be able to pick something for herself.

Given that any hair coloring involves exposure to curls with external and often unnatural substances, coloring has its drawbacks.

• Lightening - a peculiar scourge when dyeing hair, and if owners of light curls can do without it, then for dark ones this can become a significant problem. Any lightening is stress for the hair, which without the necessary attention and additional firming masks and creams may begin to fall out, become rare or weaken.
• Any kind of coloring, even the lightest and most selective, costs a lot of money. Coloring at home is also possible, but only beauties with significant experience in coloring can achieve a high-quality and beautiful result.
• The more shades of hair, the more likely that you will move for a long time to the original natural color. That is why hairdressers and makeup artists do not recommend cardinal painting with 5 or more tones.
• The highlighting technique, even without daily care for hair and styling, will look spectacular and stylish. What does not apply to coloring, where any breeze without the necessary fixation can completely change the pattern or a special painting style.
• Any coloring needs regular maintenance of brightness and saturation of the shade of hair. Without this, all the effect from any hairstyle can completely disappear.

There are a large number of types of coloring, they differ in the number of shades, the length of the hair and bangs, and the desired texture of the hair. We will look at the most popular ways to color dark hair this season.

This option is one of the most common in the modern world of fashion. In this case hair on the head is divided into uniform vertical curlswhich are then painted in turn. For long and medium hair with foil. The number of shades is not limited here, watch only for the uniformity of the gradation of colors in order to avoid the "traffic light" effect.

The bottom line is to paint the thinnest individual strands of hair. Often, only 1-2 main light shades are chosen, which creates a tempting sun glare effect. Using this technique, you can highlight the shape of the face, visually reduce it, or focus on certain winning features.

Not a particularly radical colorization option that offers horizontal hair dyeing through the use of 3-4 (no more) consecutive shades. The entire length of the curls is conventionally divided into 3-4 parts (zone of tips, zone of roots, transverse zones). Between the upper and lower zones, the most noticeable contrast is achieved, gradually subsiding to the transverse part of the hair. Thus, either the upper or lower part of the hair remains colored, in the other, as a rule, curls of natural shades remain.

Almost the same as patterned coloring, but using geometrically correct lines and shapes at the heart of the pattern. The option is also more for short hair, looks great with bright and even flashy shades.

The easiest type of coloring in coloring - in this case only strictly defined part (or parts) of hair. The peculiarity of this species is that dyed hair should simultaneously stand out harmoniously and brightly against natural ones, otherwise there will be no benefit from the effect. For dark hair, the widest range of colors will come in handy: from light golden to bright berry.

Looks great on both straight and curly hair, there are also no restrictions on the length of the hair. Only bangs or some individual curl on the temporal lobes can be added to the same type.

A concept that means all types of coloring using 5 or more shades in coloring. The advantage of this type is that to achieve the desired result, you can use absolutely any shade. And here, in a way, there’s even a plus color inconsistency. Hairstyles with such colorings are loved by young ladies with an unstable character and mood.

Such a hairstyle will only complement the general an image of unpredictability and originality. However, you should not overdo it with the number of shades, everything should be in moderation. A good option would be multi-color coloring bangswhere the rest of the hair remains unchanged.

Without a doubt, one of the most radical colorizing options, which in its pure form is rarely seen. Usually it can be seen on the pages of fashion magazines as the idea of ​​a designer or stylist for a certain bow. For coloring hair with this type of coloring are used special stencilswhich an ordinary fashionista may not have. That is why staining in this case is recommended to be carried out by an experienced master.

The most common drawings and patterns: leopard and tiger drawings, oblique lines with an emphasis on bangs and eyes. Often, only bangs are given to the patterned part of the hair, which in successful execution only gives greater clarity to facial features.

Coloring is not distinguished by strict preferences for a particular type of hair, here you can look equally advantageous with colored hair curly curls, straight and obedient hair, even for naughty curls there are many ways and colors for dyeing. As for the length of your hair, it can play a decisive role in the formation of the overall image, and therefore is one of the key points that you need to consider when choosing a shade of coloring. Medium or long hair takes a huge amount of experimentation, the most successful will be:

• longitudinal coloring options using no more than 2-3 tones, slightly darker or lighter than the natural color;

• long hair with the effect of light burnt tips (golden, ashen, caramel, copper tones);

• micro-coloring of the thinnest strands using 1-2 shades with a minimum difference in the color palette from natural hair;

• horizontal coloring of heavy heavy curls with significant color gradation (shades can be very different: from chestnut to red and bright neon);

• selective or zonal coloring of individual hair strands - bangs, temporal parts using bright and saturated colors: blue, purple, red, green;

• subtle full hair coloring with a minimal difference from the original hair color will give them more saturation.

Short hair is also not without successful color solutions in dyeing. The most popular colorization options here are considered as follows.

• Zone staining, with the staining of strictly defined curls in the hair - bangs, temples, occipital part. Used colors for dark curls: bright red, blue, lilac, delicate pastel shades of gold and caramel.

• Patterned Coloring using a stencil for applying paint. On short hair it is much easier to maintain the desired pattern and there will be no big problems with further correction.

• Partial contrast staining using aggressive and often even incompatible shades (red with yellow, blue with orange, etc.). This type of coloring is more suitable for extraordinary individuals or is used to create a specific image in model shootings.

• Color or "multicolor" coloring implies the use of more than 5 tones. Often, this option is used to create a pleasing eye overflow in curls.In other cases, these are strictly contrasting and unusual hairstyles, which are preferred only by the most daring fashionistas.

• Cross or horizontal coloring, in which the border between tones is kept intentionally, to give the image even more aggressiveness and non-standard. Bright and contrasting tones are used: neon, crimson, azure and sunny.

The type of haircut is not the only option when choosing a shade of coloring, as some girls mistakenly believe. To a greater extent, the success of a particular shade in coloring depends on the complexion of the face, the color of natural hair and their length. There are known cases of a successful combination of bob haircuts and a cascade with both golden, delicate pastel shades, and with extraordinary bright and saturated colors. The same applies to medium / long hair.

Face Type and Eye Tint - the most important factors in choosing a shade of coloring, it depends on them how well the whole hairstyle will look. There are 5 main types of face: round, oval, rectangular, triangular and square, as well as three main colors of the eyes: brown, blue and green with all the attendant shades.

To determine a more successful shade of hair for a certain appearance, makeup artists are initially determined with its color type. There are 4 different color types in accordance with the names of the seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.

• Color type "winter" represents girls with snow-white skin and a dark shade of eyes (it can be like brown, caramel and black colors, as well as some shades of cold blue). In this case, curls of purely dark, even black colors and shades (rich chestnut colors, black, the color of dark chocolate) will effectively combine with appearance.

• "Spring" - girls with caramel and warm skin tones and light, expressive eyes. Most dark shades will not work here, however, chestnut curls, dark copper tones and shades of oak bark will still look good.

• "Summer" - characterized by bright eyes and fair skin. In this case, only light shades of hair are recommended, however, if you are the owner of luxurious dark curls, you should turn to longitudinal or transverse coloring with the addition of clarified curls.

• "Fall" - the color type of girls with dark eyes and dark skin with a natural copper tan (classic color type for brunette girls). Almost all shades of dark hair will look good here, as there will be no conflicts with eye color.

For staining at home, you will need some tools.

1. First of all, of course, clarifier for hair. Depending on the length of your curls, you can take from 1 to 3 sachets.
2. Paint - the second material necessary. For classic and easy coloring, it is better to take no more than 3-4 tones, for a more radical or coloring for a certain image, you should get 5 or more shades that are closer in color. Try to choose paints and brighteners from one line and from one manufacturer.
3. Any color is a danger to harm not only your hair, but also your beautiful skin. Therefore, we recommend using special plastic or rubber gloves.

It’s also worth working over your scalp. After dyeing the hair with many colors, the skin in areas difficult to wash off can be a real rainbow.That is why, before lightening and staining, the skin on the head should be thoroughly wiped with greasy creams.

1. Materials for applying clarifier and paint - brush, sponge, all kinds of brushes. Everything that is convenient for you to apply a paint substance.
2. It will be useful to prepare in advance a few plastic bowls for stirring and preparing clarifier and paints.
3. Depending on the complexity of the future hairstyle, you should choose several combs for styling and separating hair. Here, in any case, brushing will not be superfluous, a comb with thin and rare teeth and a metal separator.
4. Good waffle towel It will come in handy at the stage of drying the hair, and with the help of a small sheet at the time of applying paint and washing off, you can protect your eyes and clothes from getting paint there.
5. All kinds of hair clips, clips and crabs help you fix individual strands of hair and separate them from each other.
6. Foil or cling film for wrapping hair. It is advisable to cut into small strips in advance, depending on their length.

Now let's take a look at the staining technology itself. Do not forget that for some moments in coloring you will urgently need outside help, especially for long hair.

1. Hair before dyeing wash and dry, comb.
2. Put on gloves, It is advisable to throw a towel over your shoulders so that the paint does not drip onto the clothes.
3. Apply on hair a special oily cream so that at the time of washing off the paint, hair and skin are washed faster.
4. Conditionally split hair into several parts: occipital, temporal, crown. Fix hair with crabs or invisible.
5. Select carefully the first thin strands for coloring, laying under them a pre-prepared foil or film.
6. Try to move in a circle - either from the back of the head to the bangs, or in the opposite direction.
7. Already colored curls wrap in foil and place so that they do not interfere with the dyeing of other hair.
8. If you have chosen several shades, try to apply them as small as possible so that the shades do not differ. At this stage, an extra pair of hands is very useful.
9. After staining all hair, wait for the time indicated on the package of paint, then boldly rinse with special shampoos.
10. Sushim, adjust, stack.

After any dyeing with lightening, the hair undergoes tremendous stress, so dyed hair without proper care can lose all color saturation and integrity in one week. Immediately after coloring, the following tips are recommended.

1. If earlier you were used to daily hair washing, which is normal for long curls, then for the first half a month after coloring try to limit yourself 2-3 times a week, no more. In this case, it is advisable to pre-boil the tap water in order to avoid too much stiffness. Rinse hair with warm water.
2. Immediately after coloring, you should abandon the usual shampoos and seek help professional products for freshly dyed hair. This also applies to the air conditioner, designed to preserve the brightness of the color and give it a natural gloss.
3. Heat treatment just bleached and dyed hair is undesirable, this is an even bigger blow to the fragile hair structure. It is best to resort to natural drying in the open air. The same applies to direct sunlight - from them, colored curls can simply fade.
4. For quick hair restoration it will be useful to periodically resort to help nourishing and moisturizing natural masks. If you try, you can safely make such a mask with your own hands - with the help of low-fat kefir, eggs and herbal decoctions. Masks are best done at least once a week before washing your hair.To restore overdried and weakened hair, masks based on vegetable oil are ideal.
5. Immediately after coloring forget about old and coarse metal combs, use only soft appliances with small, frequent tines. The main thing is not to damage or tear out the hair.

Pixel dyeing on dark hair.

Patterned staining.

Multi-color coloring.

Longitudinal staining.

Zone staining.

See how to color for dark hair in the next video.