The range of dark tones is rich in many shades - warm and cold, so women with different looks can choose the right option for themselves. In addition, cold chestnut and chocolate tones are in perfect harmony with any wardrobe items. The most fashionable now is the cool brown hair color.
Variety of shades
A certain advantage of brown color is its ability to highlight the individuality of a woman's face and its characteristic features, making them more vivid and attractive. However, cold tones also emphasize skin defects, wrinkles become more noticeable, and the lady may look older than her years.
In addition, dark cold tones reveal imperfections in hair, hairstyles, in particular, errors made when cutting.
But the cold brown does not have to be dark. Its light brown shades often have golden halftones, however, the maximum dosage, because of which the color does not belong to the warm palette. Do not think that there are only 2-3 cold versions of this tone, they are enough to create any interesting image.
Take at least a series of light brown shades:
- brown with gold, allowing the restrained chestnut undertones to play with golden highlights, is ideal for highlighting bright clear eyes;
- dark blond - This is a luxurious, natural color that perfectly combines with tan or dark skin, especially relevant for long straight and curly curls;
- hazelnut, in the darkened basis of which gold threads are woven, creating magical overflows under the warm rays of the summer sun; The tone looks perfect in combination with dark blond, brown and black eyebrows.
The palette also provides darker cold shades:
- Paris chestnut;
- espresso;
- bitter chocolate;
- taupe;
- dark chocolate with silver, ash or mother of pearl;
- chestnut frosty.
A special place in this collection is occupied by ash brown with silver tints, by the way, it can be clarified, but from this no less saturated.
How to choose?
This color, characterized by pronounced coolness, will be relevant for ladies who have practically no skin imperfections, appearance and hairstyles. In all other cases, cold chestnut or chocolate with ash haze will highlight the eyes, the natural color of the lips, emphasize the even tone and velvety skin.
Most of all, all the restrained shades of brown are in harmony with the appearance, the characteristic features of which are:
- pure tone of light eyes (blue, gray) or an iris of deep, saturated light;
- delicate pale or snow-white skin.
Cold ash shades of the gamut are undesirable for gray eyes, but they are suitable if the iris is blue or brown, and the skin is porcelain.
If the dark brown and cold tones of chestnut are chosen by young girls with flawless skin, its tanned and dark color is allowed. Cold, chestnut or frosty chocolate will also combine with pale, clear skin. In other words, First of all, it is important to determine the color type.
It is also necessary to correctly choose a coloring agent. With the original color close to the intended one, for a temporary effect, you can use tinted shampoos, special tonics that are used after washing your hair, you can do this with ammonia-free formulations. Inside, this service is called tinting. Such staining suggests quite fast color washout, within about 1 month, so the tone will have to be maintained periodically.
There are a number of colors that are not distinguished by durability, but they do not damage the hair. These include funds from brands such as Wella, Rocolor, Estelle, Kapous, Schwarzkopf. Dyeing with resistant compounds can be carried out using paints from manufacturers L`Oreal, Syoss, Garnier. In this case, the color will remain the same saturated for 1-2 months.
How to get the?
Fashionistas need to understand that it is possible to achieve a cold ashy shade on dark brown hair only after preliminary clarification by 2-3 tones, and if the hair is predisposed to yellowness, it is necessary to add gray, silver and graphite correctors, the existence of which is known only to professional masters.
Therefore, it is better to entrust them with an important process. For previously dyed hair it will be necessary to wash, removing already irrelevant pigments, and only then proceed to the main staining.
If a blond or blond girl decided to color the locks in cold brown, this does not always mean that the result will be successful the first time. If the violet pigment in the paint is not enough, the hair can be cast green, and then you need to wash your hair 2 times a week with a tinting shampoo to give a lilac shade to fix the problem.
Thus, in order to get a cold brown, both dark and light curls require preliminary clarification. However, it is not possible to apply complete shading, but selectively give the strands the desired color. But the difficulty is that not every woman will be able to carry out such a procedure at home.
Well, for this there are hairdressers.
Stretch Painting
It is in the salon that the master will be able to create the perfect look using cold brown tones with their transition into the natural color of women's hair. Moreover, such a procedure does not involve tangible harm to curls. But, thanks to the smooth transitions from dark to lighter shades, the strands will look more natural, organic and attractive.
A hairstyle with a stretching color looks great on long and short hair, gives it a luxurious volume, the strands look naturally burnt, thick, even if they are thin, and splits are noticeable at the ends. Surprisingly, cold dark shades after painting using techniques such as shuttle, sombre and fly-overs help to divert attention from skin flaws and some facial imperfections, including its irregular or too heavy oval.
An added benefit is the absence of the need for constant staining, since the stretching of the tone, most often, begins with the indentation from the roots. This distance is painted with a paint similar to natural color.
Disadvantages of selective coloring are also present - it is simply impossible to carry out on ultra-short haircuts, but at home you can do it only by thoroughly understanding the technology.
It should also be remembered that a similar procedure involves lightening the ends of the strands, therefore, after coloring, it is necessary not only to use means that support color, but also to use restoring, nourishing preparations and masks.
On how to get out of black into chocolate color, see below.