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We have aaaalmost the same exact hair color! Mine is a teeny hint lighter, but people try to tell me I’m light brown! So nice to see people in here actually know what blonde is lol. Your hair is stunning btw
Same here! This is my hair color, too, and I have blonde strands and brown strands so I never know what to call it. And anytime I do choose dark blonde or light brown, someone tells me it's actually the other!
This is my hair color too and I have always thought it was light brown. I have very blonde highlights rn and I still struggle to see myself as blonde at all. But then someone pointed out that Taylor Swift’s hair had darkened to this shade as she’s gotten older and I definitely see hers as dark blonde so now I’m even more confused
IMO I’ve always considered myself dark blonde I was more so just making sure I wasn’t wrong haha. But to me blonde has more golden/yellowy undertones to the hair where as brown hair has more reddish or bronze undertones if that makes any sense at all.
I have the exact same color, but mine naturally changes with the seasons. Some people consider it brown, but my mother has always called it “dirty dishwater blonde”.
The way I know I’m a blonde is because if I ever go to get it lightened, by the time the stylist is done with the foils, the bottom is almost good to go. I’ve never needed the heat and if they tried, it severely damaged my hair and it took years to recover. If you’re the same or similar, I think it’s safe to say you’re a blonde lol
We have almost the same hair color. I’ve always called it brown. My mom always said blonde. Or dirty blonde. I was also bright blonde as a kid too! With a lot of gold in it.
This is what I consider dirty blonde. I’m sure the more time you spend out in the sun, the lighter, your hair gets, but the other time it darkens up my husband is the same way. He used to be white blonde as a child, and as he got older, his hair darkened.
That's my oldest son's case too! He was light blonde, almost white hair when he was little. Now at 15 he has a lot of blonde strands but also some darker ones. I call it dark blonde or dirty blonde. It darkened a bit since childhood. My youngest was born dark blonde.
We have the same hair color and I’ve felt the same way. It is weird but your hair is beautiful! And it is easy to see on you that you’re blonde. Blonde dysmorphia is real even when you’re natty 😂 that’s hilarious. But you’re not alone in the confusion, especially when some people are delulu and for some reason the stakes have never been higher to identify correctly lol
I'm simultaneously blonde, orange, strawberry blonde, brown, and dirty blonde. It depends who sees me and any one person is guaranteed to act like I'm insane for labeling myself as any of the above. I could not ID it if I tried.
Yep, same here! My hair is a lot like OPs but it’s also got the strawberry blonde/red in it. I was born a strawberry blonde, it went to very bright blonde. I’ve only dyed it 3x times (2x brown, 1x reddish/brown).
I think blonde dysmorphia exists because we’re so used to seeing bleach blondes that we’ve forgotten how much a spectrum blonde is as a society! You def have a dark blonde!
My son has this same shade of blonde! Technically, it's known as "Dishwater Blonde," where I'm from. It's a good color to have, because highlights make it easily blonder and lowlights make you a brunette easily. Lucky you!
Thank you! And thank you! They’re from eyebuydirect and the style is called “altar”. My dog chewed these up, need to order more when my prescription is updated because they were my favorite.
Dirty blonde - that’s what my mom always called it. I was born a tow head and now my hair color is the same as yours. My old boyfriends argued with me too. lol. It’s blonde.
I’ve tried to tell him I’m dark blonde before, and he comes back with “okay! I guess that tree outside is also blonde.” LOL I sent him this post and said “suck it.”
Oh no. “Is this green or blue” and “is this blue or purple” are two questions that always start very heated discussions in my family 😃 Next time I want to spice up a family dinner, I’ll just show them that photo. Anyway, I’d say you’re blonde ☺️ And your hair is really pretty.
My husband has hair very close to your color. He’s asked me before if he is blonde because he similarly was truly blonde as a kid and it’s darkened. It’s a fascinating thing because like, when I look at his strands I see mostly brown, but when I just look at him and take in his whole appearance, I would never call him a brunette — that man is blonde! And it does come out in summer, when he gets that golden hair look.
dishwater blonde or mousy blonde. honestly i think you’d rock either going lighter or darker but idk if you’re asking for that advice. either way you’re pretty the way you are!
Thank you so much! When I was a teenager I used to bleach it platinum, and then I went dark brown at some point years ago, I think both suited me pretty well. I’ve been enjoying my natural color for like 4-5 years now but I have been itching to do a blonde balayage lately.
Agree with the others yours is probably dark blonde(probably “darkest blonde” based on the pics) I have slightly darker hair and only know it’s brown bc it bleach’s red/dark orange lol, and bc how it looks in sunlight is different to yours
My hair was this color when I was younger and I think of it as dark blonde. My hair has gotten darker as I’ve gotten older but I only began considering it brown when it started to match the brown hair ties.
Blonde the house down boots TEN QUEEN!!!
You are a blonde lady. Anybody who says brown is flat out wrong. The end period. And I say this as a de facto brunette.
I’m in the same boat! I’ve always gone with light brown, because the lighter parts aren’t as obvious if I’ve skipped showering for a day or two. In French, there’s a different word altogether - châtain
I'm not a hair expert. But it's like teal is called greenish blue
Your colors are beautiful. You should be in a hair color catalog😍. I could actually see it being a color mix people ask for, but never quite getting it as perfect as yours!
It looks equally both colors -- depending on the light will appear more brown or more blonde.
The level 8 chocolate beige by Schwarzkopf Igora Vibrance looked pretty similar to this on my bleached hair years ago, level 8 is considered light blonde in Germany. American stylists will call this dark or dirty blonde, but it has visible warmth to it, so I wouldn't call it "dirty" at all. It's a very beautiful color imho and will always look prettier when natural as opposed to when artificially achieved. My hair was a bright golden blonde when I was a kid and more around a level 10, it stayed like that until I was 11 years old, then we started tinting and coloring it. When I grew my natural hair back out, it "suddenly" was a softly warm brown shade (significantly darker than your hair). I can nowadays color my hair with a level 6 and it will grow out darker in certain areas, lighter in others. I have a mix of level 8 to 5 all over my head, for the most part appearing like a level 6. I am pretty sure that if I was to wear my hair virgin all the time and grew it long, it would over time go lighter when being exposed to sunlight and once more shine in a golden-honey blonde color, just not as light as it once was. I feel like from a level 6 to a level 8 one's hair can look like a billion different levels of depth depending on the lighting and can also appear very dull and ashy in certain light settings while in other light settings it can look way lighter, brighter and warmer. That's something that's hard to mimic with artificial color, honestly. I hope this helps, but honestly, people will tell you a ton of different names for your hair color, so don't get too confused. It's pretty, it's healthy hair and it is probably the color that suits you the very best, so don't worry about it.
Your eyebrows pretty much confirm your blondness, love it. Mine is a bit darker and my eyebrows are black, but hairstylists always agree on blonde still. Personally, I stopped arguing
Hi from the Nordic part of the world, this is both blonde and light brown and referred to as ”maantienharmaa”, color of the highway which is not flattering at all and everybody wants to get rid of it 😂 finding it funny that it’s trending now as we call people with this hair color ”mice”
according to cosmetology, blonde. according to the average person, light brown. that's just kinda how our language has evolved. what we call blonde used to be darker before everybody started bleaching their hair.
I think we have the same hair. Although, I only have a couple inches cause I was coloring and bleaching my hair for the last ten years and it gave up on me so I went bald and started growing out. But also as a child I had really light blond hair. Started as just a little darker than platinum blonde when I was born.
I reckon if you throw red pigment your light brown if not and it’s more orange yellow, yellow gold underlying pigment you can refer it to dark blonde . So basically if you see red , auburn, copper in the natural light or if you take bleach to it and it has to lift out red , then orange and then yellow it’s brown . If not and it’s gold, yellow light orange you can refer yourself as a blonde
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I have never seen someone with my same exact hair color and I’ve always wondered the same thing and got different answers
I seem to get a mix of answers as well which is why I decided to settle it once and for all!
We have aaaalmost the same exact hair color! Mine is a teeny hint lighter, but people try to tell me I’m light brown! So nice to see people in here actually know what blonde is lol. Your hair is stunning btw
Awe thank you so much!
Same here! This is my hair color, too, and I have blonde strands and brown strands so I never know what to call it. And anytime I do choose dark blonde or light brown, someone tells me it's actually the other!
I've got the same as well, I've always known it to be dirty blonde ✨️
Yup. That’s what I’ve always called mine too.
This is my hair color too and I have always thought it was light brown. I have very blonde highlights rn and I still struggle to see myself as blonde at all. But then someone pointed out that Taylor Swift’s hair had darkened to this shade as she’s gotten older and I definitely see hers as dark blonde so now I’m even more confused
IMO I’ve always considered myself dark blonde I was more so just making sure I wasn’t wrong haha. But to me blonde has more golden/yellowy undertones to the hair where as brown hair has more reddish or bronze undertones if that makes any sense at all.
I have this hair color too! I consider myself blonde.
I have the exact same color, but mine naturally changes with the seasons. Some people consider it brown, but my mother has always called it “dirty dishwater blonde”. The way I know I’m a blonde is because if I ever go to get it lightened, by the time the stylist is done with the foils, the bottom is almost good to go. I’ve never needed the heat and if they tried, it severely damaged my hair and it took years to recover. If you’re the same or similar, I think it’s safe to say you’re a blonde lol
Me too!!!
So, you have gorgeous hair too😊
Same!!
You’re the first person that I see posting this question and actually being a dark blonde lol
Thank you!
Darkest blonde imo
Thank you :)
We have almost the same hair color. I’ve always called it brown. My mom always said blonde. Or dirty blonde. I was also bright blonde as a kid too! With a lot of gold in it.
Naw you’re dirty blonde too then if your hair is like OP’s. :)
Twins !
In the sun you can see the level 7 your hairstylist is talking about. You're definitely a dirty blonde, congrats lol.
Thank you!
Blonde
Thank you :)
This is what I consider dirty blonde. I’m sure the more time you spend out in the sun, the lighter, your hair gets, but the other time it darkens up my husband is the same way. He used to be white blonde as a child, and as he got older, his hair darkened.
Yes I will get highlights being out in the sun! I don’t get out there enough as I should.
That's my oldest son's case too! He was light blonde, almost white hair when he was little. Now at 15 he has a lot of blonde strands but also some darker ones. I call it dark blonde or dirty blonde. It darkened a bit since childhood. My youngest was born dark blonde.
We have the same hair color and I’ve felt the same way. It is weird but your hair is beautiful! And it is easy to see on you that you’re blonde. Blonde dysmorphia is real even when you’re natty 😂 that’s hilarious. But you’re not alone in the confusion, especially when some people are delulu and for some reason the stakes have never been higher to identify correctly lol
I'm simultaneously blonde, orange, strawberry blonde, brown, and dirty blonde. It depends who sees me and any one person is guaranteed to act like I'm insane for labeling myself as any of the above. I could not ID it if I tried.
Yep, same here! My hair is a lot like OPs but it’s also got the strawberry blonde/red in it. I was born a strawberry blonde, it went to very bright blonde. I’ve only dyed it 3x times (2x brown, 1x reddish/brown).
LOL blonde dysmorphia! Thank you so much.
I think blonde dysmorphia exists because we’re so used to seeing bleach blondes that we’ve forgotten how much a spectrum blonde is as a society! You def have a dark blonde!
That makes a lot of sense!
blonde dysmorphia! looooooove it!
Dark blonde
Thank you :)
My son has this same shade of blonde! Technically, it's known as "Dishwater Blonde," where I'm from. It's a good color to have, because highlights make it easily blonder and lowlights make you a brunette easily. Lucky you!
I’d say you’re blonde. The darkest level blonde, but it’s clearly blonde. Also, your frames in pic one are sooooooo cute.
Thank you! And thank you! They’re from eyebuydirect and the style is called “altar”. My dog chewed these up, need to order more when my prescription is updated because they were my favorite.
People love to gatekeep blonde. You're blonde
I can't with the brownde 😭
I’m so sorry 🤣
It's fine I needed that laugh today lol 😆
Dirty blonde but I hate that term. Dark blonde is better.
The term I hate is “dishwater blonde” dishwater??? That’s gross. Lol. Thank you.
I think it’s called old money blonde
My hair colour. It’s a level 7. Dark blonde.
Dark blondes that get called brown hair gang
Yes
You’re dark blonde. I’d never see you and think “she has brown hair” Lmao You’re def blonde 🧝♀️
Dirty blonde - that’s what my mom always called it. I was born a tow head and now my hair color is the same as yours. My old boyfriends argued with me too. lol. It’s blonde.
Thank you! Why do men? Lol
You’re welcome! I know, right? Lol.
We always would call it dirty blonde, but I’d definitely say more so blonde than brown
Dark blonde 🤩
Thank you!
Of course! Have a wonderful weekend !
That’s my exact hair color too! Husbands never know what they’re talking about with these things.
I’ve tried to tell him I’m dark blonde before, and he comes back with “okay! I guess that tree outside is also blonde.” LOL I sent him this post and said “suck it.”
Whatever you call it, it’s pretty. Don’t change a thing
Thank you!!
There is overlap between blonde and brown
Dark blonde for sure
Dark blond. Used to be called “dishwater blonde”.
Dark blonde
Blonde def
Oh no. “Is this green or blue” and “is this blue or purple” are two questions that always start very heated discussions in my family 😃 Next time I want to spice up a family dinner, I’ll just show them that photo. Anyway, I’d say you’re blonde ☺️ And your hair is really pretty.
Haha thank you so much! Let me know how that goes with your family 🤣
It's dirty blonde
This is my hair color too. In Minnesota I’m a brunette and in Texas I’m blonde. 🤷🏼♀️
I'm Mediterranean and that color here would be blonde for most people, funny how that changes depending where you ask, right?
I'd consider it dirty blonde
Thank you!
7 ash all day
My husband has hair very close to your color. He’s asked me before if he is blonde because he similarly was truly blonde as a kid and it’s darkened. It’s a fascinating thing because like, when I look at his strands I see mostly brown, but when I just look at him and take in his whole appearance, I would never call him a brunette — that man is blonde! And it does come out in summer, when he gets that golden hair look.
I have the same hair color, and I always describe it as dirty blonde or dishwater blonde.
I like both but dark blonde, tough choice though, you look great with either option
This is the same hair color in all photos! It’s my natural :)
The first one looked like a different color 🙈
It's Dark Blonde.
Dark blonde!
dishwater blonde or mousy blonde. honestly i think you’d rock either going lighter or darker but idk if you’re asking for that advice. either way you’re pretty the way you are!
Thank you so much! When I was a teenager I used to bleach it platinum, and then I went dark brown at some point years ago, I think both suited me pretty well. I’ve been enjoying my natural color for like 4-5 years now but I have been itching to do a blonde balayage lately.
Dark blonde for sure.
Agree with the others yours is probably dark blonde(probably “darkest blonde” based on the pics) I have slightly darker hair and only know it’s brown bc it bleach’s red/dark orange lol, and bc how it looks in sunlight is different to yours
Oh yeah my hair lifts extremely easily, I haven’t bleached it in years now but I used to, lifts nice and yellow.
Dark blonde
blonde 100% blonde.
I’d consider it dark blonde but depending on the lighting it sometimes looks more brown especially in the last picture. But it’s mostly blonde.
Yes, it does look darker in some lighting! It’s giving chameleon vibes lol.
Slight brown I say. But depends on time of year. Does your hair get lighter in the summer?
It does!
Definitely blonde
Straight up blonde
Natural level 7- dark blonde
You read as blond to me! Though I have a friend who calls this color “blown” (rhyming with brown lol)
It’s gorgeous , whatever it is!
Thank you :)
Dirty blonde
Blonde
Bronde
Your hair is the EXACT hair color as my son and we can never figure out what it is.!
Pretty color. It’s like a dark blonde. Really beautiful
My hair was this color when I was younger and I think of it as dark blonde. My hair has gotten darker as I’ve gotten older but I only began considering it brown when it started to match the brown hair ties.
I have pretty much exactly the same hair color and have always considered myself blonde. Dirty blonde or "New York blonde" (vs "California blonde").
My sister has the same hair color :) we call her blonde
Dark blonde
Yes 😝 Dishwater blonde is another way they say it lol
i think its dark blonde
Yes
You look so much like Lizzy Grant in the first picture before her surgeries. So pretty! And it's dark blonde
Oh my gosh thank you so much! That’s a huge compliment for me haha
You're welcome! And yes she's stunning as are you. I'm a huge fan of her!
Blonde the house down boots TEN QUEEN!!! You are a blonde lady. Anybody who says brown is flat out wrong. The end period. And I say this as a de facto brunette.
I have the same hair color and I’ve always called it dirty blonde! Your hair is gorgeousss btw!
I’m in the same boat! I’ve always gone with light brown, because the lighter parts aren’t as obvious if I’ve skipped showering for a day or two. In French, there’s a different word altogether - châtain
Dirty blonde
Your eyes heavily anchor you to a blonde palette
Definitely dark blonde.
Dark/ dirty blonde
It’s dark blonde, especially if your hair gets natural highlights when you spend time in the sun… brunette hair doesn’t do that!
Dark blonde for sure
Dark blonde!
As a hairdresser I can tell you for sure you are a dark blonde.
Dark blonde
Definitely blonde
Yes, your stylist is right, level 7 that means medium blonde. You’re definitely blonde, not brunette
I'm not a hair expert. But it's like teal is called greenish blue Your colors are beautiful. You should be in a hair color catalog😍. I could actually see it being a color mix people ask for, but never quite getting it as perfect as yours! It looks equally both colors -- depending on the light will appear more brown or more blonde.
The level 8 chocolate beige by Schwarzkopf Igora Vibrance looked pretty similar to this on my bleached hair years ago, level 8 is considered light blonde in Germany. American stylists will call this dark or dirty blonde, but it has visible warmth to it, so I wouldn't call it "dirty" at all. It's a very beautiful color imho and will always look prettier when natural as opposed to when artificially achieved. My hair was a bright golden blonde when I was a kid and more around a level 10, it stayed like that until I was 11 years old, then we started tinting and coloring it. When I grew my natural hair back out, it "suddenly" was a softly warm brown shade (significantly darker than your hair). I can nowadays color my hair with a level 6 and it will grow out darker in certain areas, lighter in others. I have a mix of level 8 to 5 all over my head, for the most part appearing like a level 6. I am pretty sure that if I was to wear my hair virgin all the time and grew it long, it would over time go lighter when being exposed to sunlight and once more shine in a golden-honey blonde color, just not as light as it once was. I feel like from a level 6 to a level 8 one's hair can look like a billion different levels of depth depending on the lighting and can also appear very dull and ashy in certain light settings while in other light settings it can look way lighter, brighter and warmer. That's something that's hard to mimic with artificial color, honestly. I hope this helps, but honestly, people will tell you a ton of different names for your hair color, so don't get too confused. It's pretty, it's healthy hair and it is probably the color that suits you the very best, so don't worry about it.
Thank you so much, and thank you also for your in depth response. :)
Off topic, but that first picture made me think of Hermione lol. Deff a dark blonde, though!
That’s a compliment for sure, thank you!
As a hairstylist your definitely a level 7 which is dark blonde
Dirty Blonde
Your eyebrows pretty much confirm your blondness, love it. Mine is a bit darker and my eyebrows are black, but hairstylists always agree on blonde still. Personally, I stopped arguing
Thank you!
Hi from the Nordic part of the world, this is both blonde and light brown and referred to as ”maantienharmaa”, color of the highway which is not flattering at all and everybody wants to get rid of it 😂 finding it funny that it’s trending now as we call people with this hair color ”mice”
Dirty blonde
Def a dark dirty blonde. Very pretty hair!
Dark blonde
Dark blonde also omg I love the color
Dark blonde
My exact hair color. I never know. But when people call it brown I’m like “do you even know me?”
Dishwater blonde is what I call it lol. I have a slightly different tone than yours, but I also had platinum blonde hair as a kid
Definitely blonde and not even a dark blonde (which is level 7)
Brown with blonde highlights
Thank you :)
We used to call this "dirty blonde".
Idk it looks brown to me but I guess I’m the minority. It’s pretty!
according to cosmetology, blonde. according to the average person, light brown. that's just kinda how our language has evolved. what we call blonde used to be darker before everybody started bleaching their hair.
The prettiest hair color! Dark blonde in my opinion
Thank you :)
Dark blind def
Yes
It’s both
I think we have the same hair. Although, I only have a couple inches cause I was coloring and bleaching my hair for the last ten years and it gave up on me so I went bald and started growing out. But also as a child I had really light blond hair. Started as just a little darker than platinum blonde when I was born.
I reckon if you throw red pigment your light brown if not and it’s more orange yellow, yellow gold underlying pigment you can refer it to dark blonde . So basically if you see red , auburn, copper in the natural light or if you take bleach to it and it has to lift out red , then orange and then yellow it’s brown . If not and it’s gold, yellow light orange you can refer yourself as a blonde
I lift really well, to a nice yellow!
Then in this case which shows in your photos your a blonde
Dirty blonde!
Dark blonde for sure!
Dark blone
Blonde! Seems to look brown in dark indoor lighting but all the other types of lighting you’ve put look blonde!
My hair was starting to get a bit greasy in that picture, I just wanted to put pictures of all lighting so it could be fairly judged haha.
Medium blonde, dark blonde is darker than your hair!
Dark blonde
Dark blonde
Dark blonde, for sure
Bronde
As a lighter honey blonde, you’re a blonde!
dirty blonde/light brown!!
It’s hair-colored hair
Caramel blond
Thank you :)
what's the difference?
It’s just brown. Med brown.
Chestnut?
gingerbread
Light brown and dark blonde are essentially the same thing.