Toning down henna on grey hair?

[Obsidian]

Has anyone came up with a mix for using henna on grey or white hair that tones down the intense orange without going too brown?
I suppose it would involve some indigo but I wouldn't know what percent to start with.

I'm really interested in going back to henna, would like a light copper on my ash blond that is at least 30% white

[lapushka]

There is no way, but doing multiple applications, which means you'd constantly be upping roots, and intensifying by doing it again a week later. There is no concoction that makes it darker as of the get-go. And be careful with straight up indigo on grays (might be same as on bleach and light blonde hair, might need a red "filler" first).

I would not recommend a natural dye for people going gray. Nope. Just nope.

[Obsidian]

Yeah, I'd rather be bright orange then too dark of henna, thats just not a good tone on me.
I wasn't thinking of using straight indigo but henna with a little indigo to add a bit of a brown or dark base. Now you have me wondering what indigo would do to white hair, off to google I go.

[lapushka]

Yeah, I'd rather be bright orange then too dark of henna, thats just not a good tone on me.
I wasn't thinking of using straight indigo but henna with a little indigo to add a bit of a brown or dark base. Now you have me wondering what indigo would do to white hair, off to google I go.

I think Nightshade did some experiments with indigo on white, but I could be mistaken. Might have been a henna/indigo mix. I am unsure. And who knows, maybe I'm wrong and it's different on gray than it is on blonde/bleach?

Hope she chimes in!

[Obsidian]

I used straight indigo on bleached hair once, it was more of a blueish grey. I think the green from bleaching over indigo is mostly due to a chemical reaction.

I did find some pictures of henna mixes over white mohair, not sure I really cared for any of the colors that had indigo.

[Kat]

I used straight indigo on bleached hair once, it was more of a blueish grey. I think the green from bleaching over indigo is mostly due to a chemical reaction.

I did find some pictures of henna mixes over white mohair, not sure I really cared for any of the colors that had indigo.

It could be, because I have an indigo-dyed scarf that is predominantly green. When I bought it, they explained to me the process to turn it green, which unfortunately I can't remember. (And, of course, indigo-dyed fabric first comes out of the dye bath greenish until it oxidizes.)

But I imagine it's also possible that bleaching lifts certain dye molecules in the indigo and not others, which is why green may be left behind?

[Obsidian]

Thats interesting. I didn't know they could get green fabric with indigo, I thought it was just blue.

I've used it in lye soap and it usually turned lavender. Some people can get blue with it but I never could.
Maybe my indgo was junk, I tried a two step to go black once and all it did was turn dark auburn.

I decided to just rock the orange, its a good color on me so why not. Only one life and I can have orange hair if I want lol.

[Jane99]

Looks good and holy orange. It must not have oxidized yet assuming your profile pic is the result?

[Obsidian]

Looks good and holy orange. It must not have oxidized yet assuming your profile pic is the result?

No, my avatar is a older picture. This is what it looks like now, its probably done oxidizing at this point.
Its about the same I guess, my hair is quite light to begin with so its always very orange.

[Jane99]

Well I’ve seen some of your henna pics on here before and you could pass for it being your natural color.