Auburn Pride!

[freckles]

So xoxophelia started a fun thread for those whose colour isn't brown and isn't blonde (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=80416), and I thought we could do with a thread for those of us who have a no-man's-land colour between brown and red.

We aren't true redheads -- but we aren't brunettes either! You might call your hair auburn, or copper, or chestnut, or titian. You might consider your hair to be a brown that happens to be reddish, or a red that happens to be brownish. But as ambiguous as it may be, it is beautiful!

I'm apparently ginger enough that people decided to hug me on "hug a ginger" day, but my hair looks brown in photos. I've been told "your hair isn't red -- it's definitely brown" just as firmly as I've been told the exact opposite! :p Those who feel they fit into this group, please come and share your photos and stories and PRIDE in this colour here :D

my hair looking extremely brown ...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4804&pictureid=76965

my hair in more natural lighting ...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4804&pictureid=89327

definitely redder on my damaged ends than my healthy roots ...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4804&pictureid=65514

and apologies for very drunken, very unflattering photo. But this is the only photo-with-flash I have right now ...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=117254

(I actually have a photo-with-flash where it turned out a BRIGHT orange colour, but I can't find it!)

Who wants to join in? :) Please, like the blonette thread, no bashing this colour. :)

[bunzfan]

I have brown hair with natural red tints but i put henna on it, but i just wanted to say freckles your hair is glorious.

[freckles]

I have brown hair with natural red tints but i put henna on it, but i just wanted to say freckles your hair is glorious.

you just made me real-life blush, bunzfan! :o Thank you for a lovely compliment!

[xoxophelia]

Pretty hair ladies! I have also had people call me redhead (which I think is just wishful thinking on their part!!! .. i swear some people are more color blind than they realize)

I am definitely not auburn but it is a pretty color that dye boxes seem to have issues getting right.

[aisha.christine]

I'm a dark auburn :)
Definitely not a ginger auburn, more like burnished copper appliance auburn. :p
I do henna glosses now, so it's far more prevalent than it naturally would be (at least in the sunlight, inside, it looks identical to how it looked before I started the glosses.)

[MissManda]

Just stopping by to say that your gorgeous natural hair colors are the reason why I henna. :crush:

[Amber_Maiden]

Auburn as well :) But I appear to be going darker... I like to enhance it with henna... But i'm getting tired of henna. Attempting to colour everything darker this weekend and just grow my roots :)

[SwordWomanRiona]

Sign me in! I've always called my hair 'auburn'. It's not red (I wish!), but I don't want to call it just 'brown' either, because it does have red highlights! I've henna'ed twice over it because I really want redder hair, but I haven't got it nearly as red as I would like, so more experiments will soon follow. I like my auburn hair, though, I just want to experiment with more red highlights for a while :)
My hair-colour... It could be called a medium brown with reddish highlights overall, but it varies a lot from roots to ends. At the roots, it's a darker brown with red highlights and a lot of blonde hair at my temples (yes, that's right). It gets a lighter medium brown down the length with highlights that are more coppery-blonde than true red and at the roots it's light brown with a lot of golden-copper highlights.

Some pics to illustrate my multiple-shaded auburn hair :D:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7193&pictureid=96035
This is how my hair-colour looks indoors, more or less (with flash in this case). The copper highlights are much more obvious lit up by the Sun.


http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7193&pictureid=97995

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/6191960159_a40712ffdb.jpg
Coppery highlights under sunlight...In different angles or under evening sunlight it can look a bit redder. Indoors (especially at night) my hair can look really dark, though, dark brown even...Even with henna.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7193&pictureid=126370
Natural colour under full sunlight...It can look redder depending on the angle, and the lighting.

[SwordWomanRiona]

So xoxophelia started a fun thread for those whose colour isn't brown and isn't blonde (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=80416), and I thought we could do with a thread for those of us who have a no-man's-land colour between brown and red.

We aren't true redheads -- but we aren't brunettes either! You might call your hair auburn, or copper, or chestnut, or titian. You might consider your hair to be a brown that happens to be reddish, or a red that happens to be brownish. But as ambiguous as it may be, it is beautiful!

I'm apparently ginger enough that people decided to hug me on "hug a ginger" day, but my hair looks brown in photos. I've been told "your hair isn't red -- it's definitely brown" just as firmly as I've been told the exact opposite! :p Those who feel they fit into this group, please come and share your photos and stories and PRIDE in this colour here :D

my hair looking extremely brown ...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4804&pictureid=76965

my hair in more natural lighting ...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4804&pictureid=89327

definitely redder on my damaged ends than my healthy roots ...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4804&pictureid=65514

and apologies for very drunken, very unflattering photo. But this is the only photo-with-flash I have right now ...
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=117254

(I actually have a photo-with-flash where it turned out a BRIGHT orange colour, but I can't find it!)

Who wants to join in? :) Please, like the blonette thread, no bashing this colour. :)

I love your auburn hair, freckles! You're absolutely right, auburn hair's gorgeous! I think it's great how it looks redder in some photos, and then browner in others. Only, the red-hair-lover in me often wishes for 100% red hair :D! But that's not bashing the colour at all :).

[wooliswonderful]

I've been told "your hair isn't red -- it's definitely brown" just as firmly as I've been told the exact opposite! :p
Totally! Depending on the lighting my red tones come out or don't.

In the sun I look reddish:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/7-26-07085-1.jpg

In most pics and inside I look almost deep brown. Sorry about my weird pose. :blushing:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/cuteshawl.jpg

I would love more red like our baby:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/oct112011038-1-1-1.jpg

But I'm finally learning to love my own hair. :D

[pepperminttea]

Freckles , SwordWomanRiona, and wooliswonderful; gorgeous hair!

I'm never sure if I fit in this group or not. My hair's brown with reddish tones - more brown than full on auburn I think. My hair used to get copper highlights in the summer (I've protected my hair from the sun at the height of summer in recent years so I'm not sure if I still do), but the ACV rinses have skewed things.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9822&pictureid=126841

ETA:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9822&pictureid=129423

[SwordWomanRiona]

Totally! Depending on the lighting my red tones come out or don't.

In the sun I look reddish:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/7-26-07085-1.jpg

In most pics and inside I look almost deep brown. Sorry about my weird pose. :blushing:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/cuteshawl.jpg

I would love more red like our baby:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/oct112011038-1-1-1.jpg

But I'm finally learning to love my own hair. :D

Yes, my auburn hair behaves the same way! It looks very similar to your colour indoors, but way less red than your first picture when outside. If I had only seen the first pic, I would have sworn you were a redhead!
I love how it changes, I used to fret about it regarding my own hair, but you've all got me converted!

[SwordWomanRiona]

Freckles , SwordWomanRiona, and wooliswonderful; gorgeous hair!

I'm never sure if I fit in this group or not. My hair's brown with reddish tones - more brown than full on auburn I think. My hair used to get copper highlights in the summer (I've protected my hair from the sun at the height of summer in recent years so I'm not sure if I still do), but the ACV rinses have helped!

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7365&pictureid=104420

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7365&pictureid=114611

Thanks, pepperminttea :)
I think your hair is auburn, yes, you do have red tints in it. Very pretty (and so thick!!), btw :).

[freckles]

Pretty hair ladies! I have also had people call me redhead (which I think is just wishful thinking on their part!!! .. i swear some people are more color blind than they realize)

I am definitely not auburn but it is a pretty color that dye boxes seem to have issues getting right.
Thanks, xoxophelia! :) Hairdressers have said to me, "I get a lot of people come in wanting your colour" and also, "never dye it! You can't dye it back to this colour!" BUT ... I've never known whether that's just the kind of thing that hairdressers say to be nice or if they meant it :p


I'm a dark auburn :)
Definitely not a ginger auburn, more like burnished copper appliance auburn. :p
I do henna glosses now, so it's far more prevalent than it naturally would be (at least in the sunlight, inside, it looks identical to how it looked before I started the glosses.)
welcome! I think my hair is more the colour of a two-pence-coin-that-has-been-in-circulation-for-years than it is of anything burnished, but I still like the word 'copper' as a descriptor for any kind of auburn hair, because copper can look so many different colours!


Just stopping by to say that your gorgeous natural hair colors are the reason why I henna. :crush:
that's very sweet!


Auburn as well :) But I appear to be going darker... I like to enhance it with henna... But i'm getting tired of henna. Attempting to colour everything darker this weekend and just grow my roots :)
Yeah I've considered 'bringing out the red' with henna, but it just seems too much maintenance for me :) Good luck on going natural! Embrace your ambiguous colour! :D

[freckles]

Your colour is wonderful, SwordWomanRiona! I know what you mean about looking at your ends in sunlight and wishing all your hair could be that colour! But it's alright, we're just secret redheads ... redheads with a disguise. :cool:


I love your auburn hair, freckles! You're absolutely right, auburn hair's gorgeous! I think it's great how it looks redder in some photos, and then browner in others. Only, the red-hair-lover in me often wishes for 100% red hair :D! But that's not bashing the colour at all :).

thank you for the compliment! I often wish I was a true redhead, too, but just like the blonettes, we have magic chameleon abilities :)

[xoxophelia]

I do think it is actually difficult to dye to correctly. I see tooooooons of people trying to go auburn and it's generally a little too far on the side of red or too orange. I think people would have the best luck with henna glosses maybe.

[freckles]

Totally! Depending on the lighting my red tones come out or don't.

In the sun I look reddish:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/7-26-07085-1.jpg

But I'm finally learning to love my own hair. :D
SwordWomanRiona is right, that first picture is more than 'reddish', if I'd only seen that one there would be no doubt in my mind that you were a redhead through-and-through. But that's the beauty of auburn hair!
I need to get some real sunlight pictures but I am out in sunlight so rarely :p


Freckles , SwordWomanRiona, and wooliswonderful; gorgeous hair!

I'm never sure if I fit in this group or not. My hair's brown with reddish tones - more brown than full on auburn I think. My hair used to get copper highlights in the summer (I've protected my hair from the sun at the height of summer in recent years so I'm not sure if I still do), but the ACV rinses have helped!
I think anyone who thinks they fit into this group, does! It's sooo hard to tell from limited photos (again, like the blonettes) that only people who live with this hair know if they have it, I think. You have beautiful hair pepperminttea! When you say that ACV rinses "helped", you mean, they helped to bring out red tones, or something else?

[pepperminttea]

Thanks SwordWomanRiona! It compacts down a lot. :)


I think anyone who thinks they fit into this group, does! It's sooo hard to tell from limited photos (again, like the blonettes) that only people who live with this hair know if they have it, I think. You have beautiful hair pepperminttea! When you say that ACV rinses "helped", you mean, they helped to bring out red tones, or something else?

Thank you! :D ACV rinses definitely made my red tones a bit brighter. :) I use them for hard water build up, and to help my scalp out, but bringing out the red is a nice side-effect.

[wooliswonderful]

Yes, my auburn hair behaves the same way! It looks very similar to your colour indoors, but way less red than your first picture when outside. If I had only seen the first pic, I would have sworn you were a redhead!
I love how it changes, I used to fret about it regarding my own hair, but you've all got me converted!
Your hair is gorgeous, I'm glad to have hair with similar properties!

Freckles , SwordWomanRiona, and wooliswonderful; gorgeous hair!

I'm never sure if I fit in this group or not. My hair's brown with reddish tones - more brown than full on auburn I think. My hair used to get copper highlights in the summer (I've protected my hair from the sun at the height of summer in recent years so I'm not sure if I still do), but the ACV rinses have helped!

I love your hair! your length shot is so beautiful! I just started doing ACV rinses and am hoping it will bring out my red. :)

SwordWomanRiona is right, that first picture is more than 'reddish', if I'd only seen that one there would be no doubt in my mind that you were a redhead through-and-through. But that's the beauty of auburn hair!
I need to get some real sunlight pictures but I am out in sunlight so rarely :p

Thanks, I guess I didn't realize before how red it looks sometimes, because when I'm out in the sun I don't see my hair. Then people would tell me it was red and I thought "OK, sure..."
My mom told me I have no red in my hair, then I looked at baby pics and I'm totally Auburn. I guess I've had a bit of hair confusion. :)

[irishlady]

I'm a dark auburny chestnut brown lol.

[Anje]

I think I'm in this category. I used to be pretty close to red (always on the brown side, but if you asked someone to ID my hair color, the answer would have been red; there's a natural pic from 2003 in my album for the curious). I'm getting a bit more melanin since my late 20s, though, so I'm a mid-dark red-brown something now, under the henna.

[Aerin]

I'm in here!

My hair actually started out bright red as a kid, and has gotten much darker over the years.

It can be super red in some lighting:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=8930&pictureid=117283

To pretty much brown:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=8930&pictureid=117284

My boyfriend gives me grief that I can't call myself a redhead anymore, though pretty much everyone I meet casually categorizes me as a redhead.

[Dragon Faery]

I think I may just barely belong here! Although mine also gets called black. :) I'll have to find some good pictures.

[candycandace]

I have naturally auburn hair. It was red enough for people to call be a "redhead" when I was about 12. I never got made fun of for being "ginger" though. Which is understandable because many don't consider people to be gingers unless they have freckles and light eyelashes (I don't have either). The only kind of negative feedback I got on my auburn hair was being corrected by snappy little middle school girls; saying that auburn isn't a real hair color and that "boring brunettes" just claim to be auburn to seem unique. -_- Meanies...

My natural color.
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8463/naturalq.jpg

[candycandace]

Totally! Depending on the lighting my red tones come out or don't.

In the sun I look reddish:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/7-26-07085-1.jpg

In most pics and inside I look almost deep brown. Sorry about my weird pose. :blushing:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/cuteshawl.jpg

I would love more red like our baby:

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc108/wool_is_wonderful/oct112011038-1-1-1.jpg

But I'm finally learning to love my own hair. :D
Oh my :bigeyes:. If my hair looked like your naturally, I would never have dyed it. Such a pretty color! :flower:

[omgitssarah]

All of these beautiful pictures have inspired me to not henna/dye my hair as it grows. I used to hate my hair because I wanted it bright red, but I've sinced realized that I can't be Ariel from the Little Mermaid. :)
So, here are my pictures.

This is indoors, no flash.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/ohemgeeitssarah7/Runnersrecom001.jpg
Indoors, flash.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/ohemgeeitssarah7/Halloween001.jpg

Outdoors -
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/ohemgeeitssarah7/freshman_year.jpg

Sorry if they're huge!

[wooliswonderful]

Oh my :bigeyes:. If my hair looked like your naturally, I would never have dyed it. Such a pretty color! :flower:
Thank you! :o
I love looking at everyone's pics and omgitssarah, you are totally cute! :)

[omgitssarah]

Thank you! :o
I love looking at everyone's pics and omgitssarah, you are totally cute! :)
Thank you! =D Your avatar is lovely, such healthy, shiny hair!

[wooliswonderful]

Thank you! =D Your avatar is lovely, such healthy, shiny hair!
Thank you! I just had it cut a few days ago though back to shoulder. It will be a bit before I can achieve decent bunnage again. :)

[aisha.christine]

saying that auburn isn't a real hair color and that "boring brunettes" just claim to be auburn to seem unique. -_- Meanies...


I used to get this all the time. It made me so sad. I even asked my mom if she was lying about auburn hair being a real color. I seriously thought she made it up.
And then I realized people can just be petty.
so :shrug:

[Mountaingrrl]

Another proud auburn-head here!

http://www.longhaircommunity.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=7756&pictureid=117216

http://www.longhaircommunity.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=7680&pictureid=110316

[candycandace]

I used to get this all the time. It made me so sad. I even asked my mom if she was lying about auburn hair being a real color. I seriously thought she made it up.
And then I realized people can just be petty.
so :shrug:
Aww, how mean. :-( Some people suck. Your hair is pretty! I totally agree with you! I guess some people don't notice characteristics in others unless they jump out at them or something. :hmm:

[Hylia]

Can I still join this thread if I am actually a blondette who dyes my hair auburn/ bright red ? :P
I guess I could post in both groups? :P

[SwordWomanRiona]

Your colour is wonderful, SwordWomanRiona! I know what you mean about looking at your ends in sunlight and wishing all your hair could be that colour! But it's alright, we're just secret redheads ... redheads with a disguise. :cool:



thank you for the compliment! I often wish I was a true redhead, too, but just like the blonettes, we have magic chameleon abilities :)

Thank you, freckles! :) 'Redheads in disguise' and 'magic chameleon abilities' sound good, btw! Yay for auburn hair! :D

[SwordWomanRiona]

Thanks SwordWomanRiona! It compacts down a lot. :)

You're welcome! I wish mine 'compacted down' so much, then :)

[SwordWomanRiona]

Your hair is gorgeous, I'm glad to have hair with similar properties!

Thank you, wooliswonderful! If only mine looked that red outdoors! :p It sometimes blazes copper (especially now it has henna on it) when under very strong sunlight (evening-sunset preferable :)), and it's always a (pleasant) shock, but normally it doesn't.

[teal]

Ooh, ooh, I think I'm in! My hair is dark but there's definitely red, especially in the sun!

I don't have any pics, though. No one really takes pics of me, I've noticed.

[arwenevenstar37]

I think I fit into this group too! Inside it looks brown but in vertain lights i get a reddish color...unfortunetely i feel like the red is disappearing a little....
this was last year....

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1489/user31199pic11732113197.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/196/user31199pic11732113197.jpg/)

[Shany]

I may fit in this thread too.. what do you think :
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/34/hygieneguidevitasansfac.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/hygieneguidevitasansfac.jpg/)
(I'm in the middle)
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/489/buffetcontinentmikeshan.jpg

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=6067&pictureid=117341

Auburn is a beautiful haircolor :) This color doesn't belong to any of these categories (blonde, brunette, red) and sometimes, I would like to have redder or blonder hair.

[freckles]

I'm so glad so many other people are joining in! :D you all have beautiful hair! :)

I'm curious as to whether auburn-haired people have 'redhead' complexions or not? I'm pale, and I bruise really really easily -- which I seem to have in common with my redheaded/ginger friends (yeah, that's totally anecdote. I don't know if bruising easily is a ginger thing, but a ginger friend of mine insists that it is).

I have freckles (obviously!) but I really think that they're both qualitatively and quantitatively different from the freckles of true redheads. I have lots and lots of freckles on my face, but they're light enough that they don't usually show up on camera. (a normal photo of me (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=90649), where you can see how light they are, vs with the contrast turned up (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=76070), so you can see I actually have them!)
I have freckles on my elbows and shoulders, but less on the rest of my arms, and very very few at all on my legs -- most of my redheaded friends have more even/numerous limb-freckling. :lol: I also don't have the light eyelashes commonly associated with redheads.

Anyone got opinions on how closely/not closely they fit stereotyped 'redhead' appearance in other ways?

[Avital88]

here my hair in sunlight..http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltrumwVedC1qhdhwjo1_500.jpg believe it or not.. i'm a natural auburn head too..but my skin is tinted so it looks weird to me,thanks to the combination of a auburn white dad and a darkbrown darker skin type mom.. i want to grow out my natural haircolor though,but this time for real.so far i have an inch of my natural color..hmm lets see how long i can manage

[freckles]

believe it or not.. i'm a natural auburn head too..but my skin is tinted so it looks weird to me,thanks to the combination of a auburn white dad and a darkbrown darker skin type mom.. i want to grow out my natural haircolor though,but this time for real.so far i have an inch of my natural color..hmm lets see how long i can manage

wow, I would never have guessed you had auburn hair Avital! :) I know you've mentioned that your hair is dyed but I guess I didn't fully absorb that knowledge. We'll be with you as you try to grow out your natural colour! I bet it will look beautiful on you!

[Avital88]

wow, I would never have guessed you had auburn hair Avital! :) I know you've mentioned that your hair is dyed but I guess I didn't fully absorb that knowledge. We'll be with you as you try to grow out your natural colour! I bet it will look beautiful on you!

Thanks a lot Freckles! i also have freckles in my face and upper arms, but i do tan really dark. i'm really hard to type..i liked the cameleon thing someone mentioned here ,because its so true..i havent had my own hair color for 10 years,i tried to grow it out in 2009/2010 but then i start dying it again,such a shame because my ends where then lighter then my real color so it was easier and less skunk looking to grow out. but ok we will try again :) your color is very lovely btw x

[WaitingSoLong]

Oooooh, popping in to admire the colors! I love this color...I dyed my hair "auburn" for awhile (12 years ago) and it looked really good on me and most people thought it was my natural hair color. It is the oclor of my eyes.

ENVY!

[Amoretti]

This is my hair in winter sunshine. It's more of a mahogany colour here. It's 100% natural:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/nela1/Hair/November046-copia-copia.jpg

And

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/nela1/Hair/faceandfruit022.jpg

[Rhodugune]

Amoretti Your hair is beautiful, both in colour and texture!

My hair also has som reds in it, which I really like. :D

As shown in this pic and my avatar:
http://archive.pixbox.se/arkivet/synligt_38/32720000-32729999/640x480/32727802.jpg (http://www.pixbox.se/pic32727802)

http://archive.pixbox.se/arkivet/synligt_38/32720000-32729999/640x480/32727801.jpg (http://www.pixbox.se/pic32727801)

[freckles]

Amoretti, I love the photo with an apple for comparison :lol:
Rhodugune, I love your hair. The second photo is particularly stunning.
WaitingSoLong, I don't think you have any reason to feel envious with hair like yours!! But of course all 'auburn' admirers are welcome in this thread, so, thanks for the comments :D

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I discovered a new descriptive word that isn't in the OP: "russet". I like it. Apparently, "russet" is for a darker, browner colour with red tinges. Good word.

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I took some (terrible) pictures of my hair outdoors, which I put in an album (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=8992). I was going to say they were of my hair "in the sunlight", but there's not much sunlight here today! Nevertheless, they're in slightly more sunlight than many of my other photos!

[wooliswonderful]

Anyone got opinions on how closely/not closely they fit stereotyped 'redhead' appearance in other ways?
I never tan and I burn and bruise very easily. I have light freckles all over my face, arms, and legs and especially numerous and dark freckles on my shoulders and upper back.
I joke with hubby that I am a trill. ;)
Avital88, I also never would have guessed that you had auburn hair, both colors on you are beautiful!
Mountaingrrl, your hair is amazing!!
Rhodugune, Shany, & Amoretti, your hair is so long and pretty! I'm growing out again after saying farewell to my layers and you're great inspiration!!

[Avital88]

i'm really curious to see what colour my hair is when it will grow out.. russet might be an option too.
Thanks wooliswonderful!

[arwenevenstar37]

uuu!!! beautiful hair Amoretti adn Rhodugune! :)

I have a light complexion but if I go out in the sun I tan a little bit. Also, I don't really have freckles, but I do bruise easily

[SwordWomanRiona]

I may fit in this thread too.. what do you think :
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/34/hygieneguidevitasansfac.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/hygieneguidevitasansfac.jpg/)
(I'm in the middle)
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/489/buffetcontinentmikeshan.jpg

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=6067&pictureid=117341

Auburn is a beautiful haircolor :) This color doesn't belong to any of these categories (blonde, brunette, red) and sometimes, I would like to have redder or blonder hair.

Definitely auburn! So pretty, I wish my hair were that red :).

[SwordWomanRiona]

I'm so glad so many other people are joining in! :D you all have beautiful hair! :)

I'm curious as to whether auburn-haired people have 'redhead' complexions or not? I'm pale, and I bruise really really easily -- which I seem to have in common with my redheaded/ginger friends (yeah, that's totally anecdote. I don't know if bruising easily is a ginger thing, but a ginger friend of mine insists that it is).

I have freckles (obviously!) but I really think that they're both qualitatively and quantitatively different from the freckles of true redheads. I have lots and lots of freckles on my face, but they're light enough that they don't usually show up on camera. (a normal photo of me (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=90649), where you can see how light they are, vs with the contrast turned up (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=76070), so you can see I actually have them!)
I have freckles on my elbows and shoulders, but less on the rest of my arms, and very very few at all on my legs -- most of my redheaded friends have more even/numerous limb-freckling. :lol: I also don't have the light eyelashes commonly associated with redheads.

Anyone got opinions on how closely/not closely they fit stereotyped 'redhead' appearance in other ways?

Well...I have a pale complexion too, but I don't have freckles, and my eyelashes are dark. So I wouldn't say I have a 'redhead complexion'...
Not that you can see it very well here with all the direct sunlight, but here's a 'normal photo of me'. The roots are my natural auburn colour, the length has henna on it too.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=8229&pictureid=115200

[SwordWomanRiona]

And Avital88, Amoretti, Rhodugune, Mountaingrrl: I love your auburn hair!! :D

[Shany]

Thank you wooliswonderful and Riona! :)

I don't have freckles but I have a light complexion. My grandfather used to have bright red hair and no freckles

[Amoretti]

Thanks for the kind comments :flowers:

I'm enjoying this thread. :) Someone posted that "russet" is also a good name for our colour hair. I like that.

I have pale skin and lots of freckles. I can tan but my freckles really come out. Guess I'm not the stereotypical Spaniard ;)

[amantha]

I think I might fall into the russet category. I just asked my boyfriend and he said my hair looks coppery in the light. And I've had friends in the recent past ask me if I had recently dyed my hair red or if it had red in it naturally when we're sitting in the light. And I have to be like "No, my hair just looks like that sometimes. It's my natural hair color." Inside it just looks like it's dark brown though. And it rarely gets sunny here so I can't take a shot of my hair in the sun right now. I can't seem to find any good photos that show it in its natural state either. :( I love auburn hair though, so the fact that my hair color has some red in it makes me very happy. :D

[Anje]

I'm pale, rather freckled, but I can tan slightly. It takes a lot of sun to burn me, strangely -- I usually just stay pale. (Some of this might be that I have a bit of an aversion to hot sun, and so I often head for shade when it gets high. :D)

However, I've got darker greenish eyes and essentially black eyebrows. Generally I'm more pigment-y than your average carrot top.

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In my observation, where you get freckles is mostly influenced by what parts of your body get lots of repeated sun exposure for several year. My forearms are freckled because I practically live in short-sleeved shirts. It took a few summers of wearing tank tops to get denser freckles on my upper arms and shoulders. Since I tend to wear longer skirts and jeans, my legs are pale other than a few sporadic spots, and my facial freckles have faded since I started wearing makeup.

[aisha.christine]

Anyone got opinions on how closely/not closely they fit stereotyped 'redhead' appearance in other ways?

I'm pale, and I burn easily, but I have an olive complexion, so not the typical "ginger" pale.
I get freckles, but they're sparse, I think I have like eight or nine on my nose/cheek line, and a few on my arms.
I also have darker eyelashes and eyebrows.
So no, I don't have any real ginger coloring.

[Amoretti]

My eyelashes and eyebrows are black so I'm a combination of classic auburn colouring and non-classic. I have the skin and freckles of a redhead but the brows and lashes of a brunette. :)

[irishlady]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=8339&pictureid=114550

Natural light, indoors on an overcast day. I need to find one of my hair in the sunlight. Out of sunlight the red tones are more subtle. This is 100% natural hair colour.

[irishlady]

About my skin: I have very pale, milky white skin. Only a very light sprinkling of freckles on my nose that show up if I've been in the sun. I do not tan easily, but then I hate going into the sun, I like my pale skin tone.

My eyebrows are the same colour as my hair, and my eyelashes are slightly darker. It's hard to describe the colour of my eyes, they are dark, but not proper brown, I have a lot of dark green and purple shades in them depending on the day lol. They were navy blue when I was little.

[candycandace]

I'm pale, and I burn easily, but I have an olive complexion, so not the typical "ginger" pale.
I get freckles, but they're sparse, I think I have like eight or nine on my nose/cheek line, and a few on my arms.
I also have darker eyelashes and eyebrows.
So no, I don't have any real ginger coloring.
You have light olive skin too?? Nice! lol. I get the paleness of my skin from my father who was Dutch and the olive under-tones from my Singaporean/French mother. Are you oriental like me:)?

[Kome]

This is me! I've always had a natural red tint to my hair, but I henna now so it's obviously red now. :)

[Kira94]

I don't know if my hair is reddish enough to be considered auburn. It's always just been brown, my mum usually calls it chestnut.
It's reddish in the bright sunlight, but I think everyone's is. :shrug:
The second and fourth pictures are closest to how it normally looks. :)

http://i39.tinypic.com/2w4wemu.png

[Maraz]

@Kira94, I've gone to great trouble in the past to get and keep the color you have in the third pic over. I love that color and truth be told it's the one I wish I'd been born with. It's also the color I think of when I think of auburn hair.

[arwenevenstar37]

figured out the picture issue :)

[aisha.christine]

You have light olive skin too?? Nice! lol. I get the paleness of my skin from my father who was Dutch and the olive under-tones from my Singaporean/French mother. Are you oriental like me:)?

Not really sure? My mom's mother is from Hawaii, but she is Portuguese Hawaiian, so she has fairly fair skin but I think it still has olive tones. Both my grandfathers are from Texas, but their families are French. My dad's mom is Austrian, and I look very much like her, she also had olive-toned skin and auburn hair.

My grandma (mom's side) tells me I look like her older sister, who was half Chinese and half Hawaiian, but she was only my grandma's half sister, so I couldn't have gotten the looks from her.

I'm just not rightly sure why I look the way I do.
Jumble of genes I guess. :shrug:

[candycandace]

Not really sure? My mom's mother is from Hawaii, but she is Portuguese Hawaiian, so she has fairly fair skin but I think it still has olive tones. Both my grandfathers are from Texas, but their families are French. My dad's mom is Austrian, and I look very much like her, she also had olive-toned skin and auburn hair.

My grandma (mom's side) tells me I look like her older sister, who was half Chinese and half Hawaiian, but she was only my grandma's half sister, so I couldn't have gotten the looks from her.

I'm just not rightly sure why I look the way I do.
Jumble of genes I guess. :shrug:
Oh well that's pretty cool. :) You're a whole mess of things lol. I'm guessing you get the olive from the Hawaiian lol. Sorry if that was a weird question... :o

[Audrey Horne]

May I join? :) My natural is chestnut but it is quite dull even though it would give a good red tint in the sun. I henna it and I'd call myself a bright auburn now (still have to take new pics). People think I'm brown untill the sun hits my head ;)

[Nocturnal]

Count me in! :) I think I should take some new pics.

[pepperminttea]

Holy wow there's so much beautiful hair is this thread! :thud:


I'm curious as to whether auburn-haired people have 'redhead' complexions or not? I'm pale, and I bruise really really easily -- which I seem to have in common with my redheaded/ginger friends (yeah, that's totally anecdote. I don't know if bruising easily is a ginger thing, but a ginger friend of mine insists that it is).

I have freckles (obviously!) but I really think that they're both qualitatively and quantitatively different from the freckles of true redheads. I have lots and lots of freckles on my face, but they're light enough that they don't usually show up on camera. (a normal photo of me (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=90649), where you can see how light they are, vs with the contrast turned up (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=76070), so you can see I actually have them!)
I have freckles on my elbows and shoulders, but less on the rest of my arms, and very very few at all on my legs -- most of my redheaded friends have more even/numerous limb-freckling. :lol: I also don't have the light eyelashes commonly associated with redheads.

Anyone got opinions on how closely/not closely they fit stereotyped 'redhead' appearance in other ways?

I'm quite pale for an average person (but not compared to say, Nicola Roberts). I have a good sprinkling of freckles - heaviest on my forearms, much lighter on my face and torso; like yours Freckles, mine don't show up on my face unless you look for them, but it looks like I have fewer of them than you. I don't bruise easily at all, often purple bruises simply won't appear on my skin; they only show up a few days later when they've yellowed (the skin is just as tender as a bruise, but never turns purple - no idea why).

[maria_asa]

I don't know what colour may hair is but it most certainly fits the chameleon quality described in auburn hair.
This pic and my avatar pic shows my hair in strong sunlight:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/hair%20length/0505_sol.jpg
Outdoors without much sunlight:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?pictureid=92575&albumid=6996&dl=1319968091&thumb=1
This is in natural light indoors:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?pictureid=92572&albumid=6996&dl=1319968091&thumb=1
And indoors with flash:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o33/maria_asa/th_090301_red.jpg?t=1241982004

I've been told that it's impossible to have my hair colour naturally and have had it described as dark blonde, red, brown and, from my mother, like an old copper pan. I do like my colour but sometimes wish it was just a bit darker.

I do have very pale skin that doesn't tan but no freckles and black eyebrows and lashes.

[pepperminttea]

Oh wow maria_asa, your hair's like blonette and auburn mixed together, it's beautiful! :crush:

[nobeltonya]

Inside, under flourescent/poor lighting, my hair looks brown.. but outside in the sunlight, you can see my natural red [and a few blonde] highlights. :) My sons also have these, the little one more since his hair is lighter.

[oktobergoud]

I wish I had auburn hair, I LOVE auburn hair. I envy you guys! I just use henna, gives me fake auburn pride, at least that's something ;)

[maria_asa]

Oh wow maria_asa, your hair's like blonette and auburn mixed together, it's beautiful! :crush:

Thank you :flower:
I guess it's no wonder I don't quite know what to call my colour when it doesn't even fit in the in between categories :rolleyes:

[Shany]

Hi! just wanted to add another pic in daylight (on a cloudy day) :

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/campingavecmike.jpg/

It's fun to see natural auburn hair, it's not common where I live. :)

[RecklessCharlie]

An auburn hair thread?!! Well if this doesn't take the giddy biscuit!
At last a thread for those of us that often hear. "Is that red?...Is it brown?...Is it,er...what do you call that colour anyway?"

Glad to see so many other Auburn heads ;)

*Pics are click-able
Looking rather red in the sunlight
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/th_IMG_6106-1.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/?action=view&current=IMG_6106-1.jpg)
Indoors with no flash
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/th_P1010139.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/?action=view&current=P1010139.jpg)
Grey day light
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/th_P1030278.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/?action=view&current=P1030278.jpg)

[freckles]

RecklessCharlie, your last photo is totally fabulous, what with the length looking brown and the tips red :)

[Lippytoes]

Not quite sure if I belong here or not! I'm more "russet", I think, but my red tones are definitely there in certain lighting - especially in the ends of my hair, but I've got "mini-highlights" all through. Even though, conversely, my hair has got darker than it used to be. I sometimes call it "chestnut". My friend just commented the other day on how red my ends were compared to the rest of my hair, though. :)

This pic is really old (my hair's between waist and hip now), but it's the only one I've got here that shows even a bit of how my hair looks in (kind of) sunlight:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7521&pictureid=99084

Incidentally, I'm wearing a green shirt today, and I think the colour makes my hair's red undertones pop up even more. :cheese:

[RecklessCharlie]

RecklessCharlie, your last photo is totally fabulous, what with the length looking brown and the tips red :)
Thanks Freckles!
Auburn hair often has a myriad of differing colours in it, which is what makes it so fun!

[Macaroni]

This shade on Sarah Michele Geller is exactly the color of my hair:

http://www.auburnhaircolor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/image17.png

It was my natural color and now it's my "assisted" color.

[SwordWomanRiona]

An auburn hair thread?!! Well if this doesn't take the giddy biscuit!
At last a thread for those of us that often hear. "Is that red?...Is it brown?...Is it,er...what do you call that colour anyway?"

Glad to see so many other Auburn heads ;)

*Pics are click-able
Looking rather red in the sunlight
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/th_IMG_6106-1.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/?action=view&current=IMG_6106-1.jpg)
Indoors with no flash
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/th_P1010139.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/?action=view&current=P1010139.jpg)
Grey day light
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/th_P1030278.jpg (http://s80.photobucket.com/albums/j195/doofuschucklesniffer/?action=view&current=P1030278.jpg)

Gorgeous auburn hair, RecklessCharlie! I love it how we auburn-heads have red ends and reddish-brown roots :)

[SwordWomanRiona]

Not quite sure if I belong here or not! I'm more "russet", I think, but my red tones are definitely there in certain lighting - especially in the ends of my hair, but I've got "mini-highlights" all through. Even though, conversely, my hair has got darker than it used to be. I sometimes call it "chestnut". My friend just commented the other day on how red my ends were compared to the rest of my hair, though. :)

This pic is really old (my hair's between waist and hip now), but it's the only one I've got here that shows even a bit of how my hair looks in (kind of) sunlight:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=7521&pictureid=99084

Incidentally, I'm wearing a green shirt today, and I think the colour makes my hair's red undertones pop up even more. :cheese:

Of course you belong here! Your red highlights are similar to mine, actually, which are more on the golden-coppery side than on the 'true-red' side. But, of course, that's auburn all the same :)!

[Suze334]

Why did I color for so many years. I had forgotten how pretty my own hair is. Stupid me.

[sarah061]

I just posted this in the BSL to Waist thread, but I'll post it here too - I just dyed my hair auburn - it's my favorite color :) <3
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5342&pictureid=118045
The color is actually more even than it looks; it came out kind of funny looking with the lighting...

[Lippytoes]

Of course you belong here! Your red highlights are similar to mine, actually, which are more on the golden-coppery side than on the 'true-red' side. But, of course, that's auburn all the same :)!

Yay! How come it feels this good to "claim" auburn? :D

[Shesta]

I think I might belong to this thread. :D

[CarpeDM]

Hmmmm do I qualify?

[robey]

I have to say your hair is beautiful, do you oil? Monistat? I know there are so many tricks for lovely hair here, and was wondering what yours are? I am a redhead / golden copper auburn

[Freija]

Do I belong here? :)

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=2731&pictureid=119520

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=2731&pictureid=119519

[Celebrian]

Yep, I'm naturally mid-auburn brown and used to be accused of being ginger when younger (was more honey then). Problem is getting it sorted with henna/indigo in terms of the fact that I'm 50% plus grey now, so my lovely brown background is going. That's what makes auburn what it is, as far as I am concerned.

[dawnrader]

Finally! A thread i can actually join in with and fit in perfectly.


I'm the pale skin, freckled, no tan type.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9168&pictureid=119548


ETA: figured out the pic posting :)

[donna'sdaughter]

I have brown hair with some auburn it it. It's more like a sandy brown than anything. Does that count?

http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab235/pierrefelixma/SDC11212.jpg

[BlazingHeart]

I don't have a good shot that shows it, but I'm chestnut haired. Not really enough red to claim auburn. It's been kind of frustrating, because when I wanted to claim red, my very-red mother made it quite clear that I was not a redhead. My younger sister has been between red and strawberry blonde all of her life and spent about 8 years dying it because she hated it.

I was born redheaded, and at age 2 had some of the deepest red hair I have ever seen naturally. Then by 5 or 6, I was light brown with vivid blonde streaks and stayed that way till I was 12-13. Then it shaded darker and redder again, and I have had chestnut hair for a little over half my life. If I get a lot of sun, I get intense blonde highlights and strawberry blonde streaks cause the brown lightens but the red doesn't.

As for coloring, I have blue eyes that change colors a bit (like my grandfather, but we two are the only ones that do that). The only people I have ever met who are as pale as me are related to me. I did a study abroad in the UK one year, and my housemates thought it was great fun to get fair skinned people to compare coloring to me, and every single one was darker. The real kicker is that I had spent the summer before I went working at a kids camp, in the sun from not long after sunrise until it set and was the darkest I had been in my entire life! It may in all seriousness be a genetic anomaly, as i have an inherited condition that affects the skin and we are not sure which part of the family it came from. I have a lot of freckles and bruise very easily, but the bruising is part of that condition I mentioned. I have fairly dark lashes except that the tips are translucent blonde. Makes my eyelashes look averaged length when really they are so long I can't wear most wrap-around sunglasses.

[Kelikea]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=8987&pictureid=117337Sometimes my hair looks auburn-ish :) I also posted in the blonette thread since I'm so in-between.
I have fair skin, freckles, hazel eyes, dark lashes and brows.

[squiggyflop]

behold the only photographic evidence of squiggyflop's natural hair color..
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg69/squiggyflop/IM000030crop-1.jpg

it bleaches redder in the sun the longer it gets.. eventually i end up with brown roots, copper at waist length and strawberry blond beyond that..

i wouldnt say i have pride though.. i henna my hair because i dont like the fading.. i actually get less people asking if i dye my hair with henna than i do when i go natural at any length longer than the pic above..

i call it chestnut at a shoulder length bob.. any longer and people start calling me a redhead..

the henna goes well with my coloring.. freckles and pale skin..

under a microscope my virgin hair has a brown cuticle and a red core.. my brother has full on carrot orange hair.. i think it very likely that i carry that gene.

oh BTW thats an indoor pic..

[freckles]

For those asking if you belong here ... only you can answer that! It's VERY difficult to show any kind of 'true' colour of my hair on a photograph, I've found, so none of us will be able to tell you if your hair is auburn -- but presumably you know. We don't have bouncers here :) Join the thread if you feel like you want to do so.

[LocustSpawning]

I'm hoping I can post in here in a few months when I attempt to go from black to dark auburn with honey, bleach and henna.. dun dun duuuuuuun!!!

[Hiriel]

My hair absolutely cannot decide which colour it is. I think I'm in the no man's land between brown and auburn, rather than between brown and red. It's definitely more brown than red, but sometimes in the daylight it will suddenly look bright copper.

In indoors sunlight, looking pretty coppery orange:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3722&pictureid=94721

Indoors sunlight, looking light brown:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3722&pictureid=78282

Indoors flash (dark outside), looking brown-auburn (this is what I usually think my hair colour is):
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3722&pictureid=55355

Outdoors with cold winter light, with red jacket for comparison:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=3722&pictureid=68643


I have henna glossed my hair since those pictures were taken (though it isn't very visible), but in all those pictures my hair was all virgin and thus supposedly the same colour :rolleyes:

I love auburn hair, and wish there was a bit more red in mine - thus the henna gloss, but I think I need to take the plunge and go all out with the henna for there to be a big difference, as my hair is (well, most of the time :p) somewhat dark.

[KiwiBum]

I have a lot of freckles and bruise very easily, but the bruising is part of that condition I mentioned. I have fairly dark lashes except that the tips are translucent blonde. Makes my eyelashes look averaged length when really they are so long I can't wear most wrap-around sunglasses.


Your eyelashes sound identical to mine! I get them from my grandma, who has a very fair complexion. I also have a decent amount of freckles and fair skin in the colder months, but the Native American blood in me allows my skin to tan in the Summer. I bruise easily as well. I wouldn't call my hair auburn exactly, its more of a medium-dark brown with natural red highlights. It can lighten to an auburn shade in the Summer. My eyebrows aren't very dark either - more like a medium brown.

My SISTER on the other hand has more of an auburn shade to her hair, but she has dark eyebrows and lashes. She also has very fair skin and bruises easy, but she doesn't have as many freckles as I do.

[Celebrian]

Fair skin here, but with a yellow/warm cast. Dark green/hazel eyes, very dark brows and lashes (golden tips). I can flush easily - and am over-sensitive to changes in temperature (sorry, just thought I'd put that in!) :) Oh, hair = mid-auburn brown.

[Bandia Rua]

I cant believe Ive never noticed this thread before! My reddishness is something I obsess over bigtime! Im probably more on the strawberry blonde side than the auburn, but I do understand the 'am I red' or 'am I brown' plight! When I first logged into LHC I just went by Bandia...then after getting several redhead compliments here and on other redhead sites I liked to frequent I added Rua which is basically 'reddish' (and Bandia means goddess) But sometimes I too still wonder if Im just lying to the internet community about being a redhead, which I really dont mean to do. It was a lot redder when I was a kid. I have an awful complex about this topic, My family does at times get sick of it Im sure as I will ask them "is my hair red?" or "was it ever red to begin with?" On the occasions when I do get a redhead compliment I feel kind of like I dont deserve it, though I cherish those moments greatly...If someone says my hair is brown or blonde I just hate it.

Just recently I found some old pawn tickets of mine from two different pawn shops, and in the area where they put a descritpion of the person pawning items one shop listed me as having red hair, and the other one as brown. So I dont know...lol

[Firefly]

This is me, too... depending on the light my hair can look light brown, dark brown, chestnut, auburn, or downright copper. Crazy!

[auburntressed]

10 thingy............

[woolyleprechaun]

AHA!!! Glad I found you here! My hair is just like that, it can be percieved as pretty much any colour. I hated it for years, any darkening dye seemed way to harsh, and lightening it always left me ginger due to the reddish tint it has. I love it now because it turns a realy good red with henna. :)

[woodlandnymph]

This has been a fun thread to read! My hair is a dark auburn with a lot of red tones visible in bright light. The past year or so I've started graying, so I am letting the henna grow out. Looking forward to more silvery tinsel mixed in amongst the natural auburn tones. :D

[robey]

Russet can be a blonde brown color but for red and brown they really need a good name

[robey]

Pretty hair ladies! I have also had people call me redhead (which I think is just wishful thinking on their part!!! .. i swear some people are more color blind than they realize)

I am definitely not auburn but it is a pretty color that dye boxes seem to have issues getting right.
What is the best box dye you have used?

[robey]

I would love a nice blonde mix in mine any ideas?

[xoxophelia]

robey- I haven't used many types of hair dye. Mostly, wella semipermanent, and natural instincts. I do see many women going for the auburn look though (on some websites you can even see it is the most frequently bought on their page) and it tends to go too red or maroon. To me, auburn has gold and red tones but it is more subdued with some rich light brown.

[Alex Lou]

I'm on the fringe of belonging here, I think. I've called my color "auburn" since I was a teenager, but usually when other people say they have auburn hair, I'm like "What? Where?" Definitely less red than I consider auburn to be. I'm confident that I do have the two recessive genes for red hair and at one time my hair was very bright. But it's gotten darker and the brown may be taking over.

I had a co-worker a few years back who insisted my hair was brown. I blamed the incident on only working night-shift with him, having dyed my hair green a few months prior, and him being color-blind! But still, it made me wonder if I need to change my identity.

Also, when I cut bangs, my best friend asked me if I'd dyed my hair brown. And when I used a temporary fire-engine red hair dye, an acquaintance said that I was a redhead now. D:

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n461/julieandcandy/brighthairphotos-1.jpg

[fauxyeti]

I think I fit into this category. My hair almost always looks dark brown or black except in bright sunlight or with a camera flash. I love the pictures in this thread; you all make me proud to be in this group!

[robey]

xoxophelia- My natural hair color is perfect for me but alas I have greys, well not grays more like white threads ,,,,, I am so young to have them so I have to colour my hair or else have people as me why I look like I have an X-men Rouge streak lol.

I have noticed the permanent dyes I used to use, (I changed to semi on my roots after joining LCH) do have more color variations in colour but semi is said to be more natural and less damaging.
I used some Natural Instincts tonight, but I didn't leave it in long enough still have some white hairs peaking though.
And your right box dyes can't seem to get it right I agree 100&#37; that a good auburn must have gold, copper, red and light light brown tones for a nice auburn.

I think I found my go to shade of semi tonight but we will see how it fades;)

[Jussy]

I think I fit into this group too! I have mousy brown hair with reddish tones to it (though I've just started growing out naturally after 13 years of dying, so I'll wait and see). I've definitely got a very Scottish redhead complexion: very pale skin which burns easily, loads of freckles that are more obvious in the sun and green eyes. I'm a secret ginger really!

[adiapalic]

Thought I would chime in to say that even though my "natural" color growing in is a dark, dark brown, the middle and ends of my hair do transition into a coppery brown auburn from sun-bleaching. :bluebiggr

[terylenerose]

Hi there! I probably don't fit in here, but I don't seem to fit into any other color category either. I have a few red tones and once in a blue moon my hair looks reddish, but it mostly looks really ashy. It would be blonette if it weren't for my numerous dark hairs. It stays pretty much the same color in different lighting, but what that color is is up for debate. A lot of people have called me blonde or blondish, but they're all mistaken because my hair is way too dark. The only thing giving the illusion of blonde is the ease with which it lightens in the sun. It turns a really golden color that I don't like.
All of the above is the properties of my natural hair. It has a whole lot of dye in it that I'm working on getting out, but for now I just look red/auburn. I'll be checking back in a few months. :)

Pretty hair everyone!

[terylenerose]

Someone asked about complexions, so I thought I'd answer though it's pretty irrelevant in my case.
I used to have freckles but they disappeared. I tan pretty easily and am not really pale, but I couldn't put a name on my skin tone. I don't know about bruising. I have dark eyelashes and eyebrows. I have blue eyes. Is that enough?

[molly_grue]

I wonder if I belong here. I can't decide what colour my hair is but my mom always said I have auburn hair. This is indoor lighting:
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6217/6997319313_ac701f1e0b_o.jpg

[DaniVerde]

I think I may belong here...but I'm not sure! I've been called, brown, blond, blondette, mouse, red, brunette, ash and auburn. So I have no idea :p My parents always said auburn, though..

Here's a pic of the back of my head: (click-able)

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6715/img0210ck.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/35/img0210ck.jpg/)

And the side of my head, in shadow:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=9875&pictureid=128743

It looks dark in the first picture, and ash in the second...but definitely with red. My father is from Italy, and he had copper hair, and when he grew out his beard, it was red! So mixed with my mother's blonde, it made whatever I have :)

My complexion is a cool-toned, light olive. I super-tan in the summer (think bronze Mediterranean) and go pale in the winter. I have black eyebrows and eyelashes, green eyes, and bruise if you look at me too hard :D

Any ideas?

[holothuroidea]

I have absolutely no idea what my hair color is. I mean, I see it, but I don't know what to call it. I've been hanging out in the blonette thread wondering if I belong there. Someone pointed out that I have reddish hues in my hair and at first I was like "huh?" and then I was like "oh, yeah, I guess so." This was actually related to a picture of a chestnut horse.

I always thought my hair had ash tones, and I still think it does. I don't know if it's possible to have both red and ash tones at the same time. Anyway I figure I might as well hang around here and wonder whether I belong, too. :D Maybe one day I will decide for sure.

[thystle]

Well, hey you auburn-haired lovlies! Funny to see how the variations of skin and eye color occur in the same hair color family, isn't it?

I was born with black hair, turned pale blond in early childhood, which darkened during my pre-teen and teen years. I always had a mix of colors after the paler blond years--gold, red, browns, blond from almost white to golden, even a black one here and there. A few years ago my hair was turning that odd ashy color they called brownette on Barbie dolls, and I got a few steel grey hairs then, but now it's getting darker again and the greys are silver.

My skin is fair, I tan (or I would if I could go out in the sun), minimal freckles (I don't count age spots), and my eyes change color depending on what I'm wearing--they are denim blue today--from grey to green to blue to violet.

My ancestry is mostly Scot (Dad's side) and German (mom's side), with some Native American on both sides, and an odd English (Dad's side) or Irish (mom's side) genes thrown in.

[Ticky]

My hair is something like this, too. Sometimes looks dark brown, usually medium brown when I am inside and quite red when the light hits it. Chameleon hair :disco:

[saffy2yrs]

Here is my before Henna pictures, and they make my hair look a lot lighter than I think it is
http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh620/saffy2yrs/Henna%20Journey/

All my pictures in the other album in my siggy are much darker.

[Kathie]

I think I can join in here. I wouldn't say my hair is red until I see the color it is in some pics with a flash or in the sun. See my siggy for example. In real life I can sometimes see red highlights in my hair but it is more ash colored, like here...

http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad213/kathie21/P1040240.jpg
To be fair, I did put lush henna in my hair over a year ago so there may still be some in the ends- but the top appears to be just as red as the bottom in the siggy pic.

[Alva]

What you guys think, do I belong here too? I am not quite sure. I got some freckles after i've been in the sun, a very pale skin that doesnt tan very well and greenblueish eyes. I am never quite sure what my color exactly is, until now I just named it medium brown, but it differs all the time.

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8208/picture191u.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/picture191u.jpg/)

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/5818/maart2008.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/maart2008.jpg/)

http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/8028/mai1t.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/859/mai1t.jpg/)

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9575/july2008n.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/689/july2008n.jpg/)

This is my most recent picture in daylight, with no artificial light from the bathroom like I usually have, as you can see in my siggy. I been cutting back and growing out several times these past years.

http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/2569/halfapril80cm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/803/halfapril80cm.jpg/)

[Proximity]

I belong here too! I was told as a child that my hair was auburn but I think of it as coppery. My ends are very coppery but my roots come through a bit darker.

[Milui Elenath]

I belong here.
I can't number the amount of times someone has said to me, "but you don't have red hair, its brown." I have also had an equal amount of people tell me my hair is red. I get the "you must have dyed it," comment too, since my eyebrows are dark and my hair is quite variegated. I use henna now on the roots to blend my greys and in a funny way it's reaffirmed my colour for me since it blends so well with the natural colour.

I am freckled but I do NOT burn and I tan oh so very slightly, so I'm not pale and I'm not dark. I have blue eyes. I am the only one in the immediate family with the blue eyes hair and lighter hair. All else have/had dark dark brown hair and brown or green eyes. My Grandmother was Auburn haired I am told though her photos are sadly all black and white.

[Henrietta]

Looking at your pictures and my last pictures, I shall consider taking my toys and moving here from 'Blondette" thread. Hmm, hmm...

[kdaniels8811]

My hair has always been reddish brown, then I discovered henna which enhanced the red tones. What a great thread, thanks!

[Ambystoma]

Yay so glad to see so many other auburn heads!:flower: I'll post some pics once we get some sunshine here since I go from deep red brown to tarnished copper coin to golden red depending on the light. Have any of you tried chamomile rinses to enhance your red tones? I always thought I was way too dark for it to have any effect but after experimenting, I find it's the best colour enhancing herb for my particular tone. It seems to make the redder sunbleached strands on my ends and canopy look a lot more vibrant somehow. I'm also using a paprika, hibiscus and rosehip infused ACV rinse as an experiment, but it seems like whole steeped chamomile flowers are having the most noticeable effect for me.

[~honeyflower~]

[QUOTE=Ambystoma;2176402]Yay so glad to see so many other auburn heads!:flower: I'll post some pics once we get some sunshine here since I go from deep red brown to tarnished copper coin to golden red depending on the light. Have any of you tried chamomile rinses to enhance your red tones? I always thought I was way too dark for it to have any effect but after experimenting, I find it's the best colour enhancing herb for my particular tone.

Oh so that's why I have chamomile tea bags! My hair is chestnut brown but I want to bring out the red a little more over the summer. Thanks!:D

[spirals]

I think I'm auburn. My mom has always said I'm medium golden brown, but there's so much red in it that people say I'm red. It always pulls brassy when it lightens, and I have teal and olive eyes and a peach/yellow undertone. But then, it may be leftover color.

[dollyfish]

My hair's definitely brown, but I have red highlights and it can look reddish in the sun... I don't consider myself auburn but I guess I could be called that. (My sig photo on the right is henna, btw)

Though once I was over at a friend's apartment with my boyfriend. My boyfriend and our friend left to go on a walk while I was in the bathroom and abandoned me with said friend's drunk father. He then spent the next 20 minutes while they were gone INSISTING that I have RED hair. I finally agreed I have some reddish hues, but no, "NO NO no no, you have RED hair! Don't you see? Definitely red!" Etc etc.

Some people are just really opinionated about hair color, I guess.

ETA: I told my boyfriend about this when we went home for the night, and was not-so-pleased to learn that this guy apparently has a red hair ******. Explains a lot.

[Rowan Will-o']

My hair (and my mother's) was always referred to as auburn. Probably a medium auburn. You could see red highlights even inside, and when photos were taken outside, my hair always appeared lighter and much redder than I thought it actually was. People often complimented me on my hair color, which I must say I never really appreciated that much - that is, until I started to turn gray and lose it. You're right about the difficulty of recapturing it from a bottle.

Rowan Will-o'

[Ambystoma]

Yay I finally have some okayish pictures to show how different the colour can look. These were all taken on the same afternoon!

http://i.imgur.com/Eoejh.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/wU9g3.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ShsQZ.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/emthz.jpg

[Bambi]

My hair is auburn too:) and I finally love it. I was born with black hair that went blond and later turned to brown-copperish(especially during summer). I experimented a lot with highlights and bleach but was never satisfied because I wanted the "blond" to be cool but my reddish pigments always found their way through. So I went dark brown, almost black, which to be honest, made me look washed out somehow.
Now I have come to my senses and realized natures has right..no other shade compliments my green brown eyes more or make my complexion look alive. My grandfather(on my mothers side) had auburn hair and ginger beard paired with brown eyes but tanned really easily, his father and sisters was/are more celtic so to speak with light skin, freckles and ginger hair. My father used to have dark auburn hair with steel grey eyes. I don't have any freckles and I tan easily but I try to be careful anyway. My eyelashes are light brown with translucent ends and I bruise fairly easy.
Thank you for starting this thread!

[Mahealani]

I think I am one of you guys.
When I was a toddler I had copper hair and could get easily tan (not just any tan, but dark brown tan, like I haven't had a bath in 6 months), then my hair darkened with natural goldish blond highlights in front. Consequently have been many times accused of having them made by hairdressers. No one believed me they are naturals. Yep still have them at almost 37 years hehe.
Anyhow, my hair has all colors except gray, but mostly I am brownish reddish ... some say I have hazel hair, but when the sun hits them, they go really reddish or if flash is the name of the game when taking pics. And some shampoos do enhance my red tone. On most pics I am brunette.
I have very fair skin, get easily bruised, my eyelashes are brownish and translucent, and have coffee colored eyes.
So what do you think, am I brunette or auburn or something else?
http://shrani.si/f/15/10m/3lsTOa9q/slika0305.jpg
http://shrani.si/f/3i/1v/3IE4aBl4/slika0302.jpg

[Henrietta]

Let's do it like this: I will post some pics and you will tell me whether I can stay or I should go back to Blondette thread, ok? :) I am not sure where I belong. I joined Blondette thread because I knew I have mixed colour, and it was the only option for "in between" people for some time. I think brown-red description is more accurate than blonde-brown. My hair looks reddish sometimes, but never blonde. But, as I said, it was the only thread for mixed colours ;)
So, sometimes it looks reddish, especially in the sun. The left pic is direct sunlight. But on a cloudy day it's just brown, as on the right side.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5318&pictureid=97337
A few more proves of reddish tones ;) :
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5552&pictureid=96826
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5552&pictureid=115020

[dragonchickx]

havent posted in a while but heres one of mine! I normally dont dress like this lol its an old pic but its good lighting : )

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9409/dsc00988hr.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/641/dsc00988hr.jpg/)

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[Milui Elenath]

There are a couple of interesting themes in this thread.

General insecurity about colour - (am I auburn? - do I really have red tones? - other people see it or don't see it.)

and

Hair that has changed colour (naturally changed) over the childhood years and sometimes beyond.

I can definitely identify with both these things. I was born auburn haired which lightened to blonde, then went mid brown, then darker then lightened and settled at auburn again at about 20 (I think) . . . Of course now it's turning grey.

[Dragon Faery]

All of you have such pretty hair! :flower:
I love changeable hair. :)
Mine is on the darker end of auburn; it's more likely to be called black than red, but it's definitely dark brown most of the time. It has its red moments, and I wish there were more of those, but at least it has a few here and there. :)

[Mahealani]

There are a couple of interesting themes in this thread.

General insecurity about colour - (am I auburn? - do I really have red tones? - other people see it or don't see it.)

and

Hair that has changed colour (naturally changed) over the childhood years and sometimes beyond.

I can definitely identify with both these things. I was born auburn haired which lightened to blonde, then went mid brown, then darker then lightened and settled at auburn again at about 20 (I think) . . . Of course now it's turning grey.
Well if you hear different color descriptions of your hair... it is bit confusing I admit it.
The funniest thing happened years ago when I was on practically empty bus and heard a young guy said to his friend, look at that readhead and pointed in my direction, and no readheads on the bus ...

If I use a shampoo with B5 in it brings my redness out even more. Did anyone else have the same experience?

[SwordWomanRiona]

Let's do it like this: I will post some pics and you will tell me whether I can stay or I should go back to Blondette thread, ok? :) I am not sure where I belong. I joined Blondette thread because I knew I have mixed colour, and it was the only option for "in between" people for some time. I think brown-red description is more accurate than blonde-brown. My hair looks reddish sometimes, but never blonde. But, as I said, it was the only thread for mixed colours ;)
So, sometimes it looks reddish, especially in the sun. The left pic is direct sunlight. But on a cloudy day it's just brown, as on the right side.
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5318&pictureid=97337
A few more proves of reddish tones ;) :
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5552&pictureid=96826
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=5552&pictureid=115020

You're most certainly auburn-haired :)!

[SwordWomanRiona]

There are a couple of interesting themes in this thread.

General insecurity about colour - (am I auburn? - do I really have red tones? - other people see it or don't see it.)

and

Hair that has changed colour (naturally changed) over the childhood years and sometimes beyond.

I can definitely identify with both these things. I was born auburn haired which lightened to blonde, then went mid brown, then darker then lightened and settled at auburn again at about 20 (I think) . . . Of course now it's turning grey.

I agree on both points :). My hair can look very brown, dark brown even, in some lightings, then in others you see a lot of copper highlights and red tones. I guess I still long for more red, and red all the time :), but changing auburn hair is very pretty too, I must admit.

When I was a child, my hair was definitely lighter and redder...a lovely light auburn. Now, unfortunately!, it has darkened, but the red tones are still there, especially in the length.

[girloctopus]

I'm a coppery auburn-haired girl, although I always wish for just a bit more red :) it's so variable in the light though. There are a couple of people who call me Red at work and one who teases me about having a tempestuous temper because of the red, and I secretly love it :D

It's an unusual color, and I get lots of compliments on it.

:waving: Hello to my fellow auburnettes! (?) hehe.

[domisimone]

::bump::
My hair is very multidimensional. I have some dark red/light auburn streaks from the sun, a lot of dark auburn in the middle, and dark brown streaks on the inside and bottom of my hair where it gets the least exposure. A lot of this is only visible in sunlight. I've had people try to convince me my hair is just dark brown under fluorescent lighting, and I've had to agree to dissagree.
ETA: My mom says it looks red outside. My dad's hair is the same color as mine. She says we're the matching redheads, and she jut got her hair dyed to match!

[Ambystoma]

I had to laugh at this pic - it's 4 different colours on the one head!

http://i.imgur.com/sSUm9l.jpg

But then I take it out and it becomes one colour again...

http://i.imgur.com/WCu0ml.jpg

I like the bright lighting colour best though :)

http://i.imgur.com/p6Zoxl.jpg

[domisimone]

My individual hair strands look more red, but when my curls clump together their brown. So I have brown curls and a red-ish frizz halo!

[AutumnLocks]

I don't have any pictures to prove it yet but this thread fits me to a tee! When I was born and as a little girl I had beautiful red hair! As I've aged my hair has faded and gotten darker. I describe my hair color as the color of oak leaves in late autumn. Now you know the reason for my screen name here on LHC....:)

[Henrietta]

I've noticed that the products that I use can make a difference in my hair. It must be the light reflecting properties, what else, but the difference it noticeable, at least for the hair obsessed me :D Pantene makes my hair obviously reddish. Biosilk Hydrating Conditioner made it more brown. Interesting.

[Ambystoma]

Yay it's sunny here so I got some nice colour shots :D

http://i.imgur.com/jdawI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SkSk9.jpg

Now I just need to go out in the sun a little more to make my 'winter roots' match the rest :p

[Lippytoes]

Yay it's sunny here so I got some nice colour shots :D

http://i.imgur.com/jdawI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SkSk9.jpg

Now I just need to go out in the sun a little more to make my 'winter roots' match the rest :p

Gorgeous colour!

[Ambystoma]

Aww thank you!

[AutumnLocks]

Yep! This describes me to a t! When I was a little girl my hair was a beautiful light red. My mom had the same color hair. As I've gotten older it has tended more toward a brownish red. That's why I just say the color of oak leaves in the fall.

[Henrietta]

Yay it's sunny here so I got some nice colour shots :D

http://i.imgur.com/jdawI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SkSk9.jpg

Now I just need to go out in the sun a little more to make my 'winter roots' match the rest :p

That's a truly auburn colour. Be proud, it's beautiful!

[katfemme89]

havent posted in a while but heres one of mine! I normally dont dress like this lol its an old pic but its good lighting : )

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/9409/dsc00988hr.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/641/dsc00988hr.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

:agape: your hair is GORGEOUS!!!!!

[katfemme89]

My hair color is so... un-classifiable sometimes, but my parents always say my hair is auburn, so here I am! But I am also a blonette. It's crazy. I'm just going to start calling myself a blonette-head LOL!

Here's the blonette (indoors with flash):
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/561652_3877905782325_2085515647_n.jpg

Here's the auburn (outdoors):
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/534432_3845399009676_459815326_n.jpg

And here's the brown (indoors, with flash):
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/527299_3877905222311_1024657910_n.jpg

My hair is apparently a chameleon lol. I have been called Blonde, Brunette, Redhead, and Auburn. Who knows! I just pick whichever one I feel like that day, lol.

[animetor7]

So I don't know if I qualify or not, my hair is dark brown but if any chlorine or salt water touches it in the summer it bleaches almost red and under a microscope there is red, brown and blonde in it XD. So I shall post pics and leave you all to decide whether I qualify or not,

here is my hair
http://s1166.beta.photobucket.com/user/animetor7/media/db1a6695.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4

but then so is this

http://s1166.beta.photobucket.com/user/animetor7/media/5ab3a53c.jpg.html?sort=3&o=6

and this

http://s1166.beta.photobucket.com/user/animetor7/media/49243148.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1

[spirals]

Katfemme, your hair looks like the lighter version of mine. Mine's been clasified a medium golden brown, but it does show up red sometimes. I have no idea if we're shades of auburn or not.

[Marcellaa]

http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-TSFTOMW7.jpg
This was me 4 years ago, with pre-henna hair: So my natural color and some curls

http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-YUTEPKIG.jpg
This is me now, after 3 years of dying with henna every month. Definetely auburn right?

[beautifulending]

I'm in! My hair has a ton of red highlights in it but I use hair dye to really bring the red out in my hair(does that still count?).

[LadyCelestina]

I'm surprised that my natural colour I previously thought of as "very ashy" is actually getting quite...not coppery,more like the colour of wood... Maybe I'll belong here sometime?

[LadyCelestina]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4436&d=1369152196 What do you think? Honestly I don't know what's this colour supposed to be :D

[Kherome]

I think this is me. What do you think?

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj135/iwasbornonahorse/5bd9ba85-88ff-4c11-bf59-459a013cdfb0_zps5f61cbf4.jpg (http://s271.photobucket.com/user/iwasbornonahorse/media/5bd9ba85-88ff-4c11-bf59-459a013cdfb0_zps5f61cbf4.jpg.html)

[vindo]

Lady Celestina,

I think that might be natural auburn. As it grows out it might get warmer.

Is this thread for Henna auburn or natural auburn hair? Or both?

[Achlys]

Is this thread for Henna auburn or natural auburn hair? Or both?

What about the naturally auburn people who use henna, but are still auburn? :lol:

[vindo]

What about the naturally auburn people who use henna, but are still auburn? :lol:

From reading the first pages I think the thread is for natural auburn and also dye over natural auburn? I am not sure if I should be here, input anyone :lol:...

[LadyCelestina]

From reading the first pages I think the thread is for natural auburn and also dye over natural auburn? I am not sure if I should be here, input anyone :lol:...


I think it counts as auburn.
Can naturally auburn people who dye their hair auburn wearing auburn wigs dyed auburn join this thread? :D

[vindo]

I think it counts as auburn.
Can naturally auburn people who dye their hair auburn wearing auburn wigs dyed auburn join this thread? :D

That is getting too complicated now :lol:

Anyhow, in case anyone with more knowledge pops in, maybe you can let me know if my hair color is auburn. I grew out henna for yearsjust to find my hair still looks red. I was originally hoping for a cool brown shade.
My hair mostly looks dark brown, and red, orange, golden comes out in different light. When people guess what hair color I have I get anything from almost black, over red and blonde.:confused: I am so confused.

(in my sig the 4 pictures on the right show my natural color. The dark bits on my ends is the henna, I have about one inch left)

[Ambystoma]

I think we have quite a similar colour Emichiee, and I count myself as dark auburn.
Here it is looking super super dark:
http://i.imgur.com/JJJ3cSRl.jpg
medium: (note the slightly cooler roots, I think it needs a little UV exposure before it reddens)
http://i.imgur.com/aBDCZ.jpg
and light: (sorry for the awful photo quality!)
http://i.imgur.com/p6Zoxl.jpg
plus the bright red the lighter sunbleached parts look in strong sunlight is in my sig pic - they got really lightened when I went through a (short lived) sunbedding phase when it was just shoulder length, to the point where about a year ago (before joining LHC!) I did a few super fine highlights with bleach left on for 5 minutes to try and blend it, but after a couple of goes it didn't make enough difference to keep on bothering to do it, although I think some of the brightest copper threads near the ends might be from that experiment - hope my pic spam helps!

[vindo]

Ambystoma

thank you for your help! Seeing your pics it seems your hair is both darker AND redder than mine. The color is very beautiful :).
I will try to post some pictures of mine to show all the different facets of color:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dhpPfceesU0/USqc0OOo_lI/AAAAAAAAALQ/0x-SWG342fw/w149-h298-no/MVI_5868-005.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h1yZN5B2B7M/UGcbABCQOPI/AAAAAAAAABM/DfD4nSgoWyc/s285-no/wallpapers33.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V3LhgUnTKXw/UaKF3cuQxNI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/KdY35ggdvos/w213-h270-no/IMG_0641-001.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p_PZGpBIXcE/UaKE39vgjJI/AAAAAAAAA94/nuUcjXD7d0U/w255-h398-no/April+2013+316.JPGhttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KI6ilbK2Bac/UaKG5OTrxtI/AAAAAAAAA-o/aN45OoBebQ0/w254-h398-no/IMG_5562.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dUWAgnQat9Q/UaKG5mKlA_I/AAAAAAAAA-0/IYqq4Ge6bzI/w500-h330-no/IMG_5567.JPGhttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2jfvrK5pMms/UaKG5orePmI/AAAAAAAAA-w/fZSlLf4pNRo/w251-h398-no/IMG_5569.JPG

My roots are more just like a warm brown, and the longer my hair gets the warmer, more reddish, and lighter it gets.
Indoors and without sunlight it looks darkest. Direkt sun light around noon can also make it look pretty dark...I have a picture somewhere where this shows, but could not find it.
I think if light hits from the side it looks lightest, pretty pale actually and with more golden tones.

[Ambystoma]

Oh, you have some really lovely golden tones, it's gorgeous! You're right, it is much lighter than mine, the colour makes me think of dark honey...
It's so hard to work out where warm brown stops and auburn begins, especially since auburn itself is an inbetween type of colour - too brown to be red, but too red to be brown :laugh: Maybe that could be the official auburn criteria - if your answers to "is it red?" and "is it brown" are both "nah...not really, um, I guess kind of?" then you're one of us :rolling:

[vindo]

Dark honey sounds a lot better than dark orange brown :lol:
I was able to take some pictures where it does look even a bit darker and the difference to the ends is shown very well. It does lighten up much and my roots seem hardly red.


Maybe that could be the official auburn criteria - if your answers to "is it red?" and "is it brown" are both "nah...not really, um, I guess kind of?" then you're one of us
Haha...hard to answer, but at least it is not only brown...;)

[emeraldfaery]

I think I have found a thread where I fit in! Yay! I'm not brown, blonde, or red! I'm auburn!! In pictures my hair looks really dark (don't have any ATM), but IRL my hair is light brown with red tints. Every time I get out of the shower these days DH comments on how red my hair looks. :inlove: Of course it's not RED, but I'll take what I can get. It used to be blonde when I was younger and I had blonde ends until I cut them off.

[Elistariel]

Does anyone know the difference between chestnut brown hair and auburn? Is chestnut a shade of auburn or what?

[Ambystoma]

I think people use them interchangeably, maybe chestnut has a little less "orange" tones in some lights? I describe my hair as both though since sometimes it can look pretty brown.
I got some more colour shots today in the late afternoon/early evening springtime sun, since I wanted to compare how much lighter the ends look.

Here are the ends:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7723&d=1385277395

The lengths:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7724&d=1385277468

Top:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=7725&d=1385277529
(with bonus patch of shade - oops)

[ExpectoPatronum]

I think this is the thread for me. My hair photographs extremely dark, almost black in some cases. My hair is definitely on the more brown side of the 'auburn' spectrum, but I have a lot of red in my hair. I did have some pictures that properly captured the red in my hair, bu I can't seem to find them.

[Almendra]

I don't fit here, but I want to say that you guys have an awesome hair color, so cute :crush:. It's actually the color I have now, but it's dye (my natural hair is dark brown, almost black). I wish mine looks so perfect like yours :)

[Laura-Anne]

I think I fit in here! People have told me my hair color is anywhere from black, brown, to chestnut. I have lots of red but can be hard to tell in certain lighting because it is dark. I would say my hair is a dark chestnut... In some lighting it looks auburn though. I would love to try henna gloss and bring out more red. I get the red tones from my mothers side. She is mostly Irish :)
My skin tone is somewhat fair with neutral/cool undertones. I also have freckles on my face, but they are quite light and become darker with more sun exposure. I usually burn, then tan. I have warm dark brown eyes. And my lashes and eyebrows are very dark.
I am glad this thread was made! :)

[Ambystoma]

Yay more of us! Come on...share some pics :cheese:

[spirals]

It's been a year since I posted in this thread, and I still don't know what my color is. My grown-in virgin hair is so dark to my eyes. I suppose it's dark golden brown with red tones. I just call it brown now.

[TrapperCreekD]

Pardon my ignorance, is there a difference between a brunette that flashes red and a browner shade of auburn? I didn't think I was auburn but after reading the whole thread, now I'm not sure. I do have natural auburn and coppery blonde streaks, but the rest of my hair looks brown. *points to sig picture*

[Arete]

I wasn't really sure what to call my color, but i seems the general consensus is auburn http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=118038&p=2591619#post2591619

Pics
Super red
https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1176271_331538006992542_823491576_n.jpg

Super brown
https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/487414_141517442661267_878391550_n.jpg

and lately It's been mostly like this
https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1452225_375502209262788_2005619270_n.jpg

[Auburndreaming]

I'm sure that I would fit into this category, had my hair not been dyed black for so long - growing back is a pain but it'll be worth it to see my auburn hair shining through! My hair sways more towards brown but has hints of red when the sun catches it. :)

[cranberrymoonz]

I'm so glad so many other people are joining in! :D you all have beautiful hair! :)

I'm curious as to whether auburn-haired people have 'redhead' complexions or not? I'm pale, and I bruise really really easily -- which I seem to have in common with my redheaded/ginger friends (yeah, that's totally anecdote. I don't know if bruising easily is a ginger thing, but a ginger friend of mine insists that it is).

I have freckles (obviously!) but I really think that they're both qualitatively and quantitatively different from the freckles of true redheads. I have lots and lots of freckles on my face, but they're light enough that they don't usually show up on camera. (a normal photo of me (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=90649), where you can see how light they are, vs with the contrast turned up (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=76070), so you can see I actually have them!)
I have freckles on my elbows and shoulders, but less on the rest of my arms, and very very few at all on my legs -- most of my redheaded friends have more even/numerous limb-freckling. :lol: I also don't have the light eyelashes commonly associated with redheads.

Anyone got opinions on how closely/not closely they fit stereotyped 'redhead' appearance in other ways?

Not an auburn- but I am obsessed with colours and complexions ;)

I think part from having warm undertones (obviously) auburns and gingers can differ a great deal. Gingers tend to be in the spring season (light, bright, warm complexion) and auburns are often in the autumn season (dark, soft, warm). Of course there are many sub-types and in-betweens:) Most of the difference is in auburns having orange-red undertones and gingers having golden-orange undertones.

I don't know about the freckles and the bruising. Not sure if it's actually there or just a stereotype. I have blondette almost grey hair myself, and I get freckles and bruises a lot:P Maybe it is in having light skin.

[Arete]

I'm so glad so many other people are joining in! :D you all have beautiful hair! :)

I'm curious as to whether auburn-haired people have 'redhead' complexions or not? I'm pale, and I bruise really really easily -- which I seem to have in common with my redheaded/ginger friends (yeah, that's totally anecdote. I don't know if bruising easily is a ginger thing, but a ginger friend of mine insists that it is).

I have freckles (obviously!) but I really think that they're both qualitatively and quantitatively different from the freckles of true redheads. I have lots and lots of freckles on my face, but they're light enough that they don't usually show up on camera. (a normal photo of me (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=90649), where you can see how light they are, vs with the contrast turned up (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/album.php?albumid=5162&pictureid=76070), so you can see I actually have them!)
I have freckles on my elbows and shoulders, but less on the rest of my arms, and very very few at all on my legs -- most of my redheaded friends have more even/numerous limb-freckling. :lol: I also don't have the light eyelashes commonly associated with redheads.

Anyone got opinions on how closely/not closely they fit stereotyped 'redhead' appearance in other ways?

My freckles are like yours. I have quite a lot on my face, but they often don't show in pictures. I bruise easily, but that is because I have von willebrands. My sister is a legimate redhead, and she bruises easily, but it's very likely she has von willebrands as well, she just has not been tested (she doesn't want to be diagnosed because that means no NSAIDS :p).

While i wouldn't call me complexion olive, I have olive tones in my skin. I rarely burn and tan super easily. My sister on the other head is very pale, burns super easily and never tans.

I have been called a ginger in occassion, so... :hmm:

[LauraLongLocks]

Do I belong here?

Here's a slideshow of my hair.

http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/slideshow/Hair%20Gallery

[MadAddie]

Is my hair auburn or blonette?
Its the avatar pic you need to look at.
My sig pic was taken with hubby's weird
camera. Pics come out to bright and the
Sig pic doesn't reflect my true hair colour.

So looking at my avatar pic am I light auburn?

[Henna Girl]

This is my hennaed hair. My natural hair colour is a cool shade of light brown (very boring colour), I started hennaing 4 years ago and I love the red from the henna.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9236&d=1392547254

[ArtThistle]

http://i840.photobucket.com/albums/zz325/Okegan/Mestuff.png

I have definitely red hair. In the winter, it becomes a more brownish red... But, although it was taken in December (2 years ago), that photo was taken after 2 weeks sun bathing in Jamaica so it looks fairly vibrant. Though not as nice as in the summer.

[Wosie]

I wonder if I could be called auburn. I never knew which category I fit in, as I guess I just considered myself golden lightbrown... with a slightly red tone. I surely don't have as red hair as the lovely poster above me, but I still think I fit best here from all of these different colour category threads. :D Yay! I love red hair, it's wonderful. I hope I can be here even though I'm not very red haired.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10187&d=1396865952

Here's a pic of me in the sun. (And no, I don't have epic frizz on top of my head, it's a tree. ;D)

[LauraLongLocks]

I wonder if I could be called auburn. I never knew which category I fit in, as I guess I just considered myself golden lightbrown... with a slightly red tone. I surely don't have as red hair as the lovely poster above me, but I still think I fit best here from all of these different colour category threads. :D Yay! I love red hair, it's wonderful. I hope I can be here even though I'm not very red haired.

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=10187&d=1396865952

Here's a pic of me in the sun. (And no, I don't have epic frizz on top of my head, it's a tree. ;D)

I see some red in your hair but I think it's more ashy than mine. What do you think?

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/Hair%20length%20shots/April2014lengthphoto021.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/Hair%20length%20shots/April2014lengthphoto021.jpg.html)

I don't know what qualifies as auburn. My husband says that x-files Dana Scully had auburn hair, but to me that is red, absolutely red.

[Wosie]

LLL} Haha, me neither... When I think of auburn hair, I think of a perfect mix of deep brown and red, and my hair is way too light to fit into my own idea of auburn. ...What do you think you would call my hair colour? My hair is hard to classify in two ways... It's both straivy and has got a colour I can't really categorize.

I've checked a few of your pictures on your LHC page now, and I'd say your hair is auburn! But the colour changes a lot depending on the light, but I guess it's the same way for all hair colours.

[Loviatar]

I always thought my hair was brown, but then I got some hair swatches from Puppycatmeow on etsy to make a false braid or paranda to cheat long hair while I'm still a shorty. The shade that matches my hair exactly is called Dark Auburn. I'm pretty surprised. But I guess I do have a lot of natural copper tones.

I'll try to post a pic.

[LauraLongLocks]

I'm giving up trying to figure out what hair color I have. I'm going to do an omber-style dye of henna on the bottom 4-6" as soon as I gather up the money for the henna. So then no one will know what my hair color is. LOL!

[browneyedsusan]

I've been reluctant to share in this thread because my natural color isn't red anymore.
When I was in grade-school, my hair was bright strawberry blonde, and I got teased about it a little. I grew to like it in my teens, but in my 20's it started coming in ash brown. I tried for years to embrace it, but felt like I was walking around with a raccoon pelt on my head.

I have a friend about my age with similar hair. She has 3 flaming, redheaded children; but her own hair has ashed to brown.

Henna has been a lifesaver for me. It makes me feel "normal" and settled in my own skin. I love ash brown on other people, but it felt wrong for me. FWIW: I have a lot of freckles that pop out when I get a little sun, and my skin is quite pale. Brown eyes. Most of my freckles are on my face, and I'm freckled more than most people on my arms and legs, but not as many as most redheads.

[retrotussi]

My hair color ist strange and I don´t really know it... I colored my hair since my first day at school... At first red, now dark brown. At the moment, I have about 10cm on top my natural color, the rest is unnatural and it looks exactly like LauraLongLocks color!!! And her color is so gorgeous! Thank you for inspiring me! ;) I thnk I will wait a few month and then decide wheter I will gro it out or not... ;)

[BrendaLoan]

Hmm, I think I might belong here. I'm brunette but my color changes a lot in the sun :shrug:

http://i59.tinypic.com/2py2osn.jpg

I love seeing pictures in this thread, so many different colors, and all look gorgeous to me!

ETA > Oh, and I'm pale and have tons of freckles too, all over my face! :hifive:

http://i58.tinypic.com/2ljp6ax.jpg

[melomane]

Is it possible to be have daarrrrk brown hair and fit here? I have no idea, but I was just wondering what my hair color is. It's dark brown with natural red(ginger) highlights that are dramatically more noticeable in the summer (close example: http://www.besthairstyles2013.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/auburn-hair-colors-9.jpg). The day before washing my hair (looks like this: http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/hair_color_options_slideshow/getty_rm_photo_of_woman_with_dark_hair.jpg) I've had friends who actually think I died my hair a darker color :p.

[shuttlebug]

My hair seems a little light for auburn, too dark for blonde, too red to be just brown, but not red enough. It's closest to golden brown on the hair dye charts, though now I have developed natural silver highlights :)

[Wosie]

shuttlebug} It sounds like you're describing my hair colour, too. :laugh:
I realised yesterday after having compared my hair colour to different pictures on google's picsearch that I'm light golden brown. I'm happy with that.

I will still visit this thread every now and then as I love auburn coloured hair! :crush:

[browneyedsusan]

My hair seems a little light for auburn, too dark for blonde, too red to be just brown, but not red enough. It's closest to golden brown on the hair dye charts, though now I have developed natural silver highlights :)

Ooh! "Antique blonde"! :D
I have several too, but henna stains them terra cotta.

[TrapperCreekD]

As a whole, my hair appears brown with auburn streaks, but depending on the conditions, it can photograph almost black, slightly ashy, brown, and sometimes a bit red-ish. Or, as my hair likes to say, :wigtongue. I have freckles on my nose and I get pale in the winter, but tan pretty easily once the weather gets nice.

It's hard to get it to show up accurately on the camera, but I have a lot "shimmery copper-red" strands mixed in with the brown. Okay here's a close picture:

http://i.imgur.com/2FsYkUV.png

[browneyedsusan]

As a whole, my hair appears brown with auburn streaks, but depending on the conditions, it can photograph almost black, slightly ashy, brown, and sometimes a bit red-ish. Or, as my hair likes to say, :wigtongue. I have freckles on my nose and I get pale in the winter, but tan pretty easily once the weather gets nice.

It's hard to get it to show up accurately on the camera, but I have a lot "shimmery copper-red" strands mixed in with the brown. Okay here's a close picture:

http://i.imgur.com/2FsYkUV.png

Lovely! Looks a lot like my sister's hair!

[Hairitic]

I think I belong here:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/11637007534_12ef97f0cf_n.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/36509609@N08/11637007534/) Untitled (https://www.flickr.com/photos/36509609@N08/11637007534/) by prlknits (https://www.flickr.com/people/36509609@N08/), on Flickr

:p

I love my Henna'd hair!

[mandalee73]

I'm a born brunette, fell out and turned golden red, teens i was medium auburn now inside the house i am medium brown outside golden brown. I was so sad I lost my gold auburn colour. It was so pretty. I too will be visiting this thread often :)

[crystalkiss]

Ooohhh.... I think I belong here, lol. My hair changes depending on the lighting, but my mom is constantly putting ash in my dark-brown dye to "take the red out" because this is what my hair looks like most of the time :P
https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t1.0-9/302800_10151326354501908_1043864652_n.jpg
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2937/14313061885_b2171ab691_o.jpg

[TrapperCreekD]

Gorgeous color!

[crystalkiss]

Thank you! I like it okay, I just wish it wouldn't bleach in the sun so much. It turns a stripey strawberry-blonde color when the lengths fade... I dye it darker (deposit-only dye) once or twice a year.

[hananabread]

http://s23.postimg.org/3v4yt3p97/IMG_7632.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/7riap3a8n/full/)
post image (http://postimage.org/)

My hair was much more red as a child (and I lost those curls!) . I would still say that I belong in this group. I am fair with pink tones and hazel eyes. No freckles, but I burn easily and never tan. I have about 8 inches of my own hair at this point. I am realizing that my natural auburn looks better with my completion anyways! Very exciting :)

[Miss_Green]

Gorgeous, crystalkiss!

[bellydancefae]

Hey all you reddish folk! Growing up, my hair color was all over the place. My base was kind of a deep chestnut brown, but because I spent so much time out in the sun it'd get bleached out to different shades of auburn and blonde. As I got older, it darkened and got redder. I started dying it varying shades of red periodically through high school. Since about 2009 I've restrained myself to only henna and only do it occasionally. Indoors it looks like my natural color, kinda a reddish medium brown, but in the sun it's pretty brilliant! I too lust after that gorgeous coppery red of a natural redhead, but alas, without bleaching my hair to death I can't get it light enough for the henna to work that way :(

[Loviatar]

Finally I have a true colour photo taken indoors:

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j47/Kate_Blacksmith/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps27a32ed5.jpg (http://s77.photobucket.com/user/Kate_Blacksmith/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps27a32ed5.jpg.html)

I call my colour chestnut-mouse :)

[Rushli]

Sunny but overcast
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e20/rushli/length/2abcf2ebd8c9ac6aa7a4beb30cc3378e_zpsbda8cf58.jpg
Eta: I took my sept photo early since we will be running around a lot tomorrow!

Sunny and no clouds
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e20/rushli/all%20the%20toys/cedf382f7c70e173f279af65d7fce157_zps8282f40f.jpg

My hair actually seems lighter auburn inside, but these are pretty close. I used CV auburn henna poo bar, but neither my mom of DH really could tell a difference. I thought it would show up in the sun more, but my mom said I have always had a red glow in the sun.

Lovi, our hair actually looks pretty close!

My question to all you auburn a is what woods can you use? Can use do pink ivory, purpleheart, various rosewoods, padauk and so on?

[LauraLongLocks]

Lovely day to capture my auburn-ish hair...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/Hair%20length%20shots/024-1.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/Hair%20length%20shots/024-1.jpg.html)

And here are my bangs, pic taken indoors...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/Hair%20length%20shots/003.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/Hair%20length%20shots/003.jpg.html)

[animetor7]

Do I belong here? Check my siggy and profile pics for different light examples.

[Rushli]

LLL - we are pretty similar too! I took a peak at photos and found some forks and sticks.... Glad the cocobolo looks good on you since I will be getting one (it's gorgeous so I could have careless if it went or not, I wanted it!) I was wondering if you have any purpleheart or other red or pink woods I could see in your hair?
Animetor7- yep, you are auburn!

[LauraLongLocks]

LLL - we are pretty similar too! I took a peak at photos and found some forks and sticks.... Glad the cocobolo looks good on you since I will be getting one (it's gorgeous so I could have careless if it went or not, I wanted it!) I was wondering if you have any purpleheart or other red or pink woods I could see in your hair?
Animetor7- yep, you are auburn!

The cocobolo looks great, yes, but I don't have any other wooden forks to share, sorry. I do have a wooden stick, but I don't know what kind of wood it is. It could be rosewood, because I purchased a rosewood fork and the stick came as a freebie with it. The fork was terrible and broke on me, but the stick has been nice.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/Bestbirth/Hair%20Gallery/001-16.jpg (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/Bestbirth/media/Hair%20Gallery/001-16.jpg.html)

[HappyHair87]

Would I be considered auburn? That's my natural hair color in my avi. I had to get the camera really close to pick up the color. It usually photographs as brunette.

The tips of my hair are lighter than the rest of my hair. Its all natural...I thought about dying it but I'm in life with my real color! Lol

[Jennwith4]

My hair color is a dark brunette with auburn highlights. This summer I've seen more sun than I have in a long time so my auburn really stands out now. I love it!!

[abauer789]

I just finished growing out my natural color and bought my first hair toy to compliment the color. My hair color has changed so much since I started to grow it out natural (it is now shoulder length) and I am wondering, do I belong here?

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12829&d=1409680153

[animetor7]

I just finished growing out my natural color and bought my first hair toy to compliment the color. My hair color has changed so much since I started to grow it out natural (it is now shoulder length) and I am wondering, do I belong here?

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12829&d=1409680153

It looks like it to me. Welcome! :)

[abauer789]

Thanks animetor7! I am excited to "be" something now! Other than bleach blonde....I look so much better after growing out all that! I love not having to go to the hair dressers - besides getting hair cuts. Just the smell of that stuff (bleach/dye) gives me a headache! LOL

[HappyHair87]

I wish this mobile version allowed me to upload pics :(

What does freckles have to do with this? Just asking bc I see ppl posting about their freckles and eyes.

I have freckles and my eyes are the color of sweet iced tea :)

[Rushli]

Redheads usually have freckles but not all auburns do so that is probably why it was discusses. I am not sure about eye color.

I have freckles. They come out on my face in the sun and a ton on my arms and randomly everywhere else too that stay there all the time. My eyes are blue.

[Arete]

All right fellow Auburn folks, is Auburn genetically considered red or brown?

[LauraLongLocks]

All right fellow Auburn folks, is Auburn genetically considered red or brown?

Interesting question. I always considered my hair to be brown, but it is a reddish/warm auburn brown instead of an ashy brown.

[animetor7]

All right fellow Auburn folks, is Auburn genetically considered red or brown?

So I looked up how red hair works, and as far as I understand, auburn is the result of people carrying one copy of a mutated gene as opposed to two copies that would result in fully red hair. This gene is also responsible for the characteristic pale skin and freckles that red-heads have. This helps explain why many (but not all) auburn-heads have similar coloring to "true" red-heads. I'll post again with a link in a bit.

EDIT: Here's that link http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask189

[AZDesertRose]

My hair's natural color is kind of a dark chestnut brown. It looks brown indoors and auburn in the sun.

However, I've been coloring it with henna, so now it's definitely auburn. :)

[Eraisuithiel]

I'm a dark-ish chestnut brown. If I wash my hair too much, swim too much, or stand in the sun too long, though, it becomes more red and less brown as it lightens.

[SwordWomanRiona]

#Auburn hair problems: When your hair looks dark brown with very subtle red undertones in one shot, and then lighter and very reddish in other shot. Usually in similar lightings :lol:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2950/15198934798_f437f8d177.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7334/16374471375_ddc7403bcd.jpg

[FrostedLoki]

My hair tends to do that too - it's a brunette but has it's reddish moments under certain light. I was dying it black from early 2009 until recently and upon quitting dye I thought I'd lose the reddish but clearly it's back.

Here is me from a few months back, just growing out black hairdye but the reddish is caught by the light a bit. It's all over my tips as well.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10559827_10152888661986424_4787295203385945414_n.j pg?oh=0cb2f9843a73f7cffdd8170aa0b3a219&oe=555479D3&__gda__=1431181190_882400781bf3c868c86bd7d3a0fc217 1

Here's my natural hair colour, excuse the silly old picture.
https://scontent-a-vie.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/197031_4358326423_7046_n.jpg?oh=f526ed4f9dac56337d 16d53c2abcb9f6&oe=555C6FDF

Have NO idea what to call it. Have been referred to as everything from a redhead to a brunette to a blonde. I like to think it's a dark copper of some sort but I feel like it's still too brown for that?

[Snivellus]

Aw man, can't wait to join you ladies after I scrape up enough money and courage to henna my hair.

[GlassWidow]

I think I belong here, too! I was strawberry blonde as a baby, but was solidly copper by the time I was a tween. In my adult years, I've often been called Titian-haired, though, as is the case with many natural redheads, my color has faded as I've gotten older. In my 20's, I played around with highlights and box dyes to give it the "oomph" I remember from my elementary school days, and ended up blonde - not a good look for me, so I went with henna to get back to my roots, pun intended.

I stopped henna a while ago, and even my hair stylist can't see where the henna stops and my natural color begins. So, I've come full circle only to realize that the color I've wanted for so long is the color that's been on my head the whole time. I wish it had the same glow under incandescent and fluorescent lights that it has in the sunshine, but I've come to terms with it.

Both my dad and my brother-in-law are auburn, and my boys have red highlights. All of us are freckled, and all except BIL are blue-eyed (BIL is brown-eyed).

So, that's me. I love all the different shades of auburn in this thread. I've always thought it was a warm-toned color (based on personal experience), but there's a nice mix of warm and cool in these pages.

I thought this was a really interesting article on color analysis related to redheads. http://expressingyourtruth.blogspot.com/2014/11/warm-spring-vs-warm-autumn-how-do-you.html I am definitely more Amy than Marcia - how about you?

[-Fern]

My hairs come out in different colors... the net effect is auburn, but individual hairs are brown, black, blonde, red, grey, or true auburn. I like to think I match my tortoiseshell cat. ;)

[LiiAme]

Hey there!

I've been meaning to nudge my into the thread for a while now, although I still also need to first make sure thi is where I belong. My hair appears a dark brown colour in shade, indoors or at night, but is quite determined to shine a reddish colour in sunlight.

In the sun:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15356&d=1421779301

And a photo taken at night:

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=15886&d=1423766747

Think I belong here? :)

PS: I apologise if the pics are huge - if they are, I'm not sure why seeing as I made them quite small prior to uploading...

[GlassWidow]

Such a pretty fire to your hair in the sunlight, LiiAme!

-Fern, I love the idea of tortoiseshell hair!

[Arciela]

I looove this thread! I have been going crazy since growing out my natural hair for the first time since I was a kid! I had no idea what color it was..lol everyone was debating haha..

We were like, hmm its reddish in the sun, darker indoors, then it has blonde, brown, red in it...what the heck color is it!? Well, now I finally know..haha its Auburn!

Some photos of it, in different lighting ^^

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10689550_10154787792900604_3353359989935305429_n.j pg?_nc_cat=0&oh=3b895be4886953ff88b79cd17a3b8453&oe=5B91C78A

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20915343_10159330846695604_2388004336415084765_n.j pg?_nc_cat=0&oh=05692e284166d5df42aac1fdb34122a0&oe=5B816007

and indoors:

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/1782010_10154798255105604_54705433277037825_n.jpg? _nc_cat=0&oh=5c6961e35353ad65f10e2e49bb3248cf&oe=5B973E1F

[Wosie]

Wow, Cesil... :thud: Both your colour and texture are beau-beau-beautiful!

Auburn and chestnut coloured hair is the best. :cloud9:

[Arciela]

Wow, Cesil... :thud: Both your colour and texture are beau-beau-beautiful!

Auburn and chestnut coloured hair is the best. :cloud9:

Thank you so much!! :flower:

[Squiggy]

Cesil, we have very similar hair colors! So brown indoors, but a nice red out in the sunlight! I love having chameleon hair, its fun to see it change color during the day or going from indoors to out.

[mcgg417]

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t34.0-12/12047765_10153573988125365_313812930_n.jpg?oh=e8bd 9661d34638cb3d83aaaca6621821&oe=560DEC8F

Hey guys! Do I qualify as auburn or chestnut?

[parkmikii]

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t34.0-12/12047765_10153573988125365_313812930_n.jpg?oh=e8bd 9661d34638cb3d83aaaca6621821&oe=560DEC8F

Hey guys! Do I qualify as auburn or chestnut?

The picture doesn't seem to show up..

[lapushka]

The picture showed up in another thread, and I've seen it. I'm thinking yes it's this shade of hair!

[mcgg417]

The picture showed up in another thread, and I've seen it. I'm thinking yes it's this shade of hair!

Thanks Lapushka you've been super helpful :o.


Oh yes http://i1039.photobucket.com/albums/a476/Michael_Galquinto/11217523_10153288850075365_4022573932040036888_n%2 01_zpsjx7gmwso.jpg (http://s1039.photobucket.com/user/Michael_Galquinto/media/11217523_10153288850075365_4022573932040036888_n%2 01_zpsjx7gmwso.jpg.html)

This is the picture that died.

[hinabelle]

I have auburn hair and I love it!! The red sparkles in the sun are so lovely, and my hair color is my favorite :o

[mcgg417]

I was actually wondering about skin tones and Auburn hair. One reason why I took me so long to accept my auburness aside from the fact that i was platinum blonde but darkened so gradually and reddened so gradually over the years that it wasn't noticeable on a year to year basis, is that my skin tone is not reddish white, white, or light beige. I have light olive skin or beige skin that tans very readily and I don't have freckles. Yet i have those green eyes :D

[mcgg417]

Are there any other olive skinned Auburns with light eyes?

[akuamoonmaui]

I didn't realize so many people's hair changed the way mine does. I'm never quite sure if it's brown or red. Most people will say it's red, which is fine by me, but so often inside, it looks brown. My hair too, has changed from strawberry blond, to ginger to auburn as I've gotten older. I do help it with henna/indigo.