I have mongrel hair: A bit of black, a bit of chocolate brown, a bit of caramel, quite alot of red and a really small amount of blonde.

I agree, let's use words instead of numbers. Some things to consider:

• using words related to a sweet e.g. chocolate, toffee, caramel, truffles, vanilla, espresso brown, etc.
• words related to woods such as mahogany, padouk, oak, birch, etc. Also note how woods vary in figuring and direction of grain.
• words related to furry mammals such as deer
• Consider Old West terminology e.g. saddles, horse species, wheat fields, and log cabins
• Consider the connotations of synonyms for a color. For example, red can also be crimson but it has a different connotation. Crimson sounds richer, darker.
• When in doubt, consult your 64-color crayon box

I have two combs made of Chechen wood, and I definitely have to say they match my hair color. my hair is figured Chechen color in natural light but almost fire-red when I look through it.

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1. Blonde
2. Brown
3. Black
4. Red
5. and I suppose you could add in unnatural (blue, pink etc.)

I think my hair color could be described along the lines of an amber ale - darkish brown with some red and gold highlights.

Thanks Sugaree! I thought chocolate covered cherry was very descriptive as well

Susan W wrote: I like the tasty hair color idea, but frankly, I have no idea what color I'd call mine.  It looks different in different lighting, though I think that means its just light brown.  Can I have hazel hair?

How about hazelnut latte? :slurp

OOh hair color descriptions! And me without my crayon box,

Um I'd say blue-black and coal-black and the areas that the sun changed are like a dark-chocolate brown or a rich mahogany depending on the light and the angle.

Ohh! Wood, I'd say for me is the main part would be made out of Ebony, with small pannels of Special walnut inserted in between it and edged out with a thin border of Jacobean. (did I say that right? I'm not familar with woodworking lingo).

I've got a weird piece of furniture with those colors in my head now... o.0 It's funny that the colors sorta correspond with my hair now....

Hair color can be a subtle thing and many of us do not fit into these predefined color groups.  And things like the light in the environment can change the color of your hair.  Out in the sunlight, your hair might glow with golden or possibly red highlights, indoors it might look drab and dark, and under weird department-store lighting, you might think, 'my god, how did my hair get so brassy looking?'

The color groups have many shades.  The silvery blond of a Farrah Fawcett (back in the 70s) is very different from light golden blond of an Anna Kournukova.  Red hair comes in a wide range of shades.  For some reason where I live, I see a lot of 'blond auburn' haired people.  They are not blond, nor are they red/orange, but their color lies somewhere distinctively in between.

Besides woods and foods, animals can provide a guide as well.  Once at a dog show, and in an instance of an owner resembling their dog, I saw a petite woman with her petite sable sheltie - and yes, they both had that lovely color of collie sable hair.

My hair is Wooly Mammoth blond.  lol

Was at a rock and gem show and there were samples of actual wooly mammoth hair in a fossil display.  The one I saw were this dark golden blond with some reddish overtones and was a rather close match to my own hair color.  For a more contemporary example, Scottish Highland cattle sort of come close:

http://www.lpsi.barc.usda.gov/bnpcu/images/scotcat.jpg - http://www.lpsi.barc.usda.gov/bnpcu/images/scotcat.jpg

http://stockscotland.com/images/d3p8jpg.jpg - http://stockscotland.com/images/d3p8jpg.jpg

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_my_p_s/0_my_photographs_scotland_-_highland_cows_vv17_large.jpg - http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_my_p_s/0_my_photographs_scotla nd_-_highland_cows_vv17_large.jpg

http://www.camusnagaul.com/photo/albums/userpics/10001/normal_gallery6.jpg - http://www.camusnagaul.com/photo/albums/userpics/10001/norma l_gallery6.jpg

Alas, I currently don't have the highlights some of these cattle have, but you can see the blond/red varieties.  Must of been quite a sight in paleolithic times to see a herd of gorgeous red blond mammoths traveling across the plains..

Those are some mighty pretty cattle! Thanks for the links. I especially like the second and the fourth photos. Being sort of messy-haired, myself (I always joke that my hair just doesn't respond to being styled at all - it just looks messy no matter what), I really appreciate the natural messy beauty of those fab looking bovines. Thanks!

Wow  That really is close!

Lol I love the comparison! He looks adorable.

My hair um...seems to be alot of colours...hmm.

I've had a couple of semis ages ago but the colour I have now is natural. My very bottom underlayer is light brown and the top is more of a dark red brown with auburn and dark blonde tips. There's quite alot of black and almost fire red sprinkled through it though and some dark blonde at the front.

Thanks for the compliments!