Hey guys! Well I've been coloring my hair for over a year now, using revlon colorsilk in natural black. Now I want to go shade lighter- they have a brown black shade but am not sure how to make that transition. Since the two shades are not so far apart I think it would be rather silly to bleach my hair and than color it with a new shade..Any suggestions? Thanx!

my current color

desired shade

I've used Colorsilk for years now .. when I went from light pale blonde (I wanted to go to a light brown) It didn't dye correctly .. It came out with blonde/brown patchs. [ew].. So I ended up just going to a #30 dark brown, which is the darkest brown shade before going to black. It looked awful on me because my skin tone is so light. When I wanted to go a few shades lighter I had to remove the color, otherwise it would have did pretty much nothing.

I'd suggest removing the color that you have, even though it does seem pointless.. but I think if you don't you won't see any results because your hair is so dark and it just simply won't have any effect on your hair. ..You'd just be wasting money.