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Can I color over my highlights? Printed From: HairBoutique.com Category: Hair Talk Forum Name: General Hair Talk Forum Description: A free wheeling discussion of hair related topics. URL: https://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4527 Printed Date: July 22 2025 at 12:49am Topic: Can I color over my highlights? Posted By: Unregistered Guest Subject: Can I color over my highlights? Date Posted: July 03 2000 at 9:29pm About 5 weeks ago, I highlighted my long medium brown hair with Feria Colour Strands in "Natural Swirl." I like the golden highlights it produced on my hair, but I'm wondering if it would be safe for me to color over it with a hair color that washes out in 6-12 shampoos or even a demi-permanent color (washes out in 28 shampoos). I would love to experiment with other looks and colors, but I fear my highlights will turn a hideous green color! Thanks for any hints or tips! Replies: Posted By: forest Date Posted: July 04 2000 at 1:47pm Hi Edie B: You can cover over your hilights but you have to be very careful not to use an ash or green based color otherwise blonde hilights will turn greenish or swampy looking. Depending upon how dark you want to turn your hilights is the question. You can use a warm based color and achieve a pretty light auburn color. If you are trying to get the lights back to a dark brown use a red based color. Hope this info helps. Forest -------------