# Ash Blonde? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 11, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243 "2005-01-11T18:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243/1 "2005-01-11T18:27:23Z")
Please define the term “ash blonde”? Link to an example? 😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243/2 "2005-01-11T18:54:49Z")
According to Revlon, it ranges from [Light Ash Blonde](http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jhtml?CATID=100662&id=prod849788&skuid=sku849774&navAction=push&navCount=1#) to [Dark Ash Blonde](http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jhtml?CATID=100662&id=prod377957#). ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243/3 "2005-01-11T19:15:56Z")
It’s basically a blonde that doesn’t have any red tones in it so it looks “cool” rather than"warm". ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243/4 "2005-01-11T19:46:48Z")
People who have any reddish hue to their hair and want to dye it blonde have to use an ash blonde to knock down the red. Otherwise, they get a really funky orangy tone to their hair. At least this is my understanding and experience. YMMV ---
**Author:** ![Apricot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Apricot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apricot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243/5 "2005-01-11T19:48:08Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#): > > It’s basically a blonde that doesn’t have any red tones in it so it looks “cool” rather than"warm". The opposite of ash blonde is honey or golden blonde. Ash = no red, honey = with red tones ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243/6 "2005-01-12T01:08:04Z")
> [@Apricot](#): > > The opposite of ash blonde is honey or golden blonde. Ash = no red, honey = with red tones Strawberry blonde = red tones coming out the wazoo. Platinum blonde = whitish/silvery blonde. Peroxide (or bottle) blonde = dyed blonde Suicide blonde = self dyed (get it?) and looks it Eggshell blonde = bald Peace. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243/7 "2005-01-12T01:16:51Z")
I wanted _so_ much to have dark ash-blonde hair, and I went from colorist to colorist and always wound up with Bozo Orange. I finally found the only honest colorist in New York, who told me, “Honey, with your hair color, the only way you’re gonna get ash-blonde is to buy a wig, or bleach it out and re-color it till it turns into straw and falls out.” I’m back to my natural dark brown. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-blonde/284243/8 "2005-01-12T01:43:26Z")
Just for the heck of it, I’ll point out the ash refers to the pale colored wood of the ash tree, and not ashes of something burned.