# Pick my new hair color! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476 "2003-08-02T01:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/1 "2003-08-02T01:42:23Z")
Alright, so my friends and I were having a bit of fun with the spray-on hair color, and I really like how mine turned out. The color is all wrong (i can’t do pink, sorry), but the overall style rules. So, my fashionable dopers, I turn to you in my plight. What color should i change it to? (note: i’m dying the exact same area as in the picture. not a complete dye) [http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev2/files/deusex/deusfinger.jpg](http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev2/files/deusex/deusfinger.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/2 "2003-08-02T01:43:29Z")
Oh, and I feel obligated to mention that is not my finger, but a friend’s. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/3 "2003-08-02T03:20:18Z")
Bright green! You’d look, um, cabbagey 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/4 "2003-08-02T04:23:25Z")
Medium to dark blue. ---
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/5 "2003-08-02T06:03:35Z")
Yes, dark blue, or a purple. Robotech hair. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/6 "2003-08-02T06:41:57Z")
Teal green ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/7 "2003-08-02T06:54:23Z")
I second **Spurious George**. Blue, or a royal purple. It’d make your eyes look the brightest. I’d say teal (though not other greens, they always make me think of mold growing in the person’s hair), but since your eyes are green (or bluish gray? I can’t really tell. Either way), I think that might be overload. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/8 "2003-08-02T07:00:24Z")
Either deep red or deep blue. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/9 "2003-08-02T07:16:05Z")
Dark green. I had dark green hair for a while. It RAWKED! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/10 "2003-08-02T16:48:35Z")
Burgundy. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/11 "2003-08-02T17:46:41Z")
Deep blue would be pretty! ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/12 "2003-08-02T22:23:49Z")
Are you guys picking these colors because they would look good on me, or because you like the colors? I’m not being nitpicky, I just want to know. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/13 "2003-08-02T22:42:06Z")
I second the dark blue. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/14 "2003-08-03T02:32:29Z")
I agree that a deep blue, kind of a sapphire shade, would look best. It would suit your complexion pretty well, and go well with the natural color at the interfaces. I actually prefer dark green hair, but I don’t think it would look right on you. You might try pulling that picture into an imaging program like Photoshop, and color-masking the area until you find something you like. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/15 "2003-08-03T02:48:28Z")
Go for blue. There is no more beautiful color than blue. I hope that you turn out as so. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-new-hair-color/192476/16 "2003-08-03T03:01:39Z")
'cause I like the colors. I couldn’t tell you what would actually look good on you.