# Temporary hair coloring

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporary-hair-coloring/421803>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 7, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporary-hair-coloring/421803 "2007-10-07T00:32:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporary-hair-coloring/421803/21 "2007-10-13T00:33:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Nytewatchyr]  
What about dying blonde to black? Any advice?  
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My ex-boss’s daughter has blonde hair, and she put black streaks in her hair for her Halloween costume last year (she was a goth cheerleader). Ex-boss said that the color washed out the next morning. I’ll ask her what brand her daughter used.

Keep in mind, though, that darker colors (even wash-outs) tend to grab on to light hair and not let go. You could end up with black hair until it grows out.

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**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporary-hair-coloring/421803/22 "2007-10-13T01:56:54Z")

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[QUOTE=ladybug]

Keep in mind, though, that darker colors (even wash-outs) tend to grab on to light hair and not let go. You could end up with black hair until it grows out.  
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This is true. I went from a light brown to black and over a year later there was a clearly defined line across my hair where the new brown was growing in and the black ended. I finally went to a salon and had a stylist dye it a darker shade of brown so I wasn’t two-toned in my brother’s wedding.

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