Hair Color Enhancers: Highlights

Highlights are a favorite hair color option for celebrities and are perfect for creating a look that's as subtle or dramatic as you like. They are also a really fun way to add some spice to your hair color, and there's no better way to do that then to pick highlight hair colors that are going to enhance your base hair color and give you a look that pops.

Highlights for Red Hair

Red hair is a really great hair color to team with copper highlights (as pictured) because the colors blend really well together. Try any color with a copper tone and other highlight color choices, such as:

• Light Titian
• Light Bronzed Brown
• Beige Blonde

Highlights for Brown Hair

For a nice highlight choice for brown hair you can't go past mixing in some light blonde. It creates a nice contrast, which can look natural and sun kissed (as pictured), or you can try the color in very thick highlights for a more striking finish. Other highlight suggestions for brown hair are:

• Vivacious Orange
• Artic Blonde
• Light Chestnut Blonde

Highlights for Blonde Hair

If your hair color is a nice honey blonde then try adding highlights in a light blonde color, such as platinum (as pictured), to make it look like your hair has texture and dimension. Other good highlight color choices for blonde hair are:

• Lightest Copper
• Lightest Golden Blonde
• Light Hazelnut Brown

Highlights for Black Hair

Black hair is the ultimate hair color for highlights as it creates the perfect canvas for really striking and effective colors. Vivacious hair colors like blue, purple, green and yellow (all available in our Virtual Hairstyler) stand out in black hair, but it can also shine with more muted colors such as:

• Platinum Blonde
• Red
• Ash Blonde

So the next time you're looking for something more than just a solid hair color or a two-tone shade to add some enhancement to your hair give highlights that work with your hair color a try!

To try these hair color and highlight combinations with any of our hairstyles, visit our Virtual Hairstyler, load your photo or our model with a hairstyle and then click on the Hair Color icon to pick a hair color and a highlight color. It's that easy and there are 50 hair colors and 35 highlights to choose from!

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