What Causes Gray Hair to Turn Green

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What Causes Gray Hair to Turn Green - How to Rinse?

by Tracey
(Houston, TX)

What causes gray hair to turn green and what would be a good rinse to use on black hair without the gray turning green? I am allergic to hair dye so I must use a rinse, the young lady who does my hair put a rinse in (Paul Mitchell) and now my green is slowly turning gray, what would be the best product for me?

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Grays turning green
by: felicia

You may be using the wrong hair color product. A lot of times any ash tone will cause grays to go green or if stylists or you yourself are mixing a like blonde and brown or burgundy shades with ash this is very bad. Some neutral shades will also make hair turn greenish. I, for example have natural light golden brown hair I can use a med or light golden blonde as I have in the past or even a golden neutral. If I use only neutral for some reason my hair gets a slight greenish cast.

Natural hair has pigments of red and gold naturally even if you are naturally an ash shade if you go strictly ash you will go green. Look at your hair in natural light in the sun. If you have any dark roots and they are not all gray you should see different tones in your hair. Stick with your own tones whether blonde, brown red ect... tones are the color a little beyond what you notice unless you look very closely you should see if your tones are more red or gold.
If they are neither red or gold, you may border between neutral and ash. But never go all ash. Seek a different stylist also always get a few opinions you will know who to seek if at least 3 stylists tell you the same as far as your tone and what would look best with your skin and personality.

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<img src="http://www.short-hair-style.com/images/av_styling2.jpg" width="50" height="50" align="left">You may be using the wrong hair color product. A lot of times any ash tone will cause grays to go green or if stylists or you yourself are mixing a like blonde and brown or burgundy shades with ash this is very bad. Some neutral shades will also make hair turn greenish. I, for example have natural light golden brown hair I can use a med or light golden blonde as I have in the past or even a golden neutral. If I use only neutral for some reason my hair gets a slight greenish cast. Natural hair has pigments of red and gold naturally even if you are naturally an ash shade if you go strictly ash you will go green. Look at your hair in natural light in the sun. If you have any dark roots and they are not all gray you should see different tones in your hair. Stick with your own tones whether blonde, brown red ect... tones are the color a little beyond what you notice unless you look very closely you should see if your tones are more red or gold. If they are neither red or gold, you may border between neutral and ash. But never go all ash. Seek a different stylist also always get a few opinions you will know who to seek if at least 3 stylists tell you the same as far as your tone and what would look best with your skin and personality.

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Same here
by: Vivian

Thanks Felica. Your answer was helpful. I had the same problem as Tracey. I just got my hair colored to cover my gray but this time I made a mistake and wanted to try a burgundy on my previous color (med ash blonde). I got beautiful result BUT turned my gray to greenish tone. I was looking for a explanation. I go to a pro tomorrow! - Thanks