Brown Hair - Varieties of Brown Hair

Varieties of Brown Hair

Brown hair comes in a wide variety of shades from the very darkest of brown (almost black) to light brown showing small signs of blondism. Shades of brown hair include:

• deepest brunette: the darkest brown, which can be a very dark chestnut; sometimes appears to be off black at a distance.
• dark brown
• milk chocolate brown
• chestnut brown: medium brunette to dark brown with dark auburn tones.
• light chestnut brown
• medium brown: standard brunette, comparable to russet brown
• walnut brown: a warmer variant of medium brown, comparable to a light chestnut
• medium golden brown: brown with yellowish tone.
• light golden brown
• light golden reddish brown: a warm light brown with red tones.
• light ash brown: almost blonde hair
• lightest brown: light brown that goes mid blonde in the sun