Summer is coming, and we beauty gurus are always two steps ahead. With summer comes vacations, parties, and trips. Every girl needs to look gorgeous on their girl’s night out.
What’s a better way to welcome your fun season than a brand-new summer hair color? Dying your hair is a quick and easy way to enhance your appearance.
Changing your hair color can be intimidating, but you don’t have to take a leap of faith and go for a big change right away.
There are so many classy summer hair colors, such as brown, copper, or blonde, to make you look gorgeous. However, if you want to completely revamp your images, try incorporating bold shades like pink or fiery ombré.
Let this list be a guide and your inspiration for your next hairstyle. From classy to wild, we’ve got something for everybody here. Save it so you can surprise your hairdresser the next time you meet them!
1. Golden Brown
This shade is achieved by weaving warm, honey, and buttery golden tones throughout a classic brown base.
It beautifully mimics the natural way the sun lightens hair, giving the impression of weeks spent relaxing on the beach.
2. Mahogany Brown
This shade is a stunning fusion of deep, chocolate brown with warm, reddish-violet undertones.
Unlike simple brown, the mahogany element ensures the color catches the sunlight with a brilliant, subtle flash of red, giving it incredible vibrancy and depth.
3. Honey Brown
Honey Brown provides brilliant dimension and an instant glow that softens facial features and brightens the complexion.
It’s a universally flattering, low-maintenance color choice that perfectly captures the relaxed, radiant essence of summer.
4. Golden Bronze
This luxurious shade is a deep, dimensional blend that incorporates the richness of dark bronze with highly reflective golden and copper undertones.
It has an almost metallic sheen that makes hair look incredibly healthy, glossy, and expensive.
5. Lived-In Blonde
This technique focuses on creating a natural, root-shadowed effect where the color is lightest at the mid-lengths and ends, gradually blending down from your natural base color.
The resulting blonde is highly dimensional, appearing soft, diffused, and genuinely sun-kissed rather than stark or uniform.
6. Balayage Blonde
Balayage, which is a French term meaning “to sweep,” involves hand-painting highlights onto the hair for a soft, gradual transition.
This technique creates a beautiful, dimensional blend where the color is lightest toward the ends and blends seamlessly up to a deeper root.
7. Strawberry Blonde
This rare and beautiful shade is achieved by perfectly fusing warm, light blonde tones with delicate, rosy or copper undertones.
It’s not a vibrant red and not a pure blonde, but a soft, luminous blend that catches the light with a gentle, sun-warmed glow.
8. Honey Milk Tea
Honey Milk Tea is the ultimate choice for those wanting a brighter, dimensional summer look that feels silky, effortlessly chic, and incredibly flattering against a wide variety of skin tones.
9. Copper
Copper is particularly brilliant in the summertime because it reflects the sunlight beautifully, adding incredible dimension and making the hair look exceptionally glossy and healthy.
Choosing this rich, warm hue projects a bold, energetic, and playful personality.
10. Dark Copper
This shade takes the warmth of classic copper and deepens it with a rich, dark brown or auburn base.
The result is a color that looks incredibly expensive, dimensional, and intensely glossy.
11. Caramel Highlights
The beauty of caramel is its ability to create a soft, seamless contrast.
It’s lighter than the base color, but still rich enough to avoid looking stark or brassy.
12. Dark Green Highlights
This color is achieved by placing deep, jewel-toned shades within a dark brown or black base.
Unlike a vibrant, neon green, the darkness of this hue prevents it from looking shocking.
13. Playground Highlights
This technique focuses on placing chunky, high-contrast highlights in deliberate, often playful placements, rather than the subtle, blended look of modern balayage.
The shades are typically bright blonde or even unconventional pastels
14. Bright Streaks
Choosing Bright Streaks signals an artistic, bold, and fearless personality.
It’s an exciting way to showcase individual style and inject an immediate sense of playful, vibrant energy into your look, ensuring your summer hair is uniquely eye-catching and unforgettable.
15. Cinnamon
This gorgeous shade is a sophisticated blend of red, brown, and gold, mirroring the complex tones of the spice itself.
It’s less fiery than a true copper but warmer than a simple auburn, offering a beautiful, medium-toned color that is vibrant yet wearable.
16. Bronde
The term “Bronde” refers to a harmonious color where the brown serves as the deep, earthy base and the blonde is strategically used through finely woven highlights or babylights.
It’s neither fully brunette nor fully blonde, but exists in a beautifully balanced, sun-kissed middle ground.
17. Blonde With Dark Roots
This look deliberately embraces the natural contrast between a bright blonde (often applied through techniques like Balayage or highlights) and the natural, deeper dark roots.
Far from being an oversight, this contrast provides incredible depth and dimension
18. Ash Bronde
Unlike warmer honey or caramel shades, this color achieves a stunning balance by infusing cool, smoky, or grayish blonde tones throughout a rich brown base.
The “ash” quality counteracts any unwanted brassiness, resulting in a clean, expensive, and incredibly chic finish.
19. Unicorn Hair
This style is defined by the use of multiple, iridescent, pastel, or vibrant fantasy colors all blended or shadowed together.
The resulting look is complex, multi-dimensional, and constantly shifting in the light, much like the coat of a mythical creature.
20. Ashy Unicorn Hair
This style involves taking the traditional palette of Unicorn Hair (pinks, purples, blues) and infusing it with cool, smoky, or muted gray tones.
The result is not vibrant and electric, but rather soft, diffused, and almost pastel-goth.
21. Multi-Colored Jewel Tones
This look adds immediate depth, intensity, and mesmerizing movement to the hair, making it a gorgeously unique and captivating choice that ensures you stand out with high-fashion elegance.
22. Two-Toned Hair
Common variations include the Cruella look (splitting the hair down the middle), the Underlayer (hiding a vivid color beneath a natural top layer), or Face-Framing Panels (bright streaks flanking the face).
23. Green
From rich emerald and deep forest to bright lime and serene seafoam, the versatility of green means there’s a shade to suit any style.
In the summer, brighter, more vivid greens feel electric and playful, while darker, mossier tones provide a sophisticated, moody depth.
24. Light Coral Pink
It is inherently flattering and brightens the complexion beautifully, providing a delicate yet vibrant glow.
Light Coral Pink is a feminine, sophisticated, and playful choice, offering a fresh, dreamy aesthetic
25. Bright Pink
Ranging from hot magenta to vibrant bubblegum, this unapologetic shade instantly conveys confidence, playfulness, and a fierce sense of individuality.
Unlike a muted pastel, a bright pink is designed to command attention
26. Mauve
This shade is a sophisticated mix of pale purple, gray, and pink/beige undertones, resulting in a dusty, muted rose or lilac.
Unlike a bright violet, mauve has an ashy, refined quality that makes it feel expensive and unique.
27. Ash Pink
28. Peach and Pink Waves
30. Fiery Ombré
