Blond Hair - Varieties

Varieties

Various subcategories of blond hair have been defined to describe someone with blond hair more accurately. Common examples include the following:

• blond/flaxen: when distinguished from other varieties, "blond" by itself refers to a light but not whitish blond with no traces of red, gold, or brown; this color is often described as "flaxen".
• yellow: yellow-blond ("yellow" can also be used to refer to hair which has been dyed yellow).
• platinum blond or towheaded: whitish-blond; almost all platinum blonds are children. "Platinum blond" is often used to describe bleached hair, while "towheaded" generally refers to natural hair color.
• sandy blond: greyish-hazel or cream-colored blond.
• golden blond: a darker to rich, golden-yellow blond.
• strawberry blond, Venetian blond or honey blond: reddish blond.
• dirty blond or dishwater blond: dark blond with flecks of golden blond and brown.
• ash-blond: ashen or grayish blond.
• bleached blond, bottle blond, or peroxide blond artificial blond slightly less white than platinum blond.
• very dark blonde or dirty blonde is a silverish brown color that looks brown in the winter but in the summer it goes to a dark blonde or sometimes a medium blonde color.