Rich, warm red based hair colours can delight, turn heads and energise your complexion.
We hear many requests for copper colours, from distinctive bright blends to softer, subtle shades.
Like the many shades of red seen in leaves in autumn, copper colours include natural looking auburn tones and warm blends with mahogany and chestnut tones.
Finding your perfect red with the right level of depth and tones can be as easy as blending two colours to create your own customised copper colour blend, such as these popular blends:
Double Copper:
A gorgeous warm double-copper colour with a bronde base, uniting the warm copper tones of Trieste with Palermo’s rich Copper Golden Blonde tones.
Blend half a Trieste colour tube with half a Palermo colour tube to layer copper on copper. This bright, vibrant blend has a touch more depth than Palermo alone, with eye-catching, bright tones.
Mix Together: ½ tube Palermo Copper Golden Blonde 7.43 + ½ tube Trieste Light Golden Copper Brown 6.34
Gorgeous Mahogany Copper:
Replicate the look of this gorgeous mahogany copper colour by blending ¾ tube of Verona Chocolate Brown with ¼ tube Palermo Copper.
Adding rich copper tones to the deeper mahogany tones of Verona adds bright vibrant tones for a truly beautiful colour result.
Mix together: ¾ tube Verona Chocolate Brown 5.53 + ¼ tube Palermo Copper Golden Blonde 7.43
Glowing Strawberry Blonde Tones:
For a softer strawberry blonde colour, blend copper tones with a medium or light blonde.
Half-strength Golden Copper Tones from Palermo add a warm glow to a lighter blonde base.
Mix Together: Amalfi 9 Light Blonde with Turin 9.43 Light Copper Golden Blonde for a soft strawberry finish.
Warmth that Works over Greys:
If you have over 20% of greys and you have tried copper colours previously, you may have noticed that the colour finish on your roots was lighter and brighter. That is because grey hair is missing all pigments and warm copper tones will look brighter, warmer and different over greys as compared to your lengths, which have previous colour and which will have a different colour outcome.
Greys lack all natural pigments which anchor and fill a colour.
Blending a rich copper colour with a neutral colour will correct this issue and help you achieve a consistent, balanced finish. The neutral tones in a warm + neutral colour blend will fill any missing pigments in your greys, giving you a consistent, even colour result over greys.
If you are covering greys you can achieve better copper results by blending copper tones with a neutral colour.
If you love rich, warm tones, and you have some greys, we can help with a Duo colour blend.
Our Duo Colour Kits include two different colour tubes, 2 developers, Colour Protection shampoo and conditioner, gloves, hair colour remover wipes and barrier oil.
Duo colour advantages:
- Blend two colour levels to create a colour which sits between two base colour levels, adding half a level, or more, of depth or softness
- Add warmth to a neutral colour
- Blend two warm colours for an intensely warm, rich colour result
- Add neutral pigments to anchor and fill missing pigments for even, consistent colour results over greys
Talk to our colourist for a colour recommendation which will let you achieve your colour goals.
This colour service is a game changer. Going from blonde to copper and I can now do my hair at home. Feels so good to save money and time. After a few disappointing visits to my hairdresser and parting with $350 for each appointment, I was really looking for a change. The quality of the colour itself and the unbelievable service and education you get speaking to the support team is really outstanding. I love how my hair looks and feels and I have The Shade to thank for this!
O. Cole
I used TRIESTE – LIGHT GOLDEN COPPER BROWN — love this color. The hair feels soft, silky, and smells good. Customer service is great, thanks. Would recommend everybody.
O. Kiseleva
So unbelievably happy with my colour! I have been obsessed with the idea of warm copper locks for a while and after paying $$ at a salon and still not quite getting the look I was after, I decided to take a leap of faith and subscribe to The Shade. I am so happy with how it turned out ❤️
N. King
Love, Love Love it! Fantastic shipping time, quality product and great results. Loved the neat packaging, personal touches and salon kit. The shampoo & conditioner are fabulous and left my hair feeling thick and healthy. Portofino- Copper Golden Brown is a beautiful rich colour too.
M. Culcasi
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