Orangey-reds, gold, bark browns and deep forest greens are a terrific complement to brown hair. You also look great in a range of greens — mossy to olive and sage. Nature's best browns are universally flattering to brunettes, who can wear dark chocolate and creamy lighter tones, as well as browns with a reddish cast.
What Colors Should I Pair with Chocolate Brown? As a top neutral, chocolate brown is one of those colors that plays very well with others. Some of the best combinations you can create are chocolate brown with green, blue, gold, copper, brass, white and even other shades of brown.
If you're fair-skinned with warm undertones, go for a richer brunette. If you're a brunette that has a medium skin tone with cool undertones, go for a glossy, rich chocolate brown. Alternatively, a tone with a purplish tinge, or even a blue-black colour will offset your complexion.
Cool undertones in chocolate brown hair color are perfect for individuals with either very light or very dark eyes, such as dark brown, black, blue, or gray. These people will generally have a blue or pink tint to their skin, which offers a complementary contrast to strong and stark hair colors.
However, brunettes should avoid bright shades of yellow. Instead, you can opt for cooler tones, such as honey, mustard, and golden hues. To complete your outfit, you can use brown accessories, which complements yellow-toned clothes. All in all, these are the best clothing colors that look best on brunettes.
Best Colors
Most brunettes, regardless of where they fall on the color spectrum, look good in warm brown, mocha, coffee and light tawny shades of eyeshadows. These colors match almost any eye color, skin tone and outfit. Plum, lavender, and violet colored eyeshadows also flatter most brunettes.
A side-by-side comparison
As you can see, Mocha Brown is a rich, dark brown shade, while Dark Brown is a more muted brown shade. Chocolate Brown has the largest amount of red undertones, while Chestnut Brown is a lighter shade with golden undertones.
Chocolate brown hair dye is a warm, medium-to-dark colour that's richly evocative. Its soft cocoa hues suit all skin tones, but it's especially flattering for those with warmer complexions as it brings out the gold and bronze undertones in your skin.
The chocolate brown fades beautifully to a copper. This is the perfect hair color for women with warm skin tones and brown eyes.
Rich in antioxidants, dark chocolate can help fight free radials that cause oxidative damage to skin cells. Free radicals can also break down the skin's collagen and create wrinkles.
Chocolate Brown Hair
Going too deep with your brunette can wash you out, but a dimensional chocolate brown with hints of red, honey, or gold looks amazing against pale skin.
When people use the term "chocolate" or "mocha" brown, they usually mean Level 4 to Level 5 brown hair with red tones.
Milk chocolate brown, black and white is a sophisticated combination that stays warm and welcoming. Mix chocolate with gray for a slightly more contemporary vibe or use muted green and blue for a casual, country style.
Beige + Brown Color Scheme
This sandy beige has red undertones that bring out the richness of chocolate brown for a perfectly balanced pairing.
Every light shade of blue works with all shades of brown (including dark chocolate brown). And all light browns go well with every shade of blue. A good example is a sky blue shirt with a khaki suit, or with a camel blazer, or with a brown tweed sports jacket.
Brown hair is also a very forgiving and easy-to-maintain hair color option—especially if you add some depth to your brunette locks with an ombre or balayage style.
Golden blonde, mocha, rose brown, burnt orange, two shades lighter, ash brown, and honey blonde are some of the best hair color ideas for dark brown hair. Sporting these highlights against dark brown hair adds depth to your hair and offers you a quirky vibe and an elegant look.
For example, bubblegum pink, mint green, greyish blue or pearl grey are all fantastic options. In case your hair colour is not so saturated, you can go for more intense colours like fuchsia, emerald green, stone grey or navy blue (all in the winter palette).
That's because there are many benefits to it, like: Darker hair is better at camouflaging damage— If your hair needs some TLC, going dark is a smart option. Darker color molecules naturally weigh down flyaways and seal split ends much better than blonde bleach, making hair look thicker and shinier.
Think of ash brown hair as ash blonde's darker, moodier sister. Unlike dark chocolate or honey brown, ash brown is a gray-leaning shade that will bring out the cool tones in your hair (which, of course, makes it best for women with cool or neutral skin tones).
For Brunette Tones
If you have naturally brown hair, stick with light brown to nude shades that complement both your complexion and your natural hair color. We love the Maybelline Superstay Matte Ink in Loyalist for this reason — it's neutral, pigmented and lasts all day.
Hair Color
However, with dark brown or chocolate hair, you can play with bolder colors like ruby, crimson, plum, or cherry. For hair on the chestnut color spectrum, go for shades that mimic the reddish undertones of your locks, including wine, berry, or coral.