At some point of time we all try to experiment with some fun colours in our hair and purple colour is amongst them. It really looks cool if done properly and if the shade turns out to be vibrant.
But as all things come with a negative side as well, so do purple coloured hair. It fades quicker than any other colour and then turns into greyish or a dull hue of purplish blue which doesn’t look at all. So, either you would want to redo the colour or would want to remove the purple colour altogether from your hair.
If option number 2 is your consideration, that is you want to remove or cancel out the purple colour completely from your hair, then this article is just the right place for you to stay and learn the ways of doing so!
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Which colour cancels out or removes purple hair?
If you think of your skin and the red pimples that appear on your face, you use a green corrector for hiding those red marks, right? And for the dark circles you use an orange corrector!
Now purple is a mixture of red and blue. Therefore, in order to conceal or remove purple colour, you will need a yellow dye.
Yes, so the colour that can completely remove purple hair is a yellow dye. That said, blonde or golden or the ginger shade can also help to cancel out the purple hair.
Ways to remove purple hair
You definitely need to accept the fact that purple hair does not fade gracefully. With time, it turns into a greyish violet colour which not only looks dull but also very old I must say!
So, if you are planning to get rid of the remaining dull looking purple hue in your hair, look no further and please follow any of the following ways mentioned below:
1.) Apply Colour Oops for removing purple colour from your hair completely
Colour oops is a hair colour remover that helps to take out almost any colour from the hair. It definitely contains bleaching agents but is comparatively less harsh than bleach itself.
The difference between colour oops and a bleach is that while bleach will take off the colour while lightening your original hair colour, colour oops will only remove the unwanted hair colour.
How to apply?
- Take out colour oops in a bowl and mix it with the applicator
- Wear your gloves
- Now start applying colour oops (be cautious not to apply the same on your scalp)
- Once you have applied colour oops strand by strand all over your hair, leave it for 20 minutes
- Wash off with a clarifying shampoo because that takes off the remaining colour
- Apply a conditioner because you have already used harsh chemicals on your hair which could have striped off the moisture from the hair
See also: How to Get the Colour Oops Smell Out?
2.) Apply bleach for removing purple colour from your hair
I would never recommend applying bleach on your hair and keeping it for some time. That’s the work of salon experts. Indeed if you want to bleach your hair to remove the purple colour, all I would suggest is a bleach wash.
Remember that bleach is very damaging to the hair and therefore, you need to add some ingredients into it to dilute the bleach concentration.
How to apply?
- Mix equal volumes of bleach powder and developer (most commonly a 20 volume developer) in the ratio of 1:1 in a glass bowl
- Now mix a generous amount of clarifying shampoo into the bowl
- Mix all the ingredients together with the applicator
- Wear your gloves (preferably a latex gloves as bleach can be very dangerous for the skin)
- Wet your hair
- Apply the mixture on your hair and start washing
- Wash a number of times until you get the desired result
- Apply a moisturising conditioner to nourish your hair
See also: The Perm Solution for Bleached Hair
3.) Change the tone of your hair to golden or blonde
After the above processes you will be left with dull and discoloured hair which isn’t going to look great of course. So, the best possible way to cancel out the purple hue in your hair is to get your hair coloured again in the shade of golden or blonde or ginger.
While colouring your hair blonde, your stylist will anyway use bleach to lighten the shade of your hair and also add toner to change the tonality of your hair.
So, the bleach, the toner, the developer all together will definitely work great in removing your purple colour from the hair and will give you a new hair colour all together.
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