Is Your Hair Actually Black Or Is It Just Dark Dark Brown?

[LushLox]

It's odd sometimes my hair looks jet black and other times it looks slightly off jet black, I'm going to say between a 1 and a 1b.

 

[Honey Bee]

Between 2 and 4. Sucks cuz I can never find hair my color. I rinsed my hair jet black every fall growing up cuz it gets brown and streaky in the summer. I stopped when some African ladies at the bss told me it was too dark for my coloring.

 

[Autumn~Tint~Of~Gold]

It's dark brown. I always believed it was black and it often looks jet black in pics but it's brown. When I ask people what color my hair is they say brown lol. I still see myself as black haired.
When I've colored my hair black, strangers can tell it's colored and they've made remarks about it .
My hair also fades from heat damage so it tends to get a brassy shade to it esp in the sun. It looks orange.

But I swear my color changes... some days it's rusty and others it's very nearly black even under bright light. The only theory I have for this is that it depends on how my cuticle is sitting... I think it lightens when it's dry and turns a rich near black when it's more moisturized.

 

[Soaring Eagle]

At the moment my hair is very much dark dark brown. Granted, my natural hair has never seen the light of day, (don’t judge me), so I’m sure the color will change once it does (when I get to my ultimate length goal).

 

[Autumn~Tint~Of~Gold]

dark dark brown, almost black. Same as my eye color.

I have black eyes too. For the longest time I believed they were actually black
They're darker than either parent and my brother's eyes. My brother has dark amber eyes.

 

[B_Phlyy]

Really? Is the color difference very noticeable?

Yes. When my hair is freshly dyed, people who see me regularly will do a double take. I think some of the warmth from the brown makes my skin tone look different.

 

[Mystery]

Very dark brown. It was a medium brown when I was a child and is nearly black now.

 

[tolly]

dark brown for me.

 

[fifi134]

Dark brown. In the summer it lightens up considerably so it's reddish brown in my crown area.

Two summers ago I was relaxed, and combined with the relaxer, my hair was looking like this during the summer:

 

[healthyhair2]

My natural hair color is sort of in between. More like a washed out version of black.

Mine too

 

[healthyhair2]

Some say only Native Americans and Asians have truly black hair.

 

[snoop]

Very dark reddish-brown. It looks like deep auburn in the sun.

Mine too

 

[Nightingale]

Dark dark red brown

 

[Harina]

Some say only Native Americans and Asians have truly black hair.

Who the heck says that?

 

[NappyNelle]

Between 2 and 4. Sucks cuz I can never find hair my color.

Me, too! Black hair is beautiful but won't work for my undertones.

 

[Goombay_Summer]

It’s a NuBlack/Hotep colour (dingy faux black) versus being a beautiful I’m black n’ I’m proud black (rich dark black).

I once tried a blonde colour and it totally washed me out. Surprisingly when I went red everyone said it totally popped and worked with my undertones.

 

[caribeandiva]

It’s a NuBlack/Hotep colour (dingy faux black) versus being a beautiful I’m black n’ I’m proud black (rich dark black).

I once tried a blonde colour and it totally washed me out. Surprisingly when I went red everyone said it totally popped and worked with my undertones.

Hotep color?

 

[beingofserenity]

It's dark brown. I always believed it was black and it often looks jet black in pics but it's brown. When I ask people what color my hair is they say brown lol. I still see myself as black haired.
When I've colored my hair black, strangers can tell it's colored and they've made remarks about it .
My hair also fades from heat damage so it tends to get a brassy shade to it esp in the sun. It looks orange.

But I swear my color changes... some days it's rusty and others it's very nearly black even under bright light. The only theory I have for this is that it depends on how my cuticle is sitting... I think it lightens when it's dry and turns a rich near black when it's more moisturized.

Same for me. When my hair takes on an ashy brown color, it's a sign that it is dried out. Also, looks lighter when straight.

 

[Jetblackhair]

My hair is black, but not jet black.

 

[ClassyJSP]

Naturally light brown dark brown once product/gel is applied.

 

[Angel1881]

Mine too

I can see the color in your profile photo.

 

[LdyKamz]

My hair has always been 1b to me. It was always what I called an ugly brown. Like others when my hair is dry it looks very brown and when properly moisturized it looks black. It took me years to notice this though. My father asked me once (when I first started taking really good care of my hair) if I dyed my hair black. When I said no he was so surprised and said it looks so dark and shiny.

 

[Evolving78]

Dark dusty brown! Lol

 

[pre_medicalrulz]

Dark brown

 

[spacetygrss]

My hair is a black. It has a soft, matte sheen to it in it's a natural state.

 

[LunadeMiel]

I hate allaya with naturally black hair. Mine ranges from light brown to dark brown.

 

[Destiny9109]

Dark brown. I'm always putting a jet black or velvet black rinse on it.