“My hair turned purple after dying brown!” How did this even happen? And more importantly, how can you fix it?

If you have work in the morning and your newly purple hair is not something you want your coworkers to see, there are steps you can take to fix your hair. There are also specific reasons why your hair turned purple after dying it brown.

Read our guide below to learn why your hair turned purple and the ways you can fix your hair color back into your preferred shade.

Why Did Your Hair Turn Purple

Hair dyes made of a chocolate brown color tend to have a purple base. Natural or neutral brown hair dyes also have a violet base, which is why your hair may have turned purple. You’ll often find that hair turns purple after trying to dye it brown if you have previously bleached your hair into a blonde color.

Essentially, bleached blonde hair dyed a chocolate or neutral brown color is more likely to turn purple. Bleached blonde or platinum hair may even have a blue base when you dye your hair a brown color with a purple base. This can turn your hair into a violet color or blue-violet color.

Essentially, the permanent brown color dye does not work on blonde hair. The purple base can turn your hair into a violet color.

What to Consider Before Mending Your Purple Hair

If you’re looking to mend your purple hair and change it into an extremely light color, you will need to bleach your hair. However, if you want a dark hair color, you’ll need to first fade the purple. Only after it fades can you add a new hair dye. Chestnut or mahogany brown dye colors should work better to change your purple mistake.

When changing your hair color, you may want to let it first fade and always use the color wheel to figure out which dye to use. You might want to move over to the next shades on the color wheel.