27 Stunning Hair Highlights to Complement Every Base Hair Color

Avery Hunt
Avery Hunt Hair Colorist

Adding highlights to your hair is one of the easiest ways to transform your appearance. Whether your base color is brown, red, black, or blonde, you’ll discover a stunning look using various highlighting techniques like foil and both partial and full highlights!

Before your upcoming hair coloring appointment, take a look at our inspiring photos of this year’s trendiest highlight hair color ideas for your hair.

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A Dark to Ash Grey Ombre

#1 Sleek Dark to Ash Grey Ombre with Subtle Highlights

This silver/grey balayage ombré seamlessly transitions from a deep root to a soft silvery grey. You may need multiple sessions to achieve the ideal black hair with highlights. Be patient and understand that highlighting your hair might lift differently than expected. Your hair needs to lighten to a pale yellow (similar to the interior of a banana) to reach this shade.

A Dip dye highlights

#2 Vibrant Yellow Dip Dye Highlights

One of the most exciting trends of this decade is the dip dye highlights, which wonderfully add fun and flair to women who embrace it! Unleash your playful side with a subtle yellow dye while maintaining a modern look with grey hair.

A Turquoise Green Highlights

#3 Teal Green Partial Highlights

Aqua highlights peek through the black curtain hair. Partial highlights provide a wonderful enhancement to your daily style.

A Beautifully Blended Honey Blonde Highlights

#4 Radiantly Mixed Honey Blonde

A honey blonde and chocolate blend works best on ladies with warm complexions. The added waves boost the color’s dimension while giving the hair depth and volume. Ask your stylist to add blonde highlights with a balayage. Balayage highlights give off the dimension of light against dark. It’s also a fantastic option if you want something lower maintenance, as it allows for a softer grow-out.

A Silver highlights

#5 Stylish Silver Highlights

Silver highlights undeniably deliver the fresh blonde shade that many desire. Feel free to mix it with your natural brown roots by incorporating some highlights for a seamless transition. Light brown hair with these highlights can be achieved by women of all ages. The silver hue demands patience and possibly multiple trips to the salon. The darker your hair, the longer it will take to reach the desired shade. Additionally, it requires upkeep. If you can’t maintain your hair every 6-8 weeks but wish to preserve the silver tone, this may not be the style for you.

A Cherry red highlights

#6 Sleek Cherry Red on Deep Brown Hair

This vibrant rose red and dark brown fusion is perfect for any cut or style – wavy or straight, long or short. If you have a medium cool skin undertone, this will surely complement you beautifully! This look can permit up to 4 to 6 months of grow-out time, and you’ll never notice the line of demarcation (where your roots grow in) as you would with traditional highlights. If you prefer having your roots done, you can keep up with root touch-ups while your balayage grows!

A Blonde highlights in red hair for women over 50

#7 Golden Blonde Highlights in Red Hair for Women Aged 50 and Above

If you’re a woman aged 50 and above, golden blonde highlights added to your red hair are perfect for enhancing the dimension of your warm-toned locks. To achieve these highlights in hair, ask the colorist for a deep red with soft golden babylights.

#8: Shimmering Bronze Copper Accents

Discussing this season’s highlighted hairstyles, here’s a stunning blend of bronze and copper shades trending right now! Fortunately, sporting this glossy ginger hair is a true trendsetter.

An Ash Brown Highlights

#9 Delicate Ash Brown Hair Highlights

Are you noticing silver? Spotting black? Well, this ash brown hue with highlights offers both! A versatile shade if you want to explore something fresh while remaining in your comfort zone.

A Dark Royal Blue Highlights

#10 Dark Royal Blue Highlights on Black Hair

Incorporating shades of dark blue into your black hair creates a striking effect. These vivid highlights certainly capture attention. The added curls complete the overall appearance beautifully. What’s even more appealing is that women of all ages can take advantage of these curly highlights.

A Strawberry blonde highlights

#11 Delicious Strawberry Blonde Highlights

Try these fabulous beach waves with a blunt end cut, styled with highlights of this delightful shade of strawberry blonde. Full-head hair highlights for women with such a stylish hue work best if you have a tan skin tone.

A Bold and Vibrant Purple Highlights

#12 Striking and Lively Purple Highlights

To achieve these stunning purple teasy lights, your hair should already be in a relatively healthy condition. I suggest using a color shampoo at home, like Celeb Luxury’s Viral, to maintain your purple highlights vibrant. It’s advisable to apply a heat protectant while styling and to schedule a strengthening/moisture treatment once every month or two.

A Peek-a-Boo Highlights

#13 Innovative Peek-a-Boo Highlights

If you’re a bold woman looking to enhance your style, consider blonde hair with vibrant peek-a-boo highlights! This blend pairs beautifully with a chic long-length haircut.

A Blonde Hair with Orange Highlights

#14 Golden Tresses Featuring Orange Strands

Revamp your golden locks by incorporating orange strands. This vibrant combination is perfect for those with a daring personality. To enhance the brightness of the orange, consult your stylist about using chunkier sections rather than blended ones. Style your hair with generous texture to highlight this unconventional color and achieve a laid-back, edgy appearance.

a dimensional ash brown highlights

#15 Dimensional Ash Brown Highlights

Choose a highlighted lob with multiple dimensions. Retain your natural hair hue while introducing depth to your straight locks using a chic ash-brown highlighting method.

A Trendsetting Ash Blonde Highlights

#16 Fashion-Forward Ash Blonde Highlights

Experience a stylish makeover with these fashion-forward ash-blonde highlights that blend seamlessly into a striking gray ombre. Perfect for medium-length hair, the color transition from dark to light not only flatters an oval face but enhances the fullness of thick locks. Choose a sleek straight style or boost with waves for added volume. While mesmerizing, keep in mind that gray hues require diligent care, so equip yourself with purple shampoo and schedule regular salon visits.

A Pretty rose gold highlights

#17 Layered Hair with Balayage and Ombre

Layered hair with balayage and ombre provides a vibrant shade without the extensive maintenance. Such hair color options will appeal to many women, but prioritizing your home care is essential. Take care of your hair’s condition and ensure your blonde appears at its finest. I recommend regular trims to keep your hair in top shape.

A Pretty rose gold highlights
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#18: Dusty Rose-Gold Highlighted Tresses

One of the most desired looks this season is this hair idea featuring dusty rose-colored highlights. This highlighted style works beautifully on fair tones and light brown eye color. Wear your brown hair color with jaw-length beach waves and embrace a light, flirty vibe, ready to captivate attention wherever you go!

A Perfect Auburn Red Highlights

#19 Stunning Auburn Red Highlights

Add depth to your deep red hair by incorporating highlights and waves for a fuller look. This shade of auburn suits those with a medium-warm skin tone perfectly. It’s a lively, multi-dimensional red with subtle violet undertones. I enjoy having various colors in a style. It enhances the thickness of your hair and captures more light. These red highlights align with the trend of bright hair colors while remaining within the realm of natural reds. Just elevated a notch.

A Caramel highlights on dark hair

#20 Caramel Highlights on Dark Chestnut Roots

Spice up your long wavy layers with some luscious honey and caramel highlights, so you can look fabulous and playful by just simply letting your gorgeous hair flow! Balayage is really for the girl who seeks something beyond maintaining traditional highlights. It’s perfect for brunettes wanting to explore the stunning realm of blonde while still embracing their brunette roots. Understand that every shade of brown and skin tone is unique. Bring some images of styles that inspire you to your color appointment, but trust your colorist’s expertise and be open to new ideas.

A Graduated Bob with Caramel Blonde Highlights

#21 Graduated Bob Featuring Caramel Blonde Highlights

Caramel blonde highlights can soften a graduated bob while also providing a rich contrast. To prevent overly blonde hair, consider incorporating deep lowlights in addition to the highlights.

A Honey Blonde Accents on Chocolate Brown Hair

#22 Honey Blonde Highlights on Rich Chocolate Brown Hair

A delightful combination of honey and chocolate tones on any hair type and length is ideal for warm skin tones. Position your soft honey highlights from mid-length to the ends of your hair and incorporate some lovely large waves to enhance the depth and volume of your chocolate locks.

Related: Gorgeous brown hair with highlight inspiration.

A Sun kissed highlights

#23 Chic Sunlit Blonde Ombre

These fashionable and chic highlights can do wonders for your hair. When executed in a soft warm blonde ombre, they can enhance the dimension and texture you desire.

Textured highlights for mature women
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#24: Textured Highlights for Mature Women

Textured highlights for mature women are an ideal hair color service to blend out your grays, especially around your face. While regular hair color highlights are also a great option to blend, incorporating more chunkiness around the face helps even out the area while keeping a fresh highlight appearance. Additionally, textured highlights are a fantastic way to showcase two specific hair shades.

Delicate Ashy Blonde Tones for Deep Brown Hair
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#25: Delicate Ashy Blonde Tones for Deep Brown Hair

This high-maintenance ultra-cool girl looks achievable by opting for dark brown hair with highlights. Choose the delicate ashy blonde accents if you want to be edgy and sophisticated at the same time.

See more: Brown hair with blonde highlighted hair.

A Platinum highlights

#26 Elegant Platinum Highlights

Try full-head platinum highlights on a textured pixie with a longer side bang! It’s simple to style using a texture paste, spray wax, or whatever you have. Ask your stylist to smudge your root and incorporate matching baby lowlights into your eye-catching summer bleach-blonde hair. If you’re a very active woman and need easy-to-style hair that could transition from day to night in just a few minutes, here’s a fantastic option!

Related: Discover more pixie cuts with highlights.

A Platinum Blonde

#27 Soft Platinum Blonde Highlights for Women

Opt for a hair color that features a platinum blonde tone, as it’s not overly white and provides a hint of beige. The upkeep is around 8 weeks, alternating between partial and full. Recommended products for hair color with highlights are Redken bonder protein mask for a minimum of 4 weeks, then switch to a hydrating shampoo and mask. I suggest using a hydrating leave-in with thermal protection and SPF like Redken One United 25 benefits.

Related: Top hairstyles featuring platinum blonde highlights.