35 Ash Brown Hair Looks

The brown base color in this mid-length cut is a fairly neutral shade of brown, but ashy gray babylights help to give it a smokey appearance in both color and texture. If you’ve always wanted to try out a greyish hairstyle, this is one of the most natural-looking ways to pull it off.

Fair-skinned women with cool undertones and blue eyes can look incredibly dramatic in this shade of dark natural ash. Between the azure eyes and dusty pink lips, this hair color is the perfect canvas to enhance a chilly, muted look.

We tend to think of ash brown as needing to be paired with colors that are muted or very cool, but this balayage style is a nice example of how a neutral blonde can balance well against an ash brown base. This style works well because neither of these two colors are too far on the warm-cool spectrum.

From dark ash brown hair color from the roots to cool dirty blonde ends, this color melted hair is smokey ash brown hair color perfection. Give this look a go if you’ve been dying to try ash brown hair but want something more dimensional than a single tone style.

This ash brown bob looks bright thanks to some cool purple undertones. Although this isn’t exactly an everyday color, it’s a versatile shade that fits well with both warm and cool skin tones.

A dusty lavender ombre makes the perfect accent for this medium ash brown hair color, creating a purple-tinged style that will make all of your friends jealous.

Dishwater hair may not sound appealing, but it comes out as this gorgeous medium-brown hair that’s super toned down. We love this look for women with very fair or porcelain complexions, and it works well with both warm and cool undertones.

This color melted style incorporates a slight touch of violet that shines nicely in the light and helps enhance its transition from black-brown roots to medium ashy brown ends.

With some yellowy tones throughout the middle of hair strands and smokey greyish tips, this brown bob presents an impressive range of colors.

So dark it’s almost black, this ash brown hair is exquisitely accented with gray babylights, making for a cool smokey hairstyle that looks great on women with medium-dark complexions.

Layer lighter colors over darker ones if you want your bob haircut to look dimensional and endlessly thick. With light grey highlights dancing over dark ash brown hair color, this cool bob is a moody masterpiece.

This dark ash brown hairstyle almost sparkles thanks to expertly applied highlights in lighter brown and dove gray colors.

Frame your face and make your dark brown hair look brighter without going brassy.

Yet another gorgeous entry from the world of bronde, this particular style does a great job of mixing blonde highlights with a dark brown base.

Try a cool blonde ombre over your natural ash brown base if you’re looking to switch up your hair color without going for a brand new shade from roots to ends.

Still one of the trendiest haircuts around, textured bobs and lobs mix the styling ease of longer looks with the chic precision of a shorter cut. Try a dark ash brown hair color if you’re looking for a color that’s versatile and chic enough to match this cut.

This medium-colored smokey ash brown hair style uses darker roots to help balance out highlights and makes for a great everyday ash brown look.

This bluish-gray smokey ash brown balayage offers a subtle hint of smokey ash color to bring an even bigger cool factor to your ash brown hair.

With ash brown and blonde expertly weaved together, it’s hard to tell where one shade ends and another begins.

Some ash brown styles have a subtle green undertone, but this cool color look makes liberal use of a muddy seaweed shade. Forget pastel aqua and lavender hairstyles, this is what real mermaid hair looks like.

These platinum highlights with rich light brown lowlights are so subtle and give a beautiful natural and effortless look.

Medium ash brown or mushroom brown hair is a new trend that’s taking over! This shade with ashy brown hair tones is a great choice if you like warmer shades.

Whether you choose to go for a subtle or bold look, light blonde highlights will give your ashy brown hair warmth and dimension. The curls also add so much texture and depth to the overall look.

A full on ash brown balayage style with cool shades of blonde highlights. This ashy brown hair base is layered with strong highlights and lowlights creating so much dimension and depth.

This light ashy lob appears almost matt and very cool. It starts with dark roots fading into beautiful ash highlights.

This greyish shade of medium brown hair reminds us of old photographs in sepia tone and will give your hair an antique look that’s not quite as intense as fully grey color.

This look features warm ash highlights and lowlight creating a light grey-brownish tone.

This ash brown balayage ombre color is super chic and will look great on both short and long hair.

Brown color is beautifully blended with cooler tones like purples and greens! These metallic lilac highlights blend perfectly with the silvery ash brown shade.

If you want to spice up your ash brown hair and give it extra edge, all you need to do is turn up the silver levels, going subtle from the roots and gradually getting thicker through the ends.

What a gorgeous dark ash brown hair color base with highlights! We love this wavy lob cut with subtle highlights lending beautifully with the dark brown shade.

If you’d like to get a warmer tone and update your classic brown color,  this warm chocolate ashy brown hue is so flattering and refreshing.

Shades like chestnut and mocha would look great with your skin, in case you have warm undertones. So consider adding warmth to your ash brown with chestnut highlights and lowlights.

This style features a dark ash brown hair color base with warm bronde and cool grey balayage highlights.

Another gorgeous example of dark ash brown hair color with super subtle highlights.