30 Dark Red Hair Color Ideas

If your ultimate red-haired fantasy is to look sultry, glamorous, and little bit mysterious, it’s time to let a dark red hair color make your dreams come true. While there are tons of gorgeous reds in lighter hues like gingers and strawberry blondes, a deeper red is the perfect way to simultaneously add maturity and edge to your look, and also an excellent way to make sure your hair goes with the rich, luxurious fabrics of fall and winter fashion. While reds are often grouped together in one shade, a whole host of dark reds in warm and cool tones can be selected to match anyone’s complexion or eye color. Ladies who are hesitant about taking the bold step of being an all-over redhead can delight in dark red highlights, but we have a feeling that you’ll soon be headed back to the salon to get more burgundy, auburn, or cherry red in your hair!

For some women with naturally dark hair, blonde highlights might feel too bold, while lighter shades of brunette don’t stand out enough. Striking a perfect balance, these dark red balayage highlights are painted on natural black hair to create a sultry style that provides interest without an overwhelming contrast.

This bold red color is a comic book fan’s dream come true, in a shade that looks like it jumped off the pages of your favorite hero’s latest adventure. This dark orangey red shade goes well with both warm and cool complexions and gets an added dose of interest from a warm copper ombre at the ends.

Add a dose of color to your modern, textured bob with this rich burgundy shade applied using the balayage technique. Highlights are concentrated towards the front of the face, meaning you’ll want to be sure to choose a shade that compliments your complexion. Dark reds with purple undertones like this tend to flatter darker, cool skin, while fairer skinned ladies might choose an auburn shade instead.

This chocolate brown style features subtle red undertones that make it one of the least obvious ways to wear your hair dark red. If you’ve got intense green eyes like Emma Stone, a deep shade like this will make them stand out like crazy, especially against fair skin.

How gorgeous are these burgundy box braids?? While red hair color is known for its unfortunate tendency to quickly fade, installing synthetic hair in a dark red shade means this burgundy color will stick around for as long as your hairstyle does.

This rich, multidimensional fuchsia hair consists of deep reds and purples that come together to create one amazing hair color.

Rihanna has worn her hair in a few different dark red styles, each of them generating huge buzz and launching a thousand trips to the salon. These intense cherry curls are no exception and prove how perfectly a dark red hair color compliments the warmth in both her skin and eyes.

With pinkish undertones, this bob is colored in a darker shade of the trendy rose gold color we’ve been seeing everywhere for the last few years. A muted tone like this is an excellent option for women with very fair skin who are interested in going dark red, but worry a deeper, more intense shade like burgundy or ruby will wash them out.

This intense shade of dark cherry red is especially dramatic when applied in an all-over color style.

This vibrant shade of medium to dark auburn is actually one that some people are lucky enough to be born with. It’s quite a versatile color compared to other dark reds and can be easily worn by most women with warm or neutral skin tones.

Give the ends of your dark brunette hair a tasty update with this cherry-colored ombre. Because the two shades aren’t wildly different, you can be quite bold with the placement of your ombre rather than going for a more natural style.

Notes of intense blue red and warmer orange hues blend together in this dark copper hairstyle that looks like it leaped from pages of a fantasy novel.

If warm shades of red hair are too bright and sunny for you, try this cooler dark red style that’s vibrant and intense, but not so dark that it will wash out anyone with fair skin.

Colored using the less frequently seen reverse ombre style (where a darker rather than lighter color is applied at the ends), black cherry provides an ultra bold contrast against golden blonde hair. This technique is a good option for anyone looking to color their dry or previously lightened ends without causing further damage.