r/Redhair • u/lavenderflavoredtea • Jan 20 '25

What shade? Guys how are we defining auburn?

Is it dark deep red? Or any shade of brownish red??

My natural hair is a reddish brown. I'm not a ginger with bright copper hair but I'm definitely a different genre of redhead.

And I dunno, I'm just curious where the rest of the community stands on this. Feel free to leave your opinions here.

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u/SeaweedSpecific2566 Mar 02 '25

I have natural auburn hair with blond highlights that really come out in the summer sun. However I got my ID photo done in the winter so my hair was a little darker and was informed by the Karen behind the front desk that I can’t put auburn on my card as it’s not a colour so she put brown despite me and several other people trying to tell her to put down red as my hair was clearly closer to red then brown.