We’ll see. Maybe when my hair is completely white I’ll go for a soft periwinkle or something. Probably not.

And thanks for sharing Tricia. I do think that alot of people wear the intense colors simply because they love color. Worn in combination with other colors, like you do, I consider it playful, not rebellious.

i’ve had many unnatural hair colors, from hot pink, to red-orange, to purple, even in my late 20s. yes, i’m sure a lot of folks wear black with bright colored hair, but i never did. i wore whatever colors pleased me, with little regard to what was “clashing”, except for that i wanted to clash/compliment, and still do (from a color theory perspective).

for the past couple of years i’ve been going back and forth between light ash blonde (platinum really) and a very very intense red, and my favored wardrobe colors have changed little: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pintuck/sets/1222458/ however, i do tend to wear a LOT of warm colors, like reds, oranges, yellows, and warm greens, which i think compliment the red hair especially.

Here is an illustration of your point (I think); http://www.empirestudent.com/Rees/website_files/image033.jpg