Tired of hiding grey hair? Our blonde grey blending guide shows 28 gorgeous ways you can turn those peekaboo silvers into an elegant part of your hair color and style.
From warm golden blonde highlights and icy white money pieces to light brown lowlights and smokey grey balayage blends, let’s explore the color combinations colorists around the world are using for covering greys in blonde and brunette hair.
To achieve this warmer golden-blonde-grey blending color combo, stylist @macibellbeauty used Redken 9G with a 10-volume developer. The 9G creates a rich, golden blonde tone that blends effortlessly with natural grey hair, softening the transition. The 10-volume developer gently lifts and deposits color, giving the hair a smooth, radiant finish. The result is a seamless blend that camouflages the grey, creating a natural, golden, sun-kissed look.
Hues like pearl and beige blonde are perfect for masking and blending grey roots. The soft pearl and beige tones blend seamlessly with natural grey, creating a more natural, undetected transition when hiding the greys.
This is such a gorgeous natural blend of earthy mushroom tones, all-over golden blonde highlights and lowlights to mask any grey. The seamless mix of cool mushroom hues with soft blonde accents creates a rich, multi-dimensional effect, adding depth and brightness without harsh contrasts.
This warm creamy blonde and gray blend is for anyone looking to keep it natural, but still have that perfect balance of brightness and warmth. The soft pops of warmer hues adds even more camouflage to the greys and gives the whole look a multi-dimensional finish.
We love this initial blend of rooted silver and grey with warm, caramel sunset blondes for this client who had harsh grey regrowth. The subtle cooler tones scattered throughout work beautifully to camouflage the grey regrowth. The first step in grey blending can feel intimidating, but trusting the process with your stylist leads to stunning results.
Blonde highlights on platinum hair with grey blending are the perfect way to add dimension and brightness while embracing natural grey growth. The woven highlights create contrast and depth, giving the platinum hair a subtle enough multi-dimensional look while masking and blending in greys. For this look to stay fresh, regular touch-ups are going to be needed every 6-8 weeks. Use a purple shampoo to keep the platinum cool and avoid any yellowing. An at-home color depositing hair mask can work as well.
A perfect mix of sandy blonde, soft grey, and natural lowlights for a balanced, earthy mushroom blonde look. The grey adds cool tones, while the blonde brings warmth, creating a lived-in blend.
Cool Blonde Grey Blending Highlights on Short Hair
This stunning look was crafted by the expert stylist @sianhendyhair using a variety of techniques such as teasy lights, micro slices, and lowlights to blend cool blonde highlights with natural cool grey. They also used Wella Illumina toner to add depth and shine throughout. This brightness can be maintained by using purple shampoo multiple times a week to keep brassiness at bay.
A striking warm grey blend featuring a bold, bright money piece that frames the face, with warmer beige tones blending seamlessly throughout the rest. Purple shampoo at home will keep this blonde looking bright between appointments.
We are obsessed! The stylist shared their formula for this lovely color, using Flash Lift Bonder for lift, 08N neutral beige blonde lowlights for depth, and a gloss of 010VV + 010NA for a perfect, shiny balance of violet and ash tones. The stylist also used a violet-based gloss that will help neutralize any brassiness in blonde AND grey hair.
This silver grey blonde blending is the perfect combo of cool platinum and soft grey tones. The sleek silver shine meets warm blonde highlights for a brightened all over look.
This stone blonde with smokey grey undertones at the roots and mids is softened with a highlighting technique that lightens the ends into warm, honeyed golden streaks, creating a seamless, natural blend. Adding a brightened money piece brings contrast and lightens the facial features.
We love this stunning transformation that blends icy platinum highlights with soft pearl grey tones. The stylist carefully blended the natural grey, weaving in platinum highlights and pearl grey shades for a seamless transition that enhances the silver strands, not covering them.
A stunning blend of dark charcoal grey underneath with a sleek silver grey top layer for a modern, multi-tonal vibe. The charcoal base adds depth, while the lighter silver grey on top creates a striking contrast and a soft, shimmering finish.
We love this integration of lighter creamy blonde highlights with subtle warmer tones like buttery gold or soft copper and enhance the current grey growth. In this blend, larger highlighted lighter blonde strands are seamlessly into the grey tones, creating a look that feels effortlessly natural and beautifully balanced.
We love the dreamy gradient from darker blonde tones at the root, to warmer vanilla buttery tones. The money piece completes the look and brings the eyes to the facial features as it frames the face.
Platinum Blonde & Grey Blend Balayage with Root Shadow
This low maintenance color technique is all about achieving a soft, seamless blend of platinum blonde and gray, enhanced with balayage highlights and a root shadow to add overall depth. It’s perfect for those looking for a natural, lived-in look that transitions effortlessly as your hair grows.
Golden blonde highlights soften the contrast between grey and natural blonde hair, creating a seamless, sun-kissed glow. If you have paler skin, the warm blonde tones add warmth and brighten your complexion. Your stylist will weave warm blonde highlights throughout your grey hues for a natural finish. These highlights are perfect for an easy grey transition, evolving with your hair over time.
This smoky dark blonde-grey blend is everything! It mixes natural greys with rich blonde tones for a seamless, dimensional look that’s low-maintenance but totally next level. If you’ve still got old permanent color hanging around, this is the perfect way to extract it and blend in those beautiful greys. After just two sessions, this client’s hair is perfectly blended.
These cool-toned grey blending highlights create a sleek, icy look with a mix of soft silvers and smoky greys. The colors add depth and dimension, giving grey hair a fuller, more textured appearance
Golden Beige Blonde-Grey Blending with Honey Highlights
We love this mix of brightened golden beige tones blended with honey highlights on this short bob. The strategic placement ensures a low-maintenance look as greys grow back. To get the look, your stylist will blend golden beige and honey highlights throughout, carefully placing them to soften regrowth and create a seamless transition. And finish with a fresh haircut.
This low-maintenance blend of icy platinum highlights and lowlights camouflages grey growth, allowing natural greys to blend in without harsh lines. The ice-blonde gradient transitions from ashy roots to platinum tips, while lowlights break up the brightness for a polished, seamless look that requires minimal touch-ups. But may require extra at home care with purple shampoo and color depositing conditioners.
For naturally darker blonde roots with greys that need blending, a mix of cool and warm tones helps create a seamless transition. The cool tones, like ashy blondes and soft greys, blend the grey hair into the darker roots, while warm highlights in golden or honey blondes bring light and dimension to the ends.
We love how the gray is beautifully softened and blended with platinum blonde highlights. The stylist used techniques like balayage and foiling to carefully position the highlights throughout the hair. It’s important to consider the amount of gray and white hair you have and distribute the highlights and lowlights evenly for a balanced, natural-looking result that work with regrowth, not against.
This look blends ash & beige blonde with cool grey highlights for that soft, lived-in vibe. Half head foils, a root smudge, and a chunky face frame bring dimension. The final look is a full of life and an effortlessly cool ash blonde with a touch of grey.
This soft, warm blonde creates a sun-kissed glow with a rich, golden blended shine, while the ashy beige tones add a neutral balance to tone down any brassiness. To achieve this look, your stylist will use balayage or foils to blend the golden blonde and ashy beige with your natural subtle grey tones for a natural, seamless finish.
How gorgeous is this grey root blend that seamlessly transitions from root to mid-lengths, then fades into a dreamy platinum blonde at the tips? The grey grow out is going to be flawless, thanks to the stylist’s perfect placement of highlights that create the ultimate lived-in look.
This silver blonde highlights look combines metallic silver strands that melt effortlessly into natural greys, with subtle warmer blonde tones to add depth. This low maintenance style celebrates greys while bringing out the mix of cool and warm highlights.
