When you hear “red highlights,” you might think of bright fire engine red! But just wait until you see the variations of red highlights below. They can be bold and bright, fiery copper, wine-colored like burgundy, or soft shades of strawberry blonde highlights. Your colorist can place red highlights all through your hair or strategically enhance your haircut and face shape with red balayage, cherry red babylights, or piecey highlights. The red color highlight options are endless!
While some people might prefer a very warm-toned red hair color, others might benefit more from a red with a pink or purple tone. Shades like a red-violet or a red-brown are deeper in tone, making them great options if you want a hint of red in your hair but don’t want to go too crazy!
#1: Edgy Red Highlights on Dark Hair
Opt for a red hair color that’s edgy but cautious. Contradictory, right? The vibrant color gives you a bold and fearless feel, but it’s a little more conservative! Considering the ombre-style highlights don’t go directly to the root, this look is great because it lets you be expressive without going too crazy by going all-over red. One great thing about these highlights in red hair is that they don’t come directly from the root. They are softer, more natural-looking, and easier to maintain.
#2: Romantic Red Highlights
Opt for a romantic red highlighted style. Try a seductive and edgy color choice for long hair. Ask your colorist for dimensional highlights and lowlights of dark brown or black with a bright red. You will do all-over highlighting first and then color melt or gloss a gorgeous vivid red.
#3 Bold Textured Pixie Cut with Fiery Red Highlights
This chic pixie cut features a playful blend of fiery red highlights that beautifully accentuate the textured layers. The model’s hair is fine to medium in density, offering a lovely softness to the overall look. This cut is particularly flattering for round or heart-shaped faces, as it adds height and elongates the neck. While vibrant highlights can be a bold statement, they do require regular upkeep to maintain that fresh color. The unique blend of warm and cool tones in the highlights adds depth and dimension, making this style a fantastic choice for anyone looking to elevate their look.
#4 Chic Long Layered Cut with Bold Red Highlights
This hairstyle features long, layered locks that beautifully frame the face, making it a great choice for oval or heart-shaped faces. The striking red highlights add a fun pop of color, which contrasts nicely with the lighter base shade. This look works well for medium to thick hair density and can enhance natural texture, giving a lively appearance. However, keep in mind that maintaining vivid colors like red can require more frequent touch-ups. If you’re looking for something unique, consider adding subtle waves to elevate the style even further!
#5: Chic Long Layers with Striking Red Highlights
This stunning style features long layers that beautifully frame the face, creating a soft, flattering silhouette. The rich, deep base color is enhanced with vibrant red highlights that add dimension and movement, perfect for those looking to stand out. The model has a medium hair density, which allows for a voluminous look without overwhelming fine features. However, keep in mind that maintaining this color may require regular touch-ups. Overall, if you’re ready for a bold statement, this chic layered cut could be just the inspiration you need!
#6: Dynamic Red Highlighted Lob with Subtle Layers
This stunning lob features a vibrant blend of red highlights against a rich dark base. The subtle layers add movement and texture, making it perfect for medium to thick hair types. If you have a round or oval face, this cut can beautifully frame your features. Just keep in mind that vibrant colors may require more maintenance to prevent fading. This look is perfect for adding dimension, and the highlights catch the light beautifully, creating a striking effect that turns heads.
#7 Edgy Textured Bob with Fiery Red Accents
This edgy bob features a sleek, chin-length cut with a bit of texture, perfect for adding movement and dimension. The fiery red accents beautifully contrast with the deep brown base, making it a striking choice. Ideal for fine to medium hair density, this style can flatter various face shapes, especially oval and heart. While the color can be high-maintenance, the vibrant highlights really pop and can give your look a fresh update, especially if you’re looking to experiment with color in a bold yet stylish way.
#8: Modern Layered Cut with Fiery Red Highlights
This chic layered cut features soft, face-framing layers and vibrant red highlights that add depth to the model’s dark hair. The medium length makes it versatile, perfect for both casual and formal occasions. The slight wave enhances movement, while the red highlights create a striking contrast. Keep in mind, though, that vibrant colors can require more maintenance. This style works beautifully on oval or heart-shaped faces and suits medium-density hair, making it a great option for those looking to make a bold statement without sacrificing manageability.
#9 Radiant Long Waves with Subtle Red Highlights
This stunning long wave hairstyle features a beautiful blend of subtle red highlights that add warmth and dimension to the hair. The model has medium-density hair, perfect for showcasing those luscious waves. This look is ideal for those with oval or heart-shaped faces, as the soft layers frame the face beautifully. One thing to note is that while red highlights can be vibrant and eye-catching, they may require extra maintenance to keep the color fresh. Using color-safe products can help prolong the vibrancy and health of your hair.
#10: Radiant Red-Highlighted Curls with Glossy Finish
This stunning transformation showcases long, wavy hair beautifully enhanced with vibrant red highlights. The model’s thick, slightly wavy hair is layered for movement, while the glossy finish adds a touch of elegance. This style can flatter various face shapes, enhancing your features while providing a youthful appearance. However, keep in mind that maintaining vibrant colors requires regular touch-ups and specific care products to prevent fading. If you’re ready for some boldness, this look can elevate your style!
#11: Stylish Layered Cut with Bold Red Highlights
This fresh layered haircut features striking red highlights that add a vibrant pop to the overall look. The medium length allows for versatility, making it easy to style while maintaining a playful flair. The hair’s density appears medium, providing a nice bounce and volume. The bold color choice is not only eye-catching but also suitable for various skin tones. Just keep in mind that maintaining such vivid colors requires regular touch-ups. This cut is perfect for anyone looking to express their individuality with a stylish edge!
#12 Vibrant Curly Cut with Fiery Red Highlights
This stunning curly cut features lively, fiery red highlights that add a dynamic pop to the natural curls. The medium-length, layered style enhances the texture, making it perfect for those with medium to thick hair density. While the curls beautifully frame the face, the vibrant highlights can require regular maintenance to keep the color fresh. This look complements oval or heart-shaped faces beautifully and is a fantastic option for anyone wanting to embrace their curls while adding a bit of fun and flair.
#13: Gorgeous Red Balayage Highlights
If you want a bright change, this gorgeous red balayage highlights may be the answer for you.
#14: Sleek Straight Dark with Highlights
Red streaks in your hair work great on any hair color, especially a dark one, as it brings your hair to life with its vibrancy.
#15: Long Waves with a Reddish-Copper Money Piece
Long waves with a reddish-copper money piece will make a statement. It’s a hair color and style that will look great for everyone. It would be best to be cautious not to lighten all of the ends of your hair. For example, darker colors on top throughout your ends will make your hair look more natural. This makes for a better grow-out, too. Not to mention, this will add depth and dimension to your hair color.
#16: Stunning Red Highlights on Dark Brown Hair
The bold, striking rich highlights on dark hair make your base stand out without effort and add dimension and movement to your hair, especially with those elegant curls at the ends. This medium-length cut will also be a great transition style if you’re going from long hair to short hair.
#17: Bright Highlights on Short Hair
Have fun under the sun with vibrant highlights on short hair, painted on a layered stacked wavy bob that helps make your colors stand out amazingly! Hair painting will help you bring out your inner fiery side!
#18: Sultry Red and Brown Highlights
Red and brown highlights are for you if you want to stand out and have fun with your hair. The color placement will grow out nicely and easily.
#19: Gorgeous Highlights on Brown Hair
This chocolate cherry look was a color correction. It can be recreated on most red-highlighted hair. The style includes a medium brown color for the shadow root and glazing for the rest, including the highlights, with a red violet. This highlighted effect can be worn spicy or subtle.
#20: Copper Red Highlights on Light Brown Hair
Opt for the chunking method because copper highlights on light brown hair come out best when you have medium golden brown hair as the base. Chunky copper red highlights blend nicely with your natural hair color, yet it creates the perfect pop of color for spring and summer!
#21: Beautiful Red Highlights on Curly Hair
Check out this textured, tapered bob haircut, with lots of dimension from the highlights that complement the versatility of the styling. You will love the texture and movement.
#22: Subtle Highlights on Dirty Blonde Hair
This is a long layered haircut with blonde and red highlights added to create dimension and brightness.
#23: Modern Auburn Highlights
This auburn red hair is simple. The cut is forgiving, can be worn in any style, and is long enough to be pulled back. You will fall in love with the red tones in your highlights and how they come alive with your curls.
#24: Vibrant Short Brown Hair with Red Highlights
This is a red balayage, where some of the foils have been taken up quite close to the roots. It is strong yet softly blended. The foils accentuate the inner part of the haircut to create texture.
#25: Vivid Highlights
Consider a vivid red balayage because of how nicely it grows out with your natural root.
#26: Wearable Bob with Red Highlights
Choose these highlights and cut combo if you want red hair that is fierce and daring but still wearable.
#27: Gorgeous Amber Highlights
You will fall in love with these gorgeous amber tones. The best thing about this look is that there is so much dimension and depth to the strawberry red hair with blonde highlights.
#28: Reflective Highlights in Brown Hair
This hair color features some light reflective highlights on a brown base. It produces a sun-kissed red color highlights through the locks.
#29: Soft Copper-Red Highlights
This look and highlights is warm and inviting, adding a charming twist to the traditional all-over color. The soft balayage copperlights are the best part.
#30: Trendy Mahogany Highlights
This is a great fall hair color, especially if you’re a woman over 40. It has a dark brown base with a blended mahogany red balayage. It combines the desire for warmer fall tones with the popular balayage technique!
#31: Soft Medium Brown Hair
These highlights and hair color were created as a transition out of a summer balayage, featuring multi-tonal red hair color with fall vibes. The color melt technique gives a ton of dimension, blending permanent root color through the mid-shaft with two demi-permanent glosses over the ends.
#32: Amazing Violet and Copper Highlights
Try a red violet and copper balayage with highlights. The hair color shows off the richness of the tones. Balayage like this is great for low-maintenance women and the “every six weeks” girl. Using a shadow root color close to your natural color allows you to wear this color a little longer if you choose.
#33: Intense Violet Red Highlights
This hair color features an intense violet red at the base and a lighter, more intense red to add pops along the part and around the face. The highlights and color have so many dimensions, and, in different lighting, it looks so completely different. Adding some dimension adds movement and shift to your hair, keeping it from looking so flat.
#34: Multi-Dimensional Red Highlights
This is a multi-dimensional red. Different tones of the red hair color highlights compliment the cut to create that perfectly tousled and lived-in look, yet it all still looks fresh and rich with added warmth.
#35: Hottest Highlights in Dark Black Hair
This red balayage with loose waves is the hottest hair trend of today! The lived-in highlights on black hair enable you to have a fashionable hairstyle with low-maintenance upkeep. The shadowed root erases all harsh grow-out lines that you would have with traditional foil highlights.
#36: Cool Red Highlights in Braids
Choose a very bright red line 6.66 and a red intensifier to get a very bright red on the balayage!
#37: Fiery Bright Highlights
This is a mix of balayage and ombre techniques. The color graduation goes from a warm brown to a fiery red.
#38: Golden Light Brown Hair With Strawberry Highlights
This look is vibrant and soft, featuring a high-luster copper base with accents of strawberry and gold. When highlighting red bases, it’s important not to “overlift” your highlights. You want to leave warmth to complement your base color.
#39: Autumn Highlights in Blonde Hair
This is an autumn melt. These highlights are full of dimension. Its many tones give it depth and make it look rich.
#40: Dimensional Red Highlights
This is a dimensional red balayage done with a favorite hair color product among colorists, Olaplex. This dimensional look is vibrant in the sun, but it stays classic and elegant at night. To maintain this look, use Fire Opal Cooper + Ruby Red color wash shampoo Gem Lites for 10 minutes and conditioner every two weeks.
#41: Yummy Dark Chocolate Cherry Melt
Dark chocolate cherry melt gives black hair an incredible shine and a fun pop of color. It’s perfect for darker natural brunettes and can be lower maintenance if the shade resembles your natural base.
#42: Stylish Highlights in Brunette Hair
This is a dimensional balayage that features a blend of red hair highlights and brown color that produces a bright pop.
#43: Dark Plum Highlights
This is a dimensional red hair color. A darker plum red faded into a lighter vibrant red on the ends. This type of red color looks great, mostly with tan skin. Ask your stylist to add copper to the formula if you have more fair skin.
#44: Effortless Red Violet Highlights
The base has a dark red/brown hair color with red violet highlights. The highlights create dimension and show off the texture of the haircut. Red violet hair color is perfect if you have a light to medium skin tone with pink undertones.
#45: Delicious Chocolate Hair with Highlights
This is a red balayage that is very dimensional, and its true colors will appear when your hair is waved.
#46: Sangria Highlights on Black Hair
This is a red sangria balayage! This deep-rooted red is the perfect color for fall. Everyone is jumping on the balayage trend, but adding a red tone is slightly different.
#47: Deep Magenta Highlights
This is a rich red balayage with a dimension in the darker base and brightness pops.
#48: Dimensional Deep Red Hair Balayage
This look is a dimensional red balayage with big, soft curls. These are organically handpainted highlights with a deep red from base to ends. The highlights set the base for the red, allowing it to be brighter in some spots and darker in others to create a dimensional, color-melting, eye-catching color! It adds movement and pop to any color or style!
#49: Autumn Chic
Dark brown hair is a chic way of putting sass into your hairstyle. It has a pop of color but is still super professional and wearable! The dark natural color transitions into red.
#50: Blended Caramel Highlights
This brown color with red and blonde highlights makes a nice blended red caramel balayage. It’s a great way to add something different without fully committing to a new look.
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