50 Versatile Auburn Hair Color Choices for a New You

There are many gorgeous shades of auburn hair. Well, first off, there are plenty of tones you can play with. Secondly, they are a magic pill for those seeking to change their hair color and spice up their look, but keep things natural. Thirdly, such shades add extra volume, look outstanding and super stylish.

Please enjoy these fifty awesome hair color ideas we love so much!

1. Reddish Brown with Highlights. The color that makes your hair pop. Blonde highlights provide a 3D effect and some hard-to-resist jaw-dropping volume.

2. Red Highlighted with Blonde. This romantic hairstyle really helps the red shade stand out thanks to the highlighted strands. The best part? It’s universal for both warmer and cooler skin tones.

3. Rusty Hair Shade. The best option when you are in doubt. By going for rusty balayage or ombre, you free yourself from choosing between the two colors, allowing these regal shades into your life.

4. Dark Hair with Balayage. Complete your rich dark red hair with orangey highlights for a totally mesmerizing effect. What you’ll get is a visually thicker mane full of luminosity and vibrancy. Layers and waves will shoot the attractiveness straight up.

5. Waves with Blonde Streaks. Laced with copper and blonde hues, this hair color serves as a beautiful backdrop for the high-contrast strips to pop up and usher in more depth and dynamics.

6. Locks with Copper Highlights. Natural tones of red always shine best with warm copper highlights. Go for lighter ends to get a more textured sultry feel.

7. Red-Brown Hair. Play a little with your natural brown shades by highlighting them with bits of red that are just enough to freshen up your look.

8. Red and Cinnamon Shades. Here is a soft take on the red balayage, with just a bit lighter shades inserted into the brown strands to bring out a soft glow from the skin and the hair.

9. Brown-Caramel Hair. One of many ways to dress up your brown hair is with shiny highlighted bits. It’s so soft and natural, no wonder the other name for this hairstyle is “hygge”.

10. Medium Red-Brown Hair. Most natural red shades lean more towards brown. Jazz up your hair with any luminous shade of red such as orange or ginger with a sun-kissed finish.

11. Intense Red Color. Something extra special to make your heart skip a beat! Vivid reds with lowlights are sure to boost your confidence with that seductively dangerous vibe.

12. Red with Lowlights. What a gorgeous hairstyle – you won’t be able to stop checking yourself out in every mirror. Cooler tones of dark auburn, complemented by lighter copper pieces, are simply to die for.

13. Dark’n’Light Wavy Hair. Waves and reddish highlights are a match made in heaven. If your tresses aren’t naturally wavy, curl them up creating beachy waves in your hair. Choose your highlights in a matching hue, preferably one of the warmer shades.

14. Shiny Highlights for Brunettes. This masterful color job spices up the brunette hair with a dab of red and adds some metallic sheen to the front through lavish coppery highlights.

15. Thick Dark Red Hair. The dark auburn has a distinct deep orange-red tinge with a warm undertone. Such highlights lend great vibrance to your hair. Use beachy waves to accentuate your locks and make them even more gorgeous-looking.

16. Red Hair Contouring. Not only does this color scheme create a stunning contrast for the light skin and eyes to show up, but it also slims the face by placing lighter tones along the face.

17. Red Balayage. This classic color combo is neither too dark nor too bright, which makes it feel natural, but it truly shines through perfectly blended lighter pieces that reflect light better.

18. Copper and Strawberry Blonde. While strawberry blonde is a fail-safe color for fair-skinned girls with pinkish undertones, it never hurts to jazz up the look by bringing in a more vibrant red.

19. Copper Balayage. A rich red color with a merlot tint is your ultimate hair goal if you want to gain depth, and a few splashes of copper at the ends will emphasize movement in your locks.

20. Dark Brunette with Highlights. You have probably noticed that the right type of highlights makes one’s hair appear fuller and thicker. The contrast, dimension, and luster introduce a lively kick that makes it look as if you were born with naturally luxurious tresses.

21. Light Golden-Red Layers. Light red hairstyles offer a nice way to ease into reds, and this mix of ginger and golden blonde works fine with the girl’s pale skin and adds dimension to the feathery layers.

22. Money Pieces and Highlights. For a more natural feel, add highlights to your dark brown or ginger hair. If you want more radiance, choose a lighter shade of auburn highlights with money piece hair to balance out the lightness.

23. Red-Brown Face Framing. This jaw-dropping balayage sets the dark hair on fire with only a few flashes of a bright orange-red, which warms up and spotlights the face exquisitely.

24. Medium Hair with Foilayage. This wavy lob is all about dynamics and dimension created with different-sized ginger highlights infused into the medium red-brown base.

25. Copper-Brown Balayage. This slashing piece of balayage enriches the dark brown base with soft and warm red hues all around the perimeter and transforms them into vibrant copper toward the front.

26. Strawberry Blonde Balayage. This light red color scheme doesn’t spark but shimmers, boasting strawberry blonde pieces seamlessly blended into the quiet brown.

27. 3-Color Layered Highlights. The warm blonde highlights on reddish hair are alluring. Spruce up your locks with the warmest shades of blonde. We’re totally in love with the dark roots, V-shaped layers, and the graded intensity of her highlights.

28. Brown-Red and Gold Hair. Here, a deep red color seamlessly melts into glossy golden shades to give the strands better light reflection and accentuate the choppy texture around the ends.

29. Red Highlighted Lob. You don’t have to go out of your way to have a gorgeous look with auburn hair. Adjust the warmer and cooler shades to your liking for a comforting tone of your own!

30. Long Red Highlighted Mane. Who can resist the oomph of deep red hair color, not to mention its comforting warmth? But if you want to elevate the look, insert somewhat lighter shades into the base color and enjoy their volumizing effect.

31. Peach-Toned Bronde Hair. This exceptional balayage happily succeeds in blending fancy orangy hues into a mix of earthy brown and ashy blonde, showing that warm and cool tones can come along really well.

32. Dark Chocolate Red Hair. You don’t have to go for insanely bright color combos to achieve a “wow” effect. Soft chocolate browns and red highlights can easily get you just that!

33. Bright Red Balayaged Bob. If you’re after a fierce multidimensional hairstyle, look no further. Bright reds, shades of copper, and orangey highlights will 100% give you a head-turning effect.

34. Red Contrasting Stripes. Whether you are a natural brunette or redhead, getting such a bold ribbon balayage is worth placing a set of distinct highlights and lowlights into your base color.

35. Low Bun Updo. If you are already a proud wearer of lovely reds, try a messy low bun for this special occasion. Highlighted accents will shine as brightly as your happy smile.

36. Mocha Brown with Highlights. Dark browns and red shades are a match made in heaven. Start your transformation from caramel or copper highlights to spruce up your overall look.

37. Red Face Framing. Although this girl underwent a whole blonde-to-red transformation, ladies with light brown tresses can arrive at the same look with a box of favorite red hair dye and barely-there highlights near the face.

38. Mahogany Hair with Metallic Sheen. Mahogany is a rich and expensive-looking shade, so adding some reflective mahogany tints to your custom blend of red and brown makes perfect sense.

39. Bright Money Pieces. You can get quite different effects by regulating the brightness of your face-framing highlights. Consider this nice example of a bit jazzed-up copper.

40. Medium Light Auburn Waves. This effortless hairstyle brings together brown, copper, and golden tones to create a continuous flow of light and shade that lands dimension and feels totally natural.

41. Chestnut-Red Color Combo. This effortless warm balayage shows that you don’t need to choose between your favorite fall colors since you can nail both deep chestnut brown and light auburn.

42. Rusty-Red Hairstyle. The elegant rusty red with lowlights is an absolute hit amongst non-banal red colors lovers. Definitely a style for a lady with a strong personality!

43. Reddish Brown with Money Pieces. This money-piece hair reaches the heights of brightness around the forehead, and you can’t fail to notice how it immediately draws attention to the girl’s eyes.

44. Dark Cherry Cola Hair. This multi-tone balayage feels extremely deep with a chocolate root smudge and a mix of red and copper throughout the length.

45. Shag with Blonde Highlights. Here is another proof that you are not limited to golden blondes when playing with reds since this copper hue is perfectly adjusted to chime with a cooler light shade.

46. Tangerine Ribbon Highlights. Every hazel-eyed girl should definitely try out this style. Chunky curls are complemented by brighter shades of red that add dimension and extreme volume to your hair.

47. Copper Streaks Around the Face. Here, what starts as a regular brown base turns into a lavish red hairstyle tailored to flatter the girl’s fair complexion with distinct red money pieces.

48. Shoulder-Grazing Brown-Red Hair. When you don’t want to move too far from familiar browns, invite warm shades of auburn and caramel to the party. Mixed with your naturally dark hair, they promise a marvelous result.

49. Red-Brown and Soft Highlights. If you have fears of dark and vivid reds, thinking they can make you look washed out, opt for this medium copper version combined with low-contrast highlights.

50. Red Medium Layers. You don’t need a bright hair dye for your hair to look saturated with reds since this color-on-color hairstyle manages to radiate both golden and mahogany vibes.

If you aren’t fully convinced you need to dye your hair into one of the red shades, we suggest you have another look at these pictures of absolutely stunning styles. Whether it’s caramel highlights, bright yellow ends or gorgeous fiery shades, red hair is impossible to resist. Hopefully, one of the hairdos above has spoken to you, and a glorious makeover is in your foreseeable future!