How to properly name orange hair color?

[Nezhul]

I know it's generally would be either red hair or copper blond, right? But on some charts it's plainly called "orange" while on other's it's all just "red". I never saw orange hair in literature though.
Should I call it "Orange"? Or maybe go for more elaborate description like "She was red-haired. The color was rare, almost orange, like that of a fox."
Or something?

The color I'm looking to name is this:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f3/5c/b2/f35cb24668cb6d13129072f7efbb79b2.jpg


And just in case someone has a good hair colors reference, I'd be thankful.

 

[NicoleZ]

Why not try the more poetic "golden orange" or "golden with reddish cast to it" rather than the prosaic and mundane "copper"?

 

[Weird Harold]

Should I call it "Orange"? Or maybe go for more elaborate description like "She was red-haired. The color was rare, almost orange, like that of a fox."
Or something?

Is your POV character male or female? To a Male, that is one of sixteen colors -- i.e. "Orange." To a Female that is one of sixteen-million colors -- i.e. "tangerine," "Fox-red," or something my poor male mind simply cannot distinguish.

 

[Lori_the_Hoosier]

My step-daughter has hair a brighter and more intense copper-red than your example; she refers to it as 'Strawberry Titian', because it's a brighter red than the dark coppery red that is true Titian, and sun-lightens to a sort of intermediate red-gold as the Summer progresses.

 

[Nezhul]

this is complicated.
My character is female BTW. So it's one of 10 million colors.

looks like it's called "Creamsicle orange hair"

 

[holliday1960]

this is complicated.
My character is female BTW. So it's one of 10 million colors.

looks like it's called "Creamsicle orange hair"

It's darker than creamsicle. Maybe deep apricot?

 

[Handley_Page]

I know it's generally would be either red hair or copper blond, right? But on some charts it's plainly called "orange" while on other's it's all just "red". I never saw orange hair in literature though.
Should I call it "Orange"? Or maybe go for more elaborate description like "She was red-haired. The color was rare, almost orange, like that of a fox."
Or something?

The color I'm looking to name is this:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f3/5c/b2/f35cb24668cb6d13129072f7efbb79b2.jpg


And just in case someone has a good hair colors reference, I'd be thankful.

I think it depends upon who's doing the description and the listener.
One woman to another might make reference to Titian, although that colour is darker than the illustration.
A man to a man would be a lot straighter: It's Orange or even Carrot - coloured.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Strawberry-blond. She was a petite strawberry-blond with blue eyes.

 

[Handley_Page]

Strawberry-blond. She was a petite strawberry-blond with green eyes.

Nah; that's nearly white.
Ain't it ?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Nah; that's nearly white.
Ain't it ?

Not on my screen. It's more red than blond, so, strawberry blond.

Google strawberry blond.

 

[ElectricBlue]

In Australia - ranga

 

[Handley_Page]

Not on my screen. It's more red than blond, so, strawberry blond.

Google strawberry blond.

See what I mean?. Blokes just don't have the words!

Try Here / http://youqueen.com/beauty/hair/strawberry-blonde-hair/

 

[Zeb_Carter]

See what I mean?. Blokes just don't have the words!

Try Here / http://youqueen.com/beauty/hair/strawberry-blonde-hair/

Those are the same pictures that showed up in the google search.

 

[J_R_Ashunwhy]

Seeming how your picture is of a brunette who has bleached, and then died her hair, you could name the dye whatever shade of orange you wanted. Or, you could make it more interesting by saying that she meant to dye her hair a specific color, but thanks to the sun lightening the color, or a chemical reaction from a pool, etc. that the color faded or morphed into a type of orange hue.

 

[HandsInTheDark]

Strawberry-blond. She was a petite strawberry-blond with blue eyes.

Strawberry blonde is a pretty blonde with hints of red. The girl in the OP's picture is not blonde.

I assume that's a dye job. I think that girl manages to pull it off, but solely because of her eyes.

Having never seen that color hair before, I think I'd probably give it a paragraph in a story - but understand that you'll never convey that exact effect in text.

She had glorious hair - lush, vivid, brilliant, nearly the color of ripe carrots, with darker overtones. You could look at it flowing and shining endlessly - until you saw her eyes. Blue, wide, almost crystal bright. The contrast with her hair made them entrancing. She'd innocently hold your gaze for seconds at a time. You'd lose words.

And that was how she got away with it, time after time, man after man. She left strings of emptied wallets, broken hearts, broken marriages. And still her eyes shone, whispering to each male "I know so little; will you love me anyway?"

 

[SimonDoom]

I think it depends on the effect you want to achieve with the reader. Orange is a somewhat odd color on a person; if you describe a person's hair as orange it's likely to create a jarring or maybe comic impression, but not necessarily an erotic one. At least, I think that would be true for a lot of people. But if you really want to describe it as orange you could refer to it by things that are orangey-red: autumn leaves, carrots, pumpkins, foxes, salmon, etc. The choice of particular word will determine the sort of impression you make on the reader.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Strawberry blonde is a pretty blonde with hints of red. The girl in the OP's picture is not blonde.

I assume that's a dye job. I think that girl manages to pull it off, but solely because of her eyes.

Having never seen that color hair before, I think I'd probably give it a paragraph in a story - but understand that you'll never convey that exact effect in text.

Actually, strawberry blonde has more red than blonde. At least the ones I have known...like my wife...have. But her hair has been many different colors.

Take a look at the 20 shades of Strawberry blonde hair.

 

[DreamCloud]

Blonde warring with a tender red, forever destined to conflict and excite.

 

[CoffeeWithMonkeys]

There's a lot of charts at pinterest. I found this one specific for reds.
Ummm how do I post a picture here, LOL!!!
Well here's the link to pinterest, if you can see it.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/537828380472647017/

Wait did my picture post? Sorry I have gotten so used to easily posting stuff at Facebook and pinterest! I don't remember how to do it on message boards.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Carrot I don't think many would call complimentary. Red-gold is nice.

For the pic whatever the dye bottle said.

 

[NicoleZ]

Nezhul, just a friendly words of advice - do forget the "proper", technical terms taken off a hair stylists chart because just like everyone else here, your readers will not know what you're speaking of unless they too dash off for a chart which you certainly don't want them to do in the middle of a story because they won't probably come back! Use your own words, poetic ones, to describe the colour as if you were a lover, praising and lauding the incomparable red of burnished gold hair of your loved one and not a hair technician saying it's "Schwartzkopf's #35 Real Red"!

 

[ElectricBlue]

My step-daughter has hair a brighter and more intense copper-red than your example; she refers to it as 'Strawberry Titian', because it's a brighter red than the dark coppery red that is true Titian, and sun-lightens to a sort of intermediate red-gold as the Summer progresses.

I'm in love already! Summer girls with their hair going lighter in the sun, skin golden brown...

 

[SimonDoom]

Nezhul, just a friendly words of advice - do forget the "proper", technical terms taken off a hair stylists chart because just like everyone else here, your readers will not know what you're speaking of unless they too dash off for a chart which you certainly don't want them to do in the middle of a story because they won't probably come back! Use your own words, poetic ones, to describe the colour as if you were a lover, praising and lauding the incomparable red of burnished gold hair of your loved one and not a hair technician saying it's "Schwartzkopf's #35 Real Red"!

Nicely put.

 

[Handley_Page]

Nezhul, just a friendly words of advice - do forget the "proper", technical terms taken off a hair stylists chart because just like everyone else here, your readers will not know what you're speaking of unless they too dash off for a chart which you certainly don't want them to do in the middle of a story because they won't probably come back! Use your own words, poetic ones, to describe the colour as if you were a lover, praising and lauding the incomparable red of burnished gold hair of your loved one and not a hair technician saying it's "Schwartzkopf's #35 Real Red"!

Better than "Pantone 705U", perhaps

 

[Nezhul]

Nezhul, just a friendly words of advice - do forget the "proper", technical terms taken off a hair stylists chart because just like everyone else here, your readers will not know what you're speaking of unless they too dash off for a chart which you certainly don't want them to do in the middle of a story because they won't probably come back! Use your own words, poetic ones, to describe the colour as if you were a lover, praising and lauding the incomparable red of burnished gold hair of your loved one and not a hair technician saying it's "Schwartzkopf's #35 Real Red"!

yea well that's exactly why I was asking for a more literate term.

I guess in the end I'm going with strawberry Blond and elaborating that it was very orange in hue.