25 Stylish New Summer Hair Colors You Have to Try This Season

While most highlights you see are blonde and caramel, those aren't your only options. In fact, some cool-toned, chocolate brown lights on dark brown or black hair add dimension to your hair without looking unnatural. Take Andra Day's multi-tonal tresses as a shining example.

Margot Robbie's hair is romantic and undone while still looking fresh. For color like this, keep your roots natural and begin a gradual fade in color to sun-kissed blonde. Eye-sweeping bangs make this color even dreamier.

For natural, subtle highlights like these, ask your colorist for "babylights." Take inspiration from Ariana DeBose by weaving in thin strands of cool-toned highlights.

To keep natural color from falling flat, try a gloss on top to liven up your hair. Han Ye-Ri's hair gleams almost-red in the light, making it more dimensional.

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Reese Witherspoon has been one of Hollywood's most recognizable blondes for decades, but her most recent highlights weave in some reddish streaks. Most accessible on the orange spectrum is strawberry blonde, a forever summer favorite. If you're a blonde like Witherspoon, a round of red hand-painted highlights add warmth to your face.

Red hair will reign this summer. Take a page out of SZA's book and go for an all-over cinnamon shade. These warm tones are perfect to match the climbing temperature.

From vibrant, daring face-framing pieces like FKA Twigs to more subtle blonde shades, money piece highlights are all the rage. This hair color trend is when two face-framing pieces on either side are highlighted to accentuate your features.

This summer, chunkier highlights that blend seamlessly into the rest of your hair (like Beyoncé's) are a great way to lighten up your style. Keep your roots dark to make this look ultra low-maintenance.

Taylor Swift recently ditched her iconic lightened locks for a more earthy brunette tone. Hazelnut hair, or brunette hair that veers blonde, will be everywhere this summer since the color is so versatile.

Inky black hair takes on new life this season with tons of dimension and gloss. It's harder than it looks to keep black hair color from falling flat, and this look does the exact opposite — H.E.R.'s long, midnight locks are the star of the show.

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This summer, it's all about soft styles that accentuate your natural features. A shiny, buttercream blonde like Anya Taylor-Joy looks sweet and feminine but maintains sophistication — just make sure to invest in a good purple shampoo.

Keep your brunette hair color cool-toned like Rosie Perez. This color looks natural, but lighter brunette tones add tons of dimension to create contrast.

For a long time, the only way to recreate Nicole Richie's striking violet hair is by first bleaching away your natural color. But now color depositing conditioner like Overtone can give you bright color on dark natural hair — if only for a few washes.

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Light for the summer? Not always — a shiny, almost-black color like Mila Kunis' looks healthy and natural in the summer. If you're dyeing your hair at home, stay within the two shades rule — for a natural look, don't go more than two shades darker or lighter than your natural color.

You don't have to be born with red hair to rock a fiery crimson shade. Zendaya's dark burgundy is the perfect way for those with deeper skin tones to try out red hair.

Jessica Alba's subtle, caramel highlights are a great way to light up your hair, without straying too far from your natural color. Ask for subtle ribbons of color throughout your strands for summery, sun-kissed color.

Bleach blonde at the top, dark brown at the bottom — Dua Lipa is serving major hair inspiration. Given the bleaching aspect of this trendy look, we'd save this one for the professionals. As after any hair bleaching, be sure to deep condition and apply hair masks afterwards to keep your hair from drying out.

The Crown's Olivia Colman gives us a crash course on how to lighten up gracefully. Subtle brown lowlights give Olivia's platinum pixie some natural dimension.

This celeb-beloved style adds warm, golden highlights to the ends of naturally brown hair. Hair stylist Karissa Schaudt calls it "twilighting," and Jennifer Garner pulls off the look seamlessly.

Blondes tend to go blonder in the summer — but hang on before you grab the bleach. A rich, honey shade like this one can add warmth to your complexion, like this style Toni Collette has. For this look, ask your colorist for "honeyed highlights."