History Main / MyHairCameOutGreen

* In ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' Anne often mentions how much she dislikes having red hair, and this culminates in an attempt to dye her hair "a beautiful raven-black". Unfortunately, [[JustifiedTrope she buys the dye from a dubious source, the local soil contains so much iron oxide (aka rust) that the roads are red so who knows what's in the well water, and red hair is known to do strange things with dye to boot]]. Her hair turns a hideous bronze-green, and Marilla is forced to cut it ''very'' short. [[EnforcedTrope Due to morals at the time]], there was definitely AnAesop against vanity in this chapter (the chapter is literally called "Vanity And Vexation Of The Spirit"), and Anne learns to accept the fact that she has red hair. However, as a PetTheDog, her hair grows back in as a richer auburn color that she finds much prettier.

* In ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' Anne often mentions how much she dislikes having red hair, and this culminates in an attempt to dye her hair "a beautiful raven-black". Unfortunately, [[JustifiedTrope she buys the dye from a dubious source, the local soil contains so much iron oxide (aka rust) that the roads are red so who knows what's in the well water, and red hair is known to do strange things with dye to boot]]. Her hair turns a hideous bronze-green, and Marilla is forced to cut it ''very'' short. [[EnforcedTrope Due to morals at the time]], there was definitely AnAesop against vanity in this chapter (the chapter is literally called "Vanity And Vexation Of The Spirit"), and Anne learns to accept the fact that she has red hair.

* In ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' Anne often mentions how much she dislikes having red hair, and this culminates in an attempt to dye her hair "a beautiful raven-black". Unfortunately, [[JustifiedTrope she buys the dye from a dubious source, the local soil contains so much iron oxide (aka rust) that the roads are red so who knows what's in the well water, and red hair is known to do strange things with dye to boot]]. Her hair turns a hideous bronze-green, and Marilla is forced to cut it ''very'' short. [[EnforcedTrope Due to morals at the time]], there was definitely AnAesop against vanity in this chapter (the chapter is literally called "Vanity And Vexation Of The Spirit), and Anne learns to accept the fact that she has red hair.

* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' provides the page quote. Anne often mentions how much she dislikes having red hair, and this culminates in an attempt to dye her hair "a beautiful raven-black". Unfortunately, [[JustifiedTrope she buys the dye from a dubious source, the local soil contains so much iron oxide (aka rust) that the roads are red so who knows what's in the well water, and red hair is known to do strange things with dye to boot]]. Her hair turns a hideous bronze-green, and Marilla is forced to cut it ''very'' short. [[EnforcedTrope Due to morals at the time]], there was definitely AnAesop against vanity in this chapter (the chapter is literally called "Vanity And Vexation Of The Spirit), and Anne learns to accept the fact that she has red hair.

Not to be confused with YouGottaHaveBlueHair, where the hair's ''normal'' color is something unnatural.

->''"Anne Shirley, what have you done to your hair? Why, it's '''GREEN!'''"''
-->-- '''Marilla Cuthbert''', ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables''

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'', Jane wants to dye her black hair with orange tiger stripes and essentially forces Daria into helping. It comes out looking terrible, and Jane blames Daria, only to later realize that this wasn't really fair and she was sublimating her anger about [[LoveTriangle something else]].

* In a show of TruthInTelevision, this also happened to actress Creator/EmmaRoberts when her hair was dyed blonde for her role in ''Literature/ItsKindOfAFunnyStory''.

* This is the origin of the ElderlyBlueHairedLady. You see, some people's hair turns an ugly yellow color instead of white or gray when they age. In the 70s, salons would typically treat this with a little bit of blue dye to counteract the yellow, but since different people's hair absorbs pigment at different rates, some people wind up with bright blue hair.
* In general, if people try to dye their hair so they just get a ''tint'' of color, rather than actually changing the color of your hair, be careful or, well, read the trope name.
* A common trouble when using all-natural hair dye (the only dye available until the 19th century, and the best until fairly recently). Henna gives red color, henna with indigofera leaves gives golden brown to black. Put too little henna in the mix, and your hair may become green.

* In a show of Truth in Television, this also happened to actress Emma Roberts when her hair was supposed to be dyed blonde for her role in ''It's Kind of a Funny Story''.

* Chilean writer Creator/IsabelAllende told in one of her memoirs that when she was young she tried to bleach her hair blonde, but for some reason, she ended with green hair. Rosa, one of the characters in ''Literature/TheHouseOfTheSpirits'', was inspired by that experience.

* A common trouble when using all-natural hair dye (which was the only dye available until the 19th century, and the best until fairly recently). Henna gives red color, henna with indigofera leaves gives golden brown to black. Put too little henna in the mix, and your hair may become green.

* This is why salons will bleach your hair before they dye it. This trope usually occurs because of an interaction between the hair's natural pigment and the dye. Bleaching strips the natural pigment. However, they can't bleach too close to your scalp (or else they'll take your skin off, yuck) so they usually have to use a different dye formula for your roots. Home hair dyes get around this typically by having different formulas intended for different natural colors. However, some people can easily mistake what their natural color actually is. Though we tend to think of blonde-brunette as a continuum, true brunette hair actually contains a different pigment than blonde hair. Similarly, a person who thinks they have black hair might actually just be really dark brown. One way to tell if this is the case for you is if your hair "bleaches" with sun exposure. In addition, some people can have multiple colors of hair mixed together. If your body hair or beard hair is a different color than your head hair, this is likely the case for you. In that case, it's best to get dye jobs done at a salon.
* Why some degree of yellow cannot be avoided when bleaching hair, washing the chemicals out too early, using the wrong strength, or simply not bleaching it often enough will end one up with yellow hair that cannot be saved by purple shampoo.

This is a SubTrope of CosmeticCatastrophe specific to hair coloring. Also compare NeverTrustAHairTonic. KaleidoscopeHair can occur if Alice keeps re-dyeing her hair. ElderlyBlueHairedLady is a specific trope for elderly ladies whose attempt to turn ugly yellow hair a graceful grey via blue dye results in blue hair instead.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' expansion novel ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'', character Corran Horn accidentally dyed his hair green in an attempt to disguise himself as Kieran Halcyon because the colour you got was dependant on how long you left it on his head, facial, and body hair were different shades of green no less.

** In "Too Much Monkey Business," Wendy's pet monkey sneaks into DJ's room and messes with the dish of hair dye that DJ is about to use on Kimmy. As a result, DJ dyes Kimmy's hair a shockingly bright shade of orange instead of the subtle color she intended. Unlike typical examples of this trope, though, Kimmy ends up really liking the color.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "[[Recap/RugratsS3E19ChuckiesRedHairSpikeRunsAway Chuckie's Red Hair]]." Chuckie gets tired of getting unwanted attention from his red hair, so he uses Grandpa Lou's black hair dye. Unfortunately, Chuckie soon sees that nobody seems to notice he exists without his red hair. He even gets upset when Angelica doesn't pick on him like the other babies. Eventually, Chuckie breaks down sobbing, and he begins ranting at how he misses his red hair. However, the exposure to the sun begins to melt the black dye away, leaving Chuckie's red hair underneath. The other babies tell Chuckie this, who rushes to a puddle and looks at his reflection and to his joy he's a redhead again. Grandpa Lou, on the other hand, is less than happy as the sun also turned his hair as bright red as Chuckie's. Didi chalks it up to buying hair dye off of an infomercial.

* This is why salons will bleach your hair before they dye it. This trope usually occurs because of an interaction between the hair's natural pigment and the dye. Bleaching strips the natural pigment. However, they can't bleach too close to your scalp (or else they'll take your skin off, yuck) so they usually have to use a different dye formula for your roots. Home hair dyes get around this typically by having different formulas intended for different natural colors. However, some people can easily mistake what their natural color actually is. Though we tend to think of blonde-brunette as a continuum, true brunette hair actually contains a different pigment than blonde hair. Similarly, a person who thinks they have black hair might actually just be really dark brown. One way to tell if this is the case for you, is if your hair "bleaches" with sun exposure. In addition, some people can have multiple colors of hair mixed together. If your body hair or beard hair is a different color than your head hair, this is likely the case for you. In that case, it's best to get dye jobs done at a salon.
* Why some degree of yellow cannot be avoided when bleaching hair, washing the chemicals out too early, using the wrong strength or simply not bleaching it often enough will end one up with yellow hair that cannot be saved by purple shampoo.

* In ''Literature/The Undomestic Goddess'' by Sophie Kinsella, Samantha Sweeting is cleaning a bathroom and accidentally sprays her head with bleach. She ends up with "a huge grotesque streak of greeny-blond" in her hair.

* In ''The Undomestic Goddess" by Sophie Kinsella, Samantha Sweeting is cleaning a bathroom and accidentally sprays her head with bleach. She ends up with "a huge grotesque streak of greeny-blond" in her hair.

* This was used to explain Princess Sally's varying hair/fur coloring in the early issues of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'': during a mission, Sally fell into a vat of chemicals. Though she came out unscathed, attempts to wash the chemicals out led to her fur and hair being miscolored (from red hair and brown fur to blonde hair and red fur to black hair and pink fur and back to red and brown).

* In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' expansion novel ''[[Literature/JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'', character Corran Horn accidentally dyed his hair green in an attempt to disguise himself as Kieran Halcyon.

* PlayedForDrama in the ''Toys/EverAfterHigh'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9823823/1/And-Hair-as-Black-as-Ebony And Hair as Black as Ebony.]]'' Feeling inadequate because she is blonde instead of the traditional raven, the next Literature/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}} Apple White decides to dye her hair black. Unfortunately, it ends up coming out dark blue and purple. This sends her into an emotional fit.

Not to be confused with YouGottaHaveBlueHair.

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* One ''ComicBook/{{Archie}}'' story has Archie's aunt leave a bottle of black dye in the shower, which he mistakes for shampoo. Jughead suggests using a few chemicals from Flutesnoot's lab, which, preductably, turnes it vibrantly green. While Archie's annoyed at first, he lands a date with a punk girl by the end.

* In the ''Series/AdventuresInWonderland'' episode "Hair 'Em Scare 'Em," the Hatter's homemade shampoo turns Alice's hair green. His attempts to change it back to blonde turn it bright red and then purple before finally succeeding. In the end the shampoo also turns the Queen's hair green, but unlike Alice, she likes it.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "[[Recap/RugratsS3E19ChuckiesRedHairSpikeRunsAway Chuckie's Red Hair]]." Chuckie gets tired of getting unwanted attention from his red hair, so he uses Grandpa Lou's black hair dye. Unfortunately, Chuckie soon sees that nobody seems to notice he exists without his red hair. He even gets upset when Angelica doesn't pick on him like the other babies. Eventually, Chuckie breaks down sobbing, and he begins ranting at how he misses his red hair. However, the exposure to the sun begins to melt the black dye away, leaving Chuckie's red hair underneath. The other babies tell Chuckie this, who rushes to a puddle and looks at his reflection and to his joy he's a redhead again. Grandpa Lou on the other hand, is less than happy as the sun also turned his hair as bright red as Chuckie's. Didi chalks it up to buying hair dye off of an infomercial.

* Cheaper men's hair regeneration topics used to do this.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Chuckie's Red Hair." Chuckie gets tired of getting unwanted attention from his red hair, so he uses Grandpa Lou's black hair dye. But he soon sees that nobody seems to notice he exists without it. He even gets upset when Angelica doesn't pick on him like the other babies. Eventually, Chuckie breaks down sobbing, and he begins ranting at how he misses his red hair. However, the exposure to the sun begins to melt the black dye away, leaving Chuckie's red hair underneath. The other babies tell Chuckie this, who rushes to a puddle and looks at his reflection and to his joy he's a redhead gain. Grandpa Lou on the other hand, is less than happy as the sun also turned his hair as bright red as Chuckie's. Didi chalks it up to buying hair dye off of an infomercial.