Mixing colours - wondering about end result?

Atlantic blue usually fades greenish/turquoise, I think Fire is quite an orangey toned red. (I haven't used it for a long time, but it used to fade orange i think) I don't think you would get a nice purple from that mix. Orange and blue create brown, as do red and green, so i think you would get a muddy result. If you want to put something over the faded blue to get a purple, you need to use a cool toned pink. I have made some lovely purples putting various deep pinks over blues and turquoises. Blue and red make a sort of burgundy purple shade, not a Cadbury type of purple.

Yeah I'm pretty turquoise atm to be honest... 🙁

I did use something previously and it turned purple but I can't remember which dye it was at all...

Definitely don't want a icky brown colour so may refrain from touching the Fire dye then !

Thanks for the advice 😀

Try diluting the Fire with white conditioner to see if it goes pink or orange, if it is pink you could try a strand test. I would go for something like Cerise or Rose Red ideally.

I think CC Fire is pink and Directions Fire is orange?  The reviews in The colours that hair dyes fade to... thread say that CC Fire fades "pinky/peachy" (which may be pink over a light ginger/yellow base) and Directions Fire is definitely an orange fade.

The easiest way to check the base is to put a small drop of the colour on a white sheet of paper and smear it with a gloved finger or cotton bud.  The colour in the smeared section will be the base colour.

Mixing dyes is just like mixing paints--you have to pay attention to the colour wheel, and base colour matters.  Like Wicked Pixie said, orange and blue makes mud, but a pink and blue would be pretty.  Also, you can do the paper test for a mix, if you have any of your blue left.  Just do a drop of each, mix it up to see what the initial colour would be like and smear it to see what the fade would potentially be.

Cc fire went really peachy when i started force fading, i thought it was orange based till i remembered i had only bleached to ginger lol! I think its definitely pink based though

Thanks everyone!

Now I'm tempted to pop it in! Although going to try that paper test on the CC Fire first.

I did have just CC Fire in a few summers ago and it was intense but can't remember how it faded really.

These replies are really helpful 😀 Thanks!

Try it on a strand test for just a few minutes. That way if it looks dreadful it will shampoo out.

Did the paper test and the Fire seems much more pink than I thought it would be... Strange because I thought it was orangey... Hmmmm...

May do a strand test on one bit and see how it turns out.... shall let yous know 😀

Thanks everyone!

Haha Wicked Pixie - Great minds think alike 😉

Did a wee strand test on a cut off piece of hair and it looked awesome with bright blue one end and with the Fire on the other end it turned into a shocking violet purple 😀 wooo!

So I currently have it in tinfoil in the ends of my hair 😀 Yippee!

Thanks everyone for the advice and help 😀

Thanks everyone! You were awesome help 😀

Just thought I'd post update - hair is great 😀 Lighting is a tad dark but it is super purple/ violet 😀

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