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17 Best Hair Color Ideas for Olive Skin and Brown Eyes

Have you had your eyes peeled for a hair color that will look not just great but fabulous with your olive skin tone and brown eyes? We understand your struggle and completely empathize!

Having olive skin and brown eyes is one of the best combinations of physical features. The lightness of olive skin and the darkness of brown eyes means your look is versatile and you can pull off a more comprehensive range of hair colors. A bright platinum blonde, a rich caramel highlight on brown hair, or a bolder choice like bright red are all options. 

So whether you like neutral hair colors or something more fierce to match your personality and inner fashionista, you’ll find a hair color you like to flatter your features in our list of the best!

Hair Colors for Olive Skin and Brown Eyes

For the best hair colors to stun with your beautiful olive skin and brown eyes, look at the options below!

1. Golden Blonde

golden blonde hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

Whether your hair is naturally long or you’re prepared to get extensions for longer length, this long straight haircut for women with olive skin and brown eyes is a beauty. Golden blonde color is highlighted with white blonde, making a stunning and versatile choice.

2. Chestnut Brown

chestnut brown hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

Chestnut brown hair color can be an excellent choice for women with olive skin and brown eyes. The warm, rich shade is a mix of brown and red undertones, which complements the natural warmth often found in olive skin tones.

3. Pastel Pink

pastel pink hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

Pastel pink is the perfect girly hair color for women wanting a more feminine, flirty look. It’s a unique, eye-catching hair color that looks beautiful styled in a variety of ways, including this short straight haircut parted off center.

4. Ginger and Blonde

ginger hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

For your olive skin tone and beautiful brown eyes, ginger hair color mixed with a bit of light blonde will be a beautiful complement. Ginger hair typically has warm undertones that nicely complement the natural warmth of olive skin tones.

5. Brunette with Orange

orange hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

This edgy pixie with its spiky texture mixes brunette hair color with vibrant orange. It’s a bold and unconventional choice that may or may not work for everyone.

Olive skin tones often have warm undertones, so you’ll want to find a shade that complements them. Warm and peachy oranges may work better for you than cooler, more neon shades.

6. Copper and Brown

copper brown hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

Copper hair color can be a fantastic choice for women with olive skin and brown eyes. The warm, reddish-brown hues of copper enhance the natural warmth of olive skin. We love the color on a full afro with soft curls.

7. Light Blonde Ombre

blonde hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

The mix of light and medium blonde hair color here as an ombre is a beautiful soft transition of color perfect for ladies with an olive skin tone and brown eyes. Wear the shade on long hair for a graceful, elegant addition of color and add in soft waves for subtle texture.

8. Very Bright Red

red hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

A stark contrasting hair color on an olive skin tone can look gorgeous; you just have to know how to work it. If you love being bold, choose this bright red hair color. Women with a gothic or punk vibe will appreciate the electricity bright red brings.

9. Forest Green

green hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

Green is always an option when you have olive skin tone and hazel eyes. This dark forest green will off set your brown eyes beautifully and the color is adorable on short natural black curls! To emphasize the color even more, play with a forest green eyeshadow.

10. Light Brown Highlights

chestnut hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

If your favorite part of your brown eyes is their richness, chocolate brown hair color with lighter brown highlights are for you. They look gorgeous here on long wavy hair and against an olive skin tone.

11. Light Blonde Balayage

balayage hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

If your base color is dark, just add a beachy blonde balayage for an instant glow up! The light color will bring warmth to your olive skin tone as well as draw attention to your dark brown eyes.

12. Faded Purple Hair

silver hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

Need a hair color you can wear professionally to work but still want something eye-catching? A light purple is feminine, work-appropriate, and great for olive tones. It will also be a soft touch to your brown eyes. The look above features shoulder-length straight hair, but the purple hair color would look equally as pretty on wavy or curly hair.

13. Light or Dark Auburn Hair

ginger hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

Auburn with red highlights is for those ladies who have a spicy personality. Rock the hair color on long wavy hair and watch how your hazel eyes take center stage!

14. Brown Hair + Caramel Highlights

brown hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

A dark brown hair color is easily freshened up with a few thin to medium-thickness caramel highlights. If you have an olive skin tone and brown eyes, keep this color pair at the top of the list!

15. Medium or Dark Purple

purple hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

If you prefer medium and dark hair colors and are looking for a color that’s more fierce than traditional, opt for this shade of purple. Purple hair colors in any shade really flatter olive skin tones and brown eyes. This curly short pixie is the perfect way to rock it!

16. Rose Gold Hair

pink hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

Rose gold hair color is sweeping the hairstyle world, and it’s easy to see why. Long wavy hair leaves plenty of room to flaunt the stunning shade and frames an olive skin-toned face with brown eyes.

17. Pure Black

black hair color for olive skin and brown eyes

An olive skin tone can easily and beautifully pull off pure black hair color. Whether you wear short or long hair, the color is timeless, versatile, bold, and soft on your skin tone.

Whether you prefer wearing your hair long, short, or somewhere in between, the above 17 colors will work gorgeously with them all and accentuate olive skin tones and hazel eyes on any woman.

As you can see, even just highlights bring your hairstyle to a whole other level. So if you’re nervous about completely changing your entire hair color, start with highlights for a small but noticeable change.