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60 Different Types of Color Hairstyles for Women Over 50

When it comes to hair color, often women are confused that which hair color they should go for. Especially, for women over 50, as they have to think of both the color as well as the older woman hairstyles.

As the fashion trend is changing every now and then, so to keep yourself updated along with fashion is what most women want. Beyond the age, there are color hairstyles for women over 50 also available these days. And it will give these ladies a very elegant and persuasive look.

Here, we are going to share with you color hairstyles for women over 50. We have shortlisted some of the best older women hairstyles which almost every woman over 50 would love to get done. It’s obvious, that not every woman can keep grey hair along with them as a sign of aging.

Even, they also want to look younger and like to flaunt their hair color and hairstyle. And that is why we have carefully chosen these color hairstyles for women over 50. We have not just picked up them from different websites on the internet. But we have selected these color hairstyles for older women from the color and hairstyles of different celebrities.

These celebrity color hairstyles will give all women over 50, a very young, lively, and flaunting look. Without worry, you all ladies can choose the color hairstyles according to your face, your hair, and what suits you the best.

These color hairstyles for women over 50, will undoubtedly make you forget what your actual age is. So, let’s check out these color hairstyles for older women.

 

60 Different Types of Colored Hairstyle for Women Over 50

Golden-White Bangs

The golden locks look never go out of trend. When at the age of 50, most ladies like to keep shoulder length hair, this color hairstyle will go perfectly. The golden-white bangs with a side partition will add a charm to your face.

And this suits both the party as well as the work. You can get your white hair highlighted with the golden color and on the root tips, you can get the brown color done.

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Wavy Golden-Brown Mess

This loose messy and wavy hair look is also one of the looks which women over 50 can go for. Highlighting your hairstreaks with light golden, and brown color. And leaving them loose and wavy with the center partition, will definitely add a sexy look to your face.

For a round face, this look is perfectly suitable, with the hair strands falling on your face. If you have slightly dry and long hair, so you can try this look.

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Blonde Layer Look

Here, is the blonde color look with the feather and layers hairstyle. This blonde layer look will make your face look full because of the layers. It will suit both the slim face look as well as the one with the chubby face.

This color hairstyle for women over 50 includes two hairstyles that are the complete feather hairstyle and the layer cutting from the front. Because of the layer cutting with blonde color, it will make your face look attractive.

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Layered Brown

This straight layered brown look will go for the workplace as well as for a premiere and for a party as well. If you have straight hair middle length hair, you can go for layer cutting along with the brown hair color shade.

Especially, if you have a triangle or pear shape face, this hairstyle will surely suit you. Doing a side partition with small layers on one side will add a stunning and confident look to your face.

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Brownish Waves

Are you thinking of a color hairstyle that can go for both bold and casual looks? Then here, is the one with medium length hair. Get your hair done with dark brown color and let some streaks be golden.

All you will need to do with your hair is to get them a wavy look and partition them from the center. With the light makeup also, this hairstyle will make you look bold by hiding your age.

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Blonde Fuzzy Bun

Do you have a square face? Or do you have very thin hair? Then you can go up with this blonde fuzzy bun look.

For women over 50, this fuzzy bun with the light blonde shade will make you look stunning. You need not make a big bun, just a simple fuzzy fun will also work. And that is why this goes for both long and medium hair length.

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Lustrous Casual Black

If you do not feel like doing much with your hair. But still, want to have a ravishing look. Then go with this lustrous black color hair. The shiny black hair itself adds beauty.

And if you are not up in a mood for combing or giving some style to your hair. Then, simply give a little messy look to your untied hair. This look goes well with middle length hair.

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Lustrous Blonde Curve for Long Hair

If you have an oval face shape and long hair strands, then you must try this look to cover your grey locks. The hair color you have to get done is lustrous blonde or deep blonde.

And your hairstyle will be soft curves with the center partition. Make your blonde curvy hair fall in front from both sides giving you a naturally elegant look.

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Wavy Blonde

Among the color hairstyles for older women, this one will add charm to your old beauty by making you look young. Here, you have to get your hair colored with blonde and you can get the root tips in dark brown.

With the center partition and billow wavy hairstyle, you are going to look fab. Let the hair waves be very soft as it will give a little bit of volume to your hair if you have thin hair.

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Brunette Wavy Layer

For a classy look, you cannot go wrong with this color shade and hairstyle. Go for the brunette hair color along with some light brunette hairstreaks.

Get a layered haircut done from the front, and give your hair a very soft wavy look. With this hairstyle, if you will do a center partition, letting some tresses fall on your face, you will look stunning at the age of 50 also.

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Reddish Brown Side Look

For a classy and elegant look, we suggest all women over 50 try this color hairstyle for older women. The color shade which you need to get done is the reddish brown color shade.

This color hairstyle is for long smooth hair. Do the side partition from one side, making the hair fall on the shoulders. And at the tip just twirl the hair strands giving them a decent look.

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Brownish Ombre Straight Hairstyle

If you have pretty good long straight hair, then this color tone is going to make your day. You can wear this color tone as long as you want. Get the base color done of dark brown and do highlights with ombre.

A side partition with straight hair will give a stunning look at whatever you will wear. You can carry this look for a party as well as for any official occasion also.

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Layered with Dark Brown

From among the 50 color hairstyles for women over 50, you can go for this one if you have a good physique and a perfect oval shape face.

With the base of dark brown color and the highlights of light chocolate color, this hairstyle is will define your personality as well. For smooth long hair, you have to get a layered haircut done. And with a center partition, let the hair flow free or give them a blow-dry.

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Dual Shade Brunette Layers

Now, this is a dual shade brunette color hairstyle, where a mix of light and medium brunette color shades will go on your hair.

The hairstyle can go for both formal and casual look. It will suit the smooth hair with medium length. As the haircut is the layered haircut with the layered bangs at the top covering your forehead.

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Brownish Blonde 

Now this color hairstyle for older women has a double twist. First of all, it has two shades that are the shiny dark brown along with the sparkling blonde shade.

And the hairstyle also has a twist, as the hair in the front will go in the layered cut with the wavy look. And the hair at the back will be tucked behind giving a billowing look at the back.

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Ash Brown with Honey Butter Shade

Following the trend of dual color shade, here is another color hairstyle for women over 50. This hair color tone has dual shades with ash brown color or you can say mocha color.

And adding the charm to it is the honey butter color, or you can say light golden blonde color. This is for the medium length hairstyle with smooth hair texture giving a lustrous look and volume to the hair.

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Cola Casual Hairstyle

We are sure, that you would have guessed it with the name only that which color shade this is going to be. Yes, this is a cola shade or you can say soft black shade. You can apply this on a hair length from medium to long hair.

Cut your hair in long layered length and medium layered length and let keep your hair loose with a zigzag partition.

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Rich Golden-Brownish Feathered Hair

If you want to flaunt one of the older women’s hairstyles in front of your friends, then we will suggest you this hairstyle. For this color hairstyle, you have to color your hair with shiny rich brown along with the golden hair color shade.

The base color will be rich brown only. We are suggesting this hair color for a medium hair length with the feathered cut hairstyle giving you a casual look.

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Golden Brown Wavy Hair

This look compliments the woman with the square shape face. The golden brown look with a hint of dark brown color shade is what you need to apply.

This color hairstyle is for shoulder-length or medium length hair. Partition your wavy hair strands from the center giving your face an oval kind of look.

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Natural Blonde with Messy Waves

Want to hide those fine lines and grey hair behind your new color hairstyle look? Then try this one, especially for the fair or whitish skin tone.

You will need only one color shade for this hairstyle and that is the light natural blonde shade. Get your hair styled as the wavy messy look at your head falling down with thin wavy strands.

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Beige Blonde Long Layers

Here is another classy look for all the women over 50. For long smooth hair, try this hair color with the hairstyle we are suggesting here.

The hair color you will need is the beige blonde color. And the hairstyle will go with the long layered cut along with the zigzag partition or a messy partition from the center.

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Chocolate Caramel Wavy Hair

Long hair looks pretty but not in grey. So, dear oldies, get this chocolate caramel color with a shade of brown on your hair.

For getting a haircut, choose a layered haircut with the bangs cut at the head top. With the top tresses covering your temple, and give the side hair the wavy look for getting a round face.

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Sparkling Amber and Brown Color

Some hair colors look perfect on any hairstyle. Here, you have to get the natural brown base color with the sparkling amber highlights. It is good for both medium and long length hair.

If we talk about the hairstyle, so you can keep your hair loose with some hair strands at the front. A side partition will look great and twirl the hair at the end.

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Red Layered Look

If you have a very fair skin tone, then this color hairstyle for women over 50 will compliment you. For the medium straight hair length with slightly dry hair, get the layer cut done.

And color your hair in bright red color. Comb your hair with a slight side partition that is a little away from the center. And leave the falls on one side a little messy with both sides of hair falling on your face.

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Long Cocoa Tresses

Another elegant color hairstyle for older women. How can you say no to rich cocoa color especially if you have long tresses?

So, get ready to color your old hair look of 50 into the shiny rich cocoa color. Do the center partition, and let your long tresses fall on both sides with the smooth twirling.

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Straight Glittery Black Look

Are you also thinking about ditching your white or grey color with the glittery black shine? Then, we have this color hairstyle for you as well. This will suit the straight haircut of medium to long length.

Get your color done with the glittery black shade and loosen up your smooth straight tresses with the mid partition.

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Layered Copper Hairstyle

For all the ladies above 50 with a fair skin tone, the copper shade hair color is here for you. Yes, do not think about your age, as we know that this will suit you well if you have smooth layered cut hair.

And if not, then you can get a layered haircut for your shoulder length hair. And with copper color shade, and the side partition, you will rock your group of oldies.

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Light Blonde Hair

For a square face shape, with thin smooth shoulder length hair, here we have bought another hair color. The base of the hair will go light blonde.

And at the root tip and at the end of the hair, highlight with the ginger ale or you can say ash blonde color. The long layered look with this twin blonde shade will look fabulous.

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Ash Brown with Blonde Highlight

This, hair color idea is for women with long faces. For the darker tone, we will choose the light shade of ash brown color. And for the lighter tone or highlights, the light blonde color will go. Also, if you have some grey hair with partially balayage, it will give a sexy look at the age of 50 also.

For the hairstyle, you can form a little messy hair at the head and with the wavy and layered hair going down.

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Brownish Blonde Bangs

All the women over 50, with shoulder length hair or hair with less volume and go for this color hairstyle.

The dark brownish color will be for the base and you can add the highlights to it with the light golden blonde color. Leave your wavy layered bangs loose and give your hair a casual look.

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Golden Brownish with Honey Dip

To set a party or club look, no other hair look then this will go fine. In this hair look, you have dual shades, with the dark golden brown color shade and the honey dip highlights which is the dark golden blonde shade.

The two color shades are complimenting each other perfectly. Set your long wavy hair free for this look.

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Diamond Hair 

For many of us, the diamond hair color look is our favorite one. And will perfectly match up for the older women’s hairstyles also.

The base color of diamond hair color and the dark brown highlights in the inner tresses gives a sexy and appealing look. Let your layered hair be billowed giving your slim face a fuller look.

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Trio-Shade Short Hair

So, you have seen many single and dual shades by now. This is a trio color shade that involves almond crème color, latte color, and the shade of black.

Now here is how you need to color it. Set the base color as black, and then color the traces with the almond crème (dark blonde) and the latte (dark beige blonde) color.

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Chestnut Wavy Look

A single color tone with a wavy look for the board and square shape face with medium hair length.

The color shade is the chestnut or you can say medium golden brown color shade. Free your wavy layered hair with a slight partition with twirls or curls at the tip or end of the hair.

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Light Blonde with Brownish Highlights

This color hairstyle for older women with broad shape faces will look nice. Now the base tone will be the lighter tone that is the light blonde color.

And with the highlights using natural brown color at root tips and few inner hair strands. For the long length smooth hair, this hair color shade is beautiful. Just do a side partition from the front, making hair fall on both the shoulders.

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Caramel Layered Straight Hair

Women over 50 with the oval shape face and straight hair can try this color hairstyle. It is a single-color hairstyle with a light caramel shade or you can say it medium blonde shade. With the layered haircut and the short bangs on the temple, this look is good for the workplace.

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Espresso Long Black Tresses

This color look will make you look very younger and classy at the same time. You need the sparkling espresso black color shade for your hair.

It will perfectly suit your long tresses. You can give your tresses a wavy look as they will look more attractive.

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Brownish Three Shade Look

Here is another three-shade look for long hair women. The base shade will go dark brown, and along with it, the major highlights will be of auburn color.

And highlight some parts of front tresses with medium blonde color. For styling your hair, give them a wavy look with a side partition making one side hair fall on shoulders and the other tucked around the ear.

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Dark Latte Color with Champagne Highlight

This is for medium length hair or hair with the length till the shoulder only. This color hairstyle for older women includes two shades that are the dark latte shade which will be the base color and the highlights with the champagne color.

The messy waves at both the sides and the layered bangs at the forehead give a casual or party look.

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Dark Chocolate Shade with Brown Sugar Highlight

Don’t get confused, as these are not for eating, but these color shades are for applying to your hair. We understand that their names are tempting, and so do they look also. Giving a smart look with the dark chocolate base color and the highlight with the brown sugar (light golden brown color).

If you have medium length hair, then tuck one side of the hair behind the ear with the side partition, and the other coming over your face and shoulder.

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Dual-Brunette Shade Hairstyle

Here comes, another brunette hair color style, with the brownish brunette color shade and the light golden brunette color shade. Keeping the dark one as the base color, highlight the center portion of the tresses with light golden brunette color.

This is for the hair with a thin and smooth texture and straight hairstyle in long layers. With the center partition and minimal makeup, this style will look stunning on you.

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Brownish-Diamond Shade

The diamond color whether as a base or highlight looks attractive. You can do base color with dark brown color and have to add the diamond highlight in the tresses.

Loosen up hair with the center partition, and twirl the hair strands at the end. For smooth wavy hair or natural hair, this look is very pretty.

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Honey Butter Layered Style

This is a complete one shade hair color style. With one haircut style. In this color hairstyle for older women, you have to get the light golden blonde shade or honey butter shade on your hair.

Loosen up your shoulder length hair and let them be free with the mid partition.

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Dual Chocolate Shade Hairstyle

In this hairstyle for women over 50, there are two chocolate shades, one is for the Dark golden chocolate shade, and the other one is the chocolate caramel shade.

The length of the hair is medium and you can style up your hair by giving a curly look to the side hairs with the side partition.

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Shaggy Dual Shade Style

In this color hairstyle, you will again have to get the two shades done, where the main or base hair color will be ash brown. And along with it, some of the tresses will be of light golden blonde shade.

This color hairstyle is for short-length hair with thin and fine hair tresses. Giving a shaggy style will add casualness along with elegance if carried by women over 50.

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Shaggy Brownish Look

Here is the shaggy brownish look for medium to short-length hair. Get the dark brown hair color shade and along with it highlight some of your tresses with chocolate color.

For the hairstyle, you can either give it a back feather look or can give it a flipped up look. This will also look attractive on the women with square shaped faces.

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Brunette Casual Blunt Look

With the medium hair strands till the shoulders, here we are sharing with you one of the older women’s hairstyles. The hair shade will go Brunette or Havana brown.

Here, is a twist in the hairstyle, as you have to get the casual look with the long layers cut and the bangs cut at the top of the face. This completes your elegant look especially for women with a long face.

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Messy Layers with Espresso Shade

This is a lustrous espresso look. With the shiny espresso shade, the layer cutting will look fabulous on the square shape face.

This will give your face a little round or oval look with the tresses on the side of your face. After the layered cut is done, give yourself a messy layered look with a zigzag partition or a slight side partition.

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Curls with Shiny Espresso

This is one of those color hairstyles for women over 50, which will make them look very young because of the shiny espresso color shade. Also, give some of the tresses, sparkling amber shade.

For the hairstyle, get the curly hair look with the soft curls. And for the final look, do the partition from the center and let the hair untied only.

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Heavy Layered Brown Look

For a medium-length hair with fine hair texture, you can go for this look. This will suit the people who have a round or oval face or long face. In this look, you have to get two color shades.

With the dark brown or chocolate shade hair color, you have to get the golden brown streaks. Get a heavily layered haircut done giving your hair a feathery look.

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Gentle Red Waves

Color hairstyles for women over 50 in red tones are always flattering, just like this look. It’s a simple style where the hair is gently wavy, parted in the center, and falls to just below the shoulders. However, the deep, vibrant red tone makes it look elegant and bright.

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Short Pink Curls

Who said fun has to stop at 50? This bright pink does work at any age. It looks especially good on women who have hair that’s turned white.

The front of the hair is heavily streaked with pink and it’s styled in upwards curls with lots of volume. It’s a great way to stay in touch with your youthful side.

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Deep Red Short Waves

This vibrant look will turn a few heads. The deep red is a stunning look for any age and any season, but it’s particularly beautiful in fall.

The hair is kept short and is a middle-ground between wavy and curly, styled for lots of volume with the curls pointing upwards and towards the back of the head. It’s very out of the face, accentuating your natural beauty.

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Stylish Silver Slick Bob

If you like color hairstyles for women over 50 that let you show off your natural grey color, then this is for you. The hair is grown out grey and is kept at ear length.

The long bangs are shorter and are styled with some volume. It’s very classy, and it will work well in formal settings.

silver bob hairstyle for women over 50

 

Bright Colored Layers

Here’s another fun look that will make you feel very young. The hair has touches of purple, blue, pink and turquoise throughout the layers, and the rest of the hair is a pale blonde. 

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Simple Short Sandy Cut

Some women like hair that’s easy to maintain, and this is exactly that. It’s chin-length at the sides but parts of it are much shorter, with bangs sweeping across the forehead. The color is a sandy shade of blonde.

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Curly Undercut Style

The hair is grey, but the style is youthful. It features an undercut on one side with the rest of the hair curly and falling over to the other side with lots of volume. It screams “fun” and is sure to bring a smile to your face.

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Layered Silvery Grey

If you like a layered look, then you’ll like this style. The hair is simple, straight, and sits on the shoulders. It’s a natural grey color. There are some light layers in the hair that add volume and a touch of dimension.

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Long Auburn Hair

Long hair is fun to brush and style, but it’s easy to maintain, as you don’t require haircuts as frequently y. This hair flows long and it’s dyed a stunning auburn shade that looks perfectly natural.

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A Touch of Purple

This dye job is so subtle that you can barely see it. The hair is clearly white or very light grey underneath, but there’s a purplish tint to it that looks interesting. The hair is styled short with loose curls.

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These different patterns and shades of hair color are not just to hide the greys behind. But are also to make you look pretty and beautiful.

We have tried our best to cover up all the types of hairstyles and hair shades that are good for women over 50. Do try these hairstyles and let us know how stunning you looked in them.

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MR System

Meet Jason Tyler, also known as MR System; with more than 22 years of experience, he is a skilled and passionate hair writer. He has a diverse background in both blogging and magazine writing, and initially gained expertise in hair styling by working with wigs for theater. He is dedicated to sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm for working with real hair through his writing.