13 of the Biggest Spring Hair Color Trends to Know
There's nothing like a new season to get us in the mood for a hair color refresh (like we need an excuse), and the most covetable colors for spring 2025 can officially be revealed. If you love warm tones of blondes, indulgently dark browns, molten reds and, of course, pastels, then you might want to book your salon visit now. These are the hottest hair colors of the coming season...
Honey Glass Hair
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Drenched in golden blonde hues that ooze the sweetness and richness of honey, this glossy look is part of Wella's new Golden Glass collection of services. Created by Wella Professionals Australian Ambassador Monique McMahon, it's all about "lightness close to the roots for maximum brightness, paired with warm tones for modern, healthy and shiny results". Best of all, it's so easy to request this color; take this photo to your nearest Wella Professionals salon, and they'll have the light-boosting Wella color products to make glass-like shine happen.
Dimensional Brunette Hair
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It's giving quiet luxury. Since Mocha Mousse Brown was crowned Pantone's Color of the Year, we've been seeing dimensional, expensive brunettes take HairTok and Instagram by storm. It's a new way to work a brown base shade, with cool sweeps of toffee, café latte and milk chocolate injecting dark hair with movement and body, courtesy of sheer, subtle highlights. Your colorist can create the look using BlondorPlex, our bond-strengthening lightener that gives you up to 97% less breakage¹ and up to nine levels of lift. Then, ask them to personalize your tone with a SHINEFINITY Color Glaze. This zero damage, zero lift, demi-permanent color glaze will personalize your tone with shine you can feel.
Rose Gold Glass Hair
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Pastels are always in for spring, and this year they're going rose gold. Yep, the soft, pinky, golden tone that ruled the 2010s is back in a big way for glow-getters. But, this time, rose gold hair is soft and subtle, with a glass-like shine and a melted effect. Get Wella's Rose Gold Glass look to illuminate the lengths of dark blonde or light brown hair, and enjoy a natural gradient effect. Your color specialist will match your individual rose gold tone to flatter your complexion, achievable with our new Illumina Color shades for 100% natural-looking results. Then, they’ll layer your base color with a zero damage, zero lift SHINEFINITY Color Glaze to give you that coveted glass hair sheen.
Bronde Balayage
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Make no mistake; bronde hair is set to be huge this spring, so if you can't choose between blonde hair or brown hair... Well, you don't have to. This hybrid hue has got you covered. The best way to work it is in a balayage, so you tick off the dimensional brunette trend, too. Your colorist will team a darker base with strokes of brown and blonde through mid-lengths and ends, tailoring placement to suit your hair goals and skin tone. The finished result is a sun-kissed glow with lit-from-within, luminous warmth. Take the look next level by asking your colorist to use Illumina Color, our permanent formula for radiant color that’s youthful in every kind of light.
Strawberry Blonde Hair Color
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Prefer a softer take on red hair? Good news: strawberry blonde tones are juicy once more, enveloping lighter hair in warm undertones, as seen in Emma Roberts’ Sunrise Red mane. Embrace a subtle strawberry if you have a light skin tone that pops with pink hair tones, or go for a brighter, almost-ginger strawberry blonde shade, resplendent in golden tones, for darker complexions. We love Color Touch for this hair trend, because it gives you uncompromised vibrancy and shine in a low-commitment, demi-permanent formula, and it stays true to tone from one touch-up to the next. Bonus: Color Touch now also features Wella's Metal Purifier, which allows for true-to-tone color results no matter your hair condition.
Coral Glass Highlights
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While cherry cola hair was the bright shade of choice for brunettes through 2025's early winter months, pops of coral are taking the lead for spring/summer. This vibrant color is another favorite on the Golden Glass service menu, with the hint of pinky-orange and the glossy finish delivering a sun-kissed glow to brown hair. It was crafted to perfection by Wella Professionals North American Ambassador Briana Cisneros, who explained: "[The model] Bianca has these beautiful brunette curls, so I wanted to create a wearable, glossy, coral color finish which is completely unique and personalized to her – while still respecting the hair’s natural texture. This is why I love Color Touch, because I have so many shades to be creative!”
Butterscotch Hair Color
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Noticing a theme here? Many of spring 2025's hair color trends are leaning into warmer tones, giving a nod to the sun-drenched, summer days that can't come quickly enough. Butterscotch is a captivating shade that combines a dark blonde base with light, butter blonde pieces, lending a luminous glow that invites sunnier days to hurry up already. And Illumina Color is the perfect color product for this look; a permanent formula that enhances the natural highs and lows in your hair for a look that's luminous in every light. Medium and dark skin tones set this shade off beautifully. Wear it in harmony with warmer skin undertones, or create a striking finish by contrasting against cooler undertones.
Kid Hair Color
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Start digging through your old photos, because the color of your youth is officially trending. It's time to go back to your roots and rediscover your virgin hair shade – but this time with a grown-up gloss. Maybe you were brunette with natural warmth, maybe you were dirty blonde with cool tones... Whatever your natural color was, give it the comeback it deserves by embracing it wholeheartedly. And the best bit about this hair trend? It's guaranteed to suit your eye color and skin tone because, well, it's your color. So, hand your photos to your colorist and let them lead the way. They'll custom-pick the tones and placement to turn back the clock on your hair.
The Air Touch Technique
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Get ready for a new twist on blonde balayage. For super, super-seamless sweeps of blonde color, the air touch technique makes harsh grow-out lines and strong stripes history, replacing them with a more lived-in look. To create the same effect, your colorist will hold a section of your hair taut, then use a hair dryer to blow shorter hairs and layers out of the way. Then they paint on your lightener, with placement that's carefully chosen to enhance your natural features. It's a gentler alternative to backcombing roots, and results in beautiful, feathered sweeps of color. And, if you go to a Wella salon, they'll be able to elevate your balayage further with Blondor Freelights, our specialist freehand lightener for up to seven levels of lift.
Aqua Blue Hair
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We know what you're thinking: 'Where are the bold colors?' Well, this spring, we're teasing a summer hair color early. Aqua blue takes us right where we want to be; basking in the shallow waters of the Maldives without a care. You can slowly up the ante with this look by working a pastel aqua in spring, then amplify your enchanting shade with a vivid teal as the temperatures start to rise. This is a cool-toned hue, so keep that in mind when picking the perfect color to suit your complexion. If you have cool undertones, the truest aqua shade will suit you, while those with warm undertones may prefer a navy blue shade.
Peach Blonde Hair
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Peachy shades and apricot pops of color are back in season, so if you want a blonde with a difference, try these fruity trends. Because these are neutral pastels, they suit a wide variety of skin tones, meaning those with warm skin or cool skin tones can take a bite out of this look. Ask your Wella salon colorist to mix up this hue for you, then maintain peachy undertones at home with the Color Fresh Mask. The Peach Blush shade will refresh your peach blonde tone in 10 minutes. Simply apply to clean, damp hair, let it develop, and rinse thoroughly.
Copper Bronze Hair
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The perfect blend of copper, brown and bronze tones gives this ombre serious TikTok appeal, and it's the ideal way to embrace hints of red if you have naturally darker hair tones. To achieve the look, your colorist will lighten your mid-lengths and ends first, and then they'll mix up two vibrant shades: a coppery hue for your mid-lengths and light bronze for your ends. For this, we recommend Koleston Perfect. The pure intensity and shine of this permanent formula will give your mane a richer finish and, if you want it, up to 100% grey coverage
Healthy, Nourished Color
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Right now, it's not just about your color – it's about how you look after it, too. Every shade glows brighter this spring when it's well-maintained with nourishing hair care. Damage is out (not that it was ever in) and silky hair days are more covetable than ever, thanks to an already-iconic leave-in treatment that repairs hair from the inside. So, try this: after washing and towel-drying your hair, mist ULTIMATE REPAIR Miracle Hair Rescue from root to tip to repair hair damage in 90 seconds². (Yes, it's that quick!) Powered by AHA and Omega-9 in one skincare-inspired blend, it’s your hair care savior that’s so lightweight, it layers easily with your go-to styling products.
Ready to make your favorite spring hair color happen? Then find your nearest Wella Professionals salon, and get your transformation booked. Don’t forget to share your look with us on Instagram by tagging @WellaHair.
¹ When using Wellaplex N°2 with Blondorplex, versus Blondorplex alone.
² When using ULTIMATE REPAIR Miracle Hair Rescue.