Hair: Colors

By Rio

Hair color is an important element. It defines a character quite well most of the time. Below are various types of hair color displayed how you would present them in a manga. Colors range from white to jet black hair.

1) White Hair - Just the outline of the person's hair
2) Blonde Hair - Add lines to the hair where you would put highlights
3) Tone Hair - Hair with tones be it physically added or digitally inserted. Check out Tones: Basics for more details.

White Haired Girl Blonde Hair Tone Haired Girl

White Haired Boy Blonde Boy Tone Haired Boy

4) Black Hair with Highlights - White areas around the top of the head and some near the bottom if coloring longer hair.
5) Black Hair with White Hair Lines - Hair lines that would normally be black on lighter hair is now white on black hair. Just think of it as an outline of the hair. This can be a bit tricky depending on what you're doing.
If you had a regular white haired person, to get this effect, just invert the image - then recolor the face and other parts with black.
I would suggest you color black lines around your penciling of your hair lines. It'll save you a lot of trouble later. :)

Black Haired Girl Black Haired Girl

Black Haired Boy Black Haired Boy

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