Whether you are beginning your creative hair colour transformation with level 5 hair consisting of a natural light brown base colour or a pre-lightened one we highly recommend selecting from our highly pigmented shades. Manic Panic on light brown hair even if you have chosen the most pigmented shade from the ranges, will not provide a visibly vibrant result. Due to the non-damaging formulas of our dyes, they are not designed to lift the colour of the natural shade so will require a pre-lightened base between level 7 and level 10 to achieve any sort of vibrancy.

Applying our dyes to a level 5 hair base can produce some gentle hues within your hair which are particularly noticeable within certain lights such as sunlight. Manic Panic on unbleached hair will not result in a lasting colour. This is due to the far less porous condition compared to hair that has been pre-lightened. Applying these colours to a healthy unbleached base will not allow for the hair strands to absorb the colour as well, meaning that any pigment that was taken on by the hair during the dyeing process will fade quite quickly.

Here you will find our top picks of colours for your natural light brown base which will give you the highest amount of vibrant intensity possible on this shade. Each shade will produce very different levels of vibrancy; this all depends on the hair's condition and colour as well as the process itself! Shades such as Manic Panic Vampire Red on light brown hair are a favourite among the dark-haired Manic Panic customers as the deep, rich blood red tones within this shade achieve vibrant hues within daylight on brown hair.

If you’re looking to get the most out of your colour on a dark base, we have always found Manic Panic Rockabilly Blue on brown hair especially when chosen from the Amplified range to be quite successful at achieving some bold hues. The Manic Panic Amplified range is great for any dark-haired beauties as the colours within this range consist of 30% more pigment than the Classic Colours; you will find your colour lasting for 30% longer when using this range.

Dark hair does not mean that you cannot experiment and have fun with your hair colour; it is only that you must consider your base colour and what that may mean for your colour result.

If you find that you’re just not sure if your hair is the correct colour for your desired look, we highly recommend performing a strand test so you can test your result before committing to a full-head application.