Bleaching/toning roots to match rose gold lengths: advice needed please!

I have a few tones of rose gold in my hair and I find the trick is not lifting to pale yellow I get better results if I lift to a honey blonde and then apply a diluted fuschia pink over top I use a very diluted atomic pink because it sticks better than anything I have tried even to my greys if your hair is too light then you may need to add a warmer pink or a diluted red to deposit more gold back and if it is not sticking to your roots try applying a better stickier dye to your roots only and leave on longer with heat. with your darker hair to start with you may have to bleach to lift enough to get to a golden base but even ginger could work if you want a deeper rose gold but if you lift to yellow/gold then Manic Panic Rock N Roll Red may be a good one to dilute as it sticks really well and has more of a coral pink tone. Have a look at Special Effects Cherry Bomb or possibly Nuclear Red as well. It will very much depend on the colour your base is lifted to and the tone and depth of rose gold you are aiming for as there are so many variations. So suggest a strand test and then tweak or layer very diluted colour over your roots if necessary. If you want more of dusty rose or mauve-rose then layer with a very cool diluted fuschia over top.

Thanks, Loon! Using a pinker shade on the yellow/orange roots makes sense, but what about overlap on the previously colored hair? (I'm pretty good at neat application, but some overlap is inevitable.) Also, if I use a pink shade on my roots, won't my white hairs end up pink?

perhaps but it gives a lovely dimension if the rest is warmer rose and highlights are pink Since my hair is a lighter brown I am able to lift my hair without bleach and get a nice honey blonde base which also deposits colour on to my greys. For me this is easier and there is less banding and more dimension which makes it easier for me to maintain.

your regrowth is a lot trickier as your natural base is dark brown so you probably can't really get enough lift without bleach and you probably will go more brassy if you don't lift enough. lightening does add little gold to the greys but perhaps not enough

in that case you can add a little yellow or dilute a bright red instead of pink to get more of a coral pink tone consider something that is quite strong like MP Rock n Roll Red, Special Effects Nuclear Red or similar mix and dilute very heavily in conditioner it will take a bit of testing and tweaking I add a few different tones to mine as I like the pink and lavender streaks mixed in with warmer rose gold and honey..but overall it is a rosey look. I sometimes go cooler and sometimes go warmer depending on season. Right now I have gone a little deeper so added more pink/chocolate lowlights and shadow root which covers the greys better. You could consider making a deeper colour at your roots and temples if your find you don't get enough coverage of your greys. Or reapply your colour to roots only, cover and apply heat and then rinse with cold water/vinegar.

you might consider diluting an adore semi like Mahogany, Cinnamon, Mocha, Rich Amber, Dark Chocolate etc to blend roots into shadow root. Or mix up a muted berry or eggplant or if you want something brighter even a deep magenta. You have lots of options you can use for a complimentary colour for your roots. And run a few down into some strands to create more of a melt.

the roots are always going to be tricky when you have such a dark base with grey.... you might consider highlighting and lowlighting with foils the regrowth which is not that easy to do yourself but it does really help to blend in the new growth when you are greying.

also apple cider vinegar rinses with cold water help to seal cuticle and maintain colour and keep a bottle of tinted conditioner and use after washes whenever necessary

it has taken me a while to figure out what works best for my hair. good luck. I hope you find what works for you.

Wow thanks for all of the info! I love the idea of shadow roots. I used to have them done in the years before I had so much noticeable gray hair, but now I'm pretty sure I'd need to touch up the roots so frequently it would drive me mad! Why white roots are insanely visible against the dark brown that I don't think I could even make it a week. That being said, I might like to try. I guess I need to look up highlighting and lowlighting techniques to see if I could manage that myself.

In the meantime, thanks for all the ideas and suggestions!!