sedexitium:

              “It’s unsightly.”  And about ninety shades too bright.

      She tilts her head back a tad, as though to distance herself from it.  ”You have three seconds to pick a new color.”

         _{For a moment she wondered how serious this young woman could possibly be about that, but from the look on her face she was entirely so. Which meant that she really should say something—}

                           _{”—Light blonde?” Already her hair was ashen, normally, but…}