honey blond

• honey-blond

honey blond (comparative more honey blond, superlative most honey blond)

1. Of a dark golden blond color bordering on light brown.

   honey blond:  

   • 1984, Elaine Camp, chapter 1, in For Love or Money, Silhouette Books, page 11:

     She whipped off her wide-brimmed hat and shook out her honey blond hair, all the while feeling the girl’s intense gaze.

   • 1989, Ruth Glick, Eileen Buckholtz, chapter 1, in Roller Coaster, Pageant Books, page 4:

     For just an instant Amber looked defensive as she pushed back a lock of honey blond hair and took a deep breath. Then with the polished grace of a former debutante, she flicked her long fingers toward the offending insect.

   • 1990, Lynn Leslie, chapter 1, in Street of Dreams, Harlequin Intrigue, page 12:

     Taking the scissors, Kim snipped from the back, near her nape, then thrust the hair forward, the small honey blond coil curling around Madame Loulou's outstretched fingers.

• dishwater blond
• dirty blond

honey blond (countable and uncountable, plural honey blonds)

1. A dark shade of golden blond, bordering on light brown.
   • 1994, Thomas Gifford, chapter 1, in The First Sacrifice, Bantam Books, page 16:

     Even as Lise moved into her fifties she was a strikingly beautiful woman. Her pale brown hair, shot through with honey blond, was a work of art, casual, swinging when she walked, yet short enough to keep her from looking like a woman struggling to seem younger than she was.

   • 2006, Toya Morton-Swanson, chapter 1, in Caught Between a Bitch and a Hard Place, A New Hope Publishing, page 10:

     She was about 5' 7” and had honey blond hair down to her shoulders. Honey blond was her signature color-no one had seen the real color in years and she would take it to her grave.

   • 2010, Pam Andrews, chapter 1, in The Marriage Mission, Steeple Hill, page 10:

     He had a feeling he was in good hands with Jenny. Unlike the other two, she'd left her hair a natural-looking dark honey blond, swept away from her face to fall in waves in back.

2. A person with dark, golden blond hair.
   • 1986, Anna Hudson, chapter 4, in The Perfect Match, Dell Publishing, page 69:

     They were closer than twins, in many ways. Not in looks, but mentally. A honey blond with dark eyes, Bonnie reminded Goldie of a wild flower, a black-eyed Susan.

   • 2003, Brenda Kinsel, chapter 8, in Brenda's Wardrobe Companion: A Guide to Getting Dressed from the Inside Out, Wildcat Canyon Press, page 132:

     Dark brown to black-haired women wear black easily. Ash-haired women look great in rosy taupes. Honey blonds look great in camel.

   • 2009, Karen Cecilia, chapter 7, in The Lipstick Classified, Lulu.com, page 123:

     Another main factor is your hair color. Weather it is cool or warm determine first. Warm hair would include, honey blonds, redheads, auburn or chestnut brunettes.

• dishwater blond
• dirty blond