How to fix bleached hair turned green?

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So, I recently dyed my hair purple, the colour ended up looking uneven and so I decided to let it fade and I also did some washes with an anti-dandruff shampoo, which removes hair dye a lot.
Then, when it was basically lilac, I decided to bleach it and just have blonde hair. I don't know what I did with the bleach, or if it made a reaction with the purple hair dye that was left on my hair... well...my hair turned a greenish/aqua colour, but only on the "top half" of my hair, like an ombre look (green on top, blonde on the tips) and my roots where a really yellow blonde.

At first it was actually kinda nice, now the green is becoming a little darker and I have yellow/brown/orange roots. It's just disgusting. 
The problem is that the green doesn't fade, cause it's not hair dye, it's basically like my natural hair colour, I don't know how to explain it.

Will I be able to go back to blonde by using something like Colour B4 or do I have to dye another colour on it? And I heard that by putting a red toner on green hair it will remove the green, so if I dye my hair red, will it turn a nice red or a horrible brownish colour? Guys tell me what to do, I hate this green hair a lot!

And sorry if I misspelled some words or said something grammatically wrong, English is not my first language (had to say this since one person in my previous question just pointed out all my grammatical errors instead of actually answer my question...)

Miss 6 · Answer

Yes you will have to use red to get rid of the green. You can just put it on the area of your hair that is green. You can use a red filler & then dye your hair blonde but stay away from ash blondes!

Anonymous · Answer

Well I've dyed and bleached my hair so many times before and I've made mistakes. I've bleached my hair twice before and its gone really ginger.

If you want to go blonde, you could try a lightening spray. This is what I did after I bleached my hair recently- and it made my hair much blonder. I ended up using the whole bottle in 1-2 days, and you spray it on damp hair, then each time dry it with a hair dryer as it is heat activated. This is the one I used: http://www.jeromerussell.co.uk/bblonde/lightening-spray/lightening-spray/lightening-spray 
However, in addition to this, I dyed on top with a blonde hair colour, to make all the colour even.
It sounds like a lot of dying, but it is better than bleaching multiple times and it always staying ginger. With bleaching, it will most likely always go ginger, so you need dye to accompany it to get the colour you want. Trust me, I've done it enough times.

I've had purple, red, brunette and blonde hair before, but I've never experienced green hair- but you could try the lightening spray just to take the colour out of your hair, and then dye on top.

Or, as you said, you could use Colour B4. I've used this before as well. It makes your hair go ginger as it strips all the colour, but then you just dye on top. This worked with my red hair and my brown hair, and I don't see why it can't work with your green hair.

Give the lightening spray or the colour b4 a go, but don't be frustrated if it doesn't work first time around. I would recommend the lightening spray after you've bleached, then with a blonde dye on top. But I also recommend the colour B4 with a dye on top.

If you want to go back blonde, I'd say that use the lightening spray as you've already bleached your hair, then dye on top with blonde. If you do this, make sure you deep condition sometimes (I use the John Frieda range for blonde hair) and also use purple toned shampoo to take the nasty tones out.

I hope this helps!

Martin · Answer

If it follows the normal colour table you may need to add both red and blue to green to take away the green tint, so that would be more of a purple colour. If it's already a blue-ish green then red should sort it. Basically R + G + B = black in the colour table and then you should be able to dye blonde after that.

Look at the colour table here: http://www.colorbasics.com/AdditiveSubtractiveColo...

You need to add the colour opposite on the table to balance it out and get a neutral grey/black.

Look at the colour table here: http://www.colorbasics.com/AdditiveSubtractiveColors/
You need to add the colour opposite on the table to balance it out and get a neutral grey/black.

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