Halle Berry's Highlighted Lob, Fall's Hottest Hair Colors for Every Ethnicity

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When hairstylist Kristin Ess recently chopped Berry's hair into the lob of our dreams, we couldn't help but notice the perfect caramel toned highlights she also debuted.

Ian McCabe, stylist and owner of Ian McCabe Studio, says Berry's color works because it's the right mix of darker tones at the root and lighter tones at the ends. "Having a little depth through the root area balances out the skin tone in order to avoid getting washed out," McCabe says.

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Richie's multi-colored experiments have shown us that you can wear wildly colorful hair and still look chic. Her latest dark blue shade is much more cold-weather appropriate than her springtime pastel lilac, but it still has a rock 'n' roll vibe. The darker hue is also a lower maintenance way to go rainbow for Richie since the royal blue shade is closer to her darker roots.

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The just-married actress also just stepped out with some deep toffee highlights that break up single-toned color without looking unnatural. "The lightly colored ends bring in subtle hints of her skin tone, which flatter her complexion," stylist Ian McCabe says.

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Jennifer Lopez's Golden Blonde Highlights

J.Lo has been rocking honey-colored highlights for so long, it's hard to remember her with the dark brunette hair she had in the beginning of her career. Rita Hazan, color expert behind the lightened-up look, recently gave J.Lo an update full of richer tones to add dimension and contrast to her highlights.

"I gave her a toffee color with a chocolate brown base and golden blonde highlights," Hazan says. "These colors work well with her olive skin tone and give it a more youthful look and glow," Hazan went on to say, stressing the importance of not going overboard with the blonde.

We are more excited about the hair color ideas our favorite beauty icons of color have been debuting for fall 2014 than we are about Pumpkin Spice Lattes -- they're that good.

We caught up with celebrity hair stylists Rita Hazan, Riawna Capri and Ian McCabe to discuss the trending celebrity hair colors darker skin tones are going to want to copy this fall.

These recent hair makeovers prove that when it comes to inspiring hair colors for darker skin tones, it's out with the old (so long, harsh ombré), in with the new (hello, sombré) … and everyone's favorite rainbow trend is here to stay.

Fall's Hottest Hair Colors for Every Ethnicity

Let these dye jobs be your guide to going dark, rainbow and every soft highlight in between

Halle Berry's Highlighted Lob

Nicole Richie's Electric Blue Bob

Gabrielle Union's Maple Highlights

Jennifer Lopez's Golden Blonde Highlights

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