Levero Coloring Shampoo colours: Black, Dark Brown, Light Brown
Match the hair you have.
Not the hair you want.
Three shades. Pick the one closest to the hair around your grey now — that is what makes the result read as natural rather than dyed. If your grey is extensive, go one step darker for coverage and space out the washes so it does not keep deepening.
Black is neutral and exact. It covers heavy white cleanly and does not go warm — and it does not forgive a shade you did not want.
Dark Brown is the safe middle. Right for dark-brown hair, and the better pick over Light Brown when more than half of what you are covering is white.
Light Brown is the warm one. It reads natural on medium or lighter brown hair with scattered grey; on heavy white it lands lighter and warmer than the swatch. Give it the full ten minutes.
Black, Dark Brown, Light Brown.
Black
Neutral black. Lands as dark as it says and covers heavy white cleanly. For naturally black or near-black hair.
300ml · two pumpsDark Brown
Deep, neutral brown. The safest choice if you are unsure, and the one to pick when your grey is extensive — it settles without warmth.
300ml · two pumpsLight Brown
Medium brown on a warm base. Reads natural on lighter brown hair with scattered grey; goes warm on a lot of white or when rinsed early.
300ml · two pumpsThe swatches are the tone each shade is built around, not a promise of the exact result: what you get depends on how much white is underneath and how long you leave it on. how to use it step by step · every ingredient graded · Levero vs GDS, side by side.
Four situations, four answers.
Naturally black hair, any amount of grey
Black. Nothing else will match the rest of your hair, and it covers heavy white without going warm.
Dark brown hair, scattered grey
Dark Brown. Close to your base and forgiving. Five minutes for a touch-up, ten for the first go.
Medium or light brown hair, under half grey
Light Brown. Its warm base matches yours. Leave it the full ten minutes so the grey takes the colour rather than showing through it warm.
More than half white, brown base
Dark Brown, not Light Brown. The maker's own advice: one step darker for extensive grey, then space out the washes so it does not keep deepening.
Black, Dark Brown, Light Brown.
Two pumps on every bottle: one for the colour shampoo, one for the developer. Both go into your palm together. The box carries a pair of vinyl gloves.
BLACK
DARK BROWN
LIGHT BROWN
How each shade behaves with the clock.
5 minutes
The label minimum. Black blends scattered grey; both browns usually come out lighter and warmer than expected on heavy white.
10 minutes
The label maximum and the target for a first application. Black is done; Dark Brown settles neutral; Light Brown lands where it should on lighter hair.
Mixing, the damp-versus-dry question and the seven steps are in the how-to guide.
What sends people back for a second bottle in the wrong shade.
Buying the shade you want, not the one you have. The result reads dyed instead of natural. Match the hair around the grey.
Light Brown on mostly white hair. Goes warm. Dark Brown is the safer call.
Rinsing a brown at five minutes on heavy grey. Lighter and warmer than the swatch. Ten is the target for a first go.
Expecting one use to finish heavy grey. Colour lands on the first use; full coverage builds over two or three.
Judging the shade before it is dry. Wet hair reads darker. Dry it before deciding whether to go again.
Skipping the patch test when you switch shades. Same dye family in all three. Test again, 48 hours, every time.
New shade, new patch test.
48 hours, every time.
A small dab behind the ear or on the inner elbow, left uncovered for 48 hours. Any redness, itching or swelling means do not use it. Levero has no PPD on its declaration, but toluene-2,5-diamine (PTD) takes its place and cross-reacts in people sensitised to PPD — a "PPD-free" label does not change that, which is why the test is repeated before every application.
Quick answers.
Which Levero shade should I pick if I am mostly grey? +–
Dark Brown if your natural colour is brown, Black if it is black. Light shades on mostly white hair go warm. The maker's own advice for extensive grey is one step darker, then space out the washes so the colour does not keep deepening.
Does Levero Light Brown go orange? +–
It can read warm when there is a lot of white under it or when it is rinsed at five minutes. Light Brown sits on a warm base by design. Give it the full ten minutes, and if you are more than half grey choose Dark Brown.
Can I go lighter than my natural colour? +–
No. This is a deposit-only colour shampoo; it darkens grey and blends it into your existing shade. It does not lift or lighten hair.
Can I switch shades between bottles? +–
Yes. The colour is permanent in the hair it has already coloured, so a new shade shows first at the roots and evens out as you keep using it. Patch test again when you switch.
How is the Levero shade range different from GDS? +–
GDS runs Black, Brown, Dark Brown; Levero runs Black, Dark Brown, Light Brown, so Levero reaches a step lighter. The two use different primary dyes — PPD in GDS Black, PTD in Levero — which is covered on our comparison page.
How long does each shade take? +–
Five to ten minutes for all three. Five for a touch-up, ten for the first application or heavy grey. The full method is in our how-to guide.
Three shades.
One rule: match the hair you have.
Ships from Korea within one to three business days, tracked. Patch test 48 hours before every use.