Billie Eilish's hair color evolution: From green to blue to blond

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May 3, 2021 | 9:24am | Updated

Billie Eilish recently shocked fans by ditching her green hair and going platinum blond, a process that took more than a month and required her to keep the progress under wraps with a wig.

But it's far from the first time the "Bad Guy" hitmaker's switched up her strands. A bona fide hair-color chameleon, the natural blonde has experimented with shades ranging from blue to black to purple over the past few years.

Below, take a look at 19-year-old Eilish's complete hair color evolution — so far.

Silver (2016-2017)

Billie Eilish with silver-gray hair in 2017
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When Eilish first hit it big with her debut single "Ocean Eyes," she was sporting pale, silvery gray strands — a hue she maintained throughout the following year as her star continued to rise.

Lavender (2018)

Billie Eilish with lavender hair in 2018
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The singer dabbled in pale purple early the following year.

Blue (2018)

Billie Eilish with blue hair in 2018
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Next, she debuted this striking azure shade, a fan favorite that she'd later admit she hated.

"Here's what's annoying: I hate the color blue — it's my least favorite color. I don't know how I ended up dying it blue," Eilish told Buzzfeed in 2019.

"I was told that whoever dyed my hair in October used a permanent blue so that s—t is not coming out," she continued. "I have sat in that stupid salon chair for hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours, and hours trying to get that blue out and that b—h will not get the f—k out of my hair."

Teal (2018)

Billie Eilish with teal hair in 2018
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By the end of the year, she'd managed to lighten her locks to this bluish-green hue.

Black (2019)

Billie Eilish with black hair in 2019
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By the following March, Eilish had gone over to the dark side.

Green Roots (2019)

Billie Eilish with green hair in 2019.
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And that summer, her now-signature neon roots — a style Eilish would stick with for well over a year — made their debut. But the constant dyeing came with drawbacks, leaving the star with an accidental mullet by November.

"You know what happened, somebody dyed my hair and they burned half of it off," Eilish told TMZ of her short-in-front, long-in-back locks. "It's not on purpose though. I'm growing that s—t out."

Brown (2019)

Billie Eilish with brown hair in the "Xanny" music video
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The Grammy winner made a brief appearance as a brunette in her music video for "Xanny."

Blond (2021)

Billie Eilish with blond hair in 2021.
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In March, Eilish broke the internet with her platinum dye job, sharing an Instagram photo that racked up a million likes in a record-setting six minutes.

According to Eilish's June 2021 cover story for British Vogue, it took four dye sessions to erase every trace of her green-and-black 'do; the star admitted that while she was "ready for it to suck", she's surprisingly happy with life as a blonde.

"I feel more like a woman, somehow," she told the magazine.

Billie Eilish on the cover of British Vogue
Billie Eilish on the cover of British Vogue
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