Also described as: salt-and-pepper hair, greying hair
A visible mix of the original hair colour alongside grey or white strands.
typical range
An illustrative approximation of a mixed-tone average, not a fixed definition.
Depends on the original hair colour it's mixed with; genuinely variable.
Distribution of grey through the original colour varies widely, often unevenly.
Hair colour, including grey and white hair, is not a reliable indicator of age and is never presented here as something to correct — it's one more colour to plan around, the same as any other.
Styling ideas below are optional and editorial — never rules, and never a claim that one colour choice is objectively correct for anyone.