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Monday, 30 January 2012




School pupils given hair dye colour charts

Pupils at a school in Essex have been given a colour chart to show them which colours they can dye their hair

The pupils at Harwich and Dovercourt High School, Essex were given the colour charts after pupils were suspended after dying their hair 'unnatural' colours.

Pupils had complained it was hard to tell which shades of colour would be punished. For example, pupils were allowed to dye their hair the same shade of red as Nicole Kidman, but not bright red like Rihanna.

What do you think about this? Should pupils be allowed to dye their hair bright colours? Is it up to parents or kids?

Check out our gallery here to see which celebrities would have been suspended if they'd gone to Harwich and Dovercourt High School!  





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  • clarerose6 (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 30 January 2012 @ 17:45

    I think if they are going to dye their hair a sensible colour like brown or blonde etc. it should be up to the kids, but if you are going to dye your hair a bright colour like blue or red the it should be up to parents/guardians and teachers.

  • samz (Age 13) wrote on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 @ 19:38

    it's there own hair, if they dye it a silly colour then they have to walk around with it on there head (as long as they don't take time of school from embarresment )

  • 09AhmedA (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 2 February 2012 @ 17:48

    Its up to the parents..well until they 18 then after the kids can decide as they will officially be adults

  • badger11 (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 2 February 2012 @ 20:02

    I agree that some colours are inappropriate for school but I think that the school should be able to say whether or not they think a colour is inappropriate although I dont think they should be allowed to tell pupils off for having traces of a certain colour hair dye in their hair as they might not of been able to completely wash it out but might have tried