31 Celebs Whose Natural Hair Color Will Surprise You

One of the luxuries of being of a celebrity is having the budget to change your hair color whenever you want — or maintaining it so consistently that it becomes your signature look. Such is life for these famous faces, who may have tricked you into believing their salon-crafted hair color is the real deal.

Amy Adams has stuck to long red locks for as long as she's been a household name.

Truth be told, Amy was a blonde for most of her pre-A-list life! She looks super-sweet both ways, though, no?

Although we were introduced to Allison Williams in Girls as a brunette, she has recently been experimenting with blonde.

A medium-to-light brown is Allison's natural color, just like her dad, Brian Williams.

Tyra tends to go for hair colors on the lighter end of the spectrum, from light brown to red to, most recently, bombshell blonde.

The supermodel-turned-host's real hue, however, is a deep, dark brown.

Having spent most of her Buffy the Vampire Slayer and How I Met Your Mother years as a redhead, it's hard to imagine Alyson as anything else.

Go far enough back in Alyson's acting reel, and you'll see she grew up with medium-brown hair.

Scarlett Johansson's hair color and length has been all over the map, and mostly recently, she's been opting for a light-blonde short style.

Long before she started sporting flame-red hair as Black Widow in The Avengers, Scarlett had a sweet, soft brown color that — we have to admit — looks pretty great with light-blue baby barrettes.

Although Ariana's signature super-high ponytail almost never budges, the pop star experiments with different colors.

As a kid, Ariana looked like a completely different person with dark brown, curly hair.

Anna goes back and forth between almost-black hair and shades of blonde, depending on her roles and moods.

Her natural color is somewhere in between — a medium brown.

Since her Destiny's Child days, Beyoncé has almost always been a blonde.

In 2008, she briefly gave us a glimpse of her natural dark brown shade.

Britney Spears is another pop icon who has been blonde for the majority of her career, with pit stops at pitch black and no hair at all.

Anyone who remembers her Mickey Mouse Club days knows Britney's hair matched her pretty brown eyes.

Celine Dion has favored golden highlights — perhaps to match her golden voice? — for over 20 years.

As an up-and-coming French Canadian vocalist, young Celine was undeniably brunette.

Ciara is also a big fan of shimmering blonde highlights, even maintaining them through pregnancy.

Recently, Ciara was seen sporting a more natural, beautiful dark brown color.

Although Julia Roberts has done a lot of experimenting with her hair over the years, she has stuck to a flattering golden-blonde balayage with loose waves more recently.

Many might think Julia's natural color is a red shade like in Pretty Woman or My Best Friend's Wedding, but it's actually a glossy light brown.

Emma Roberts has seen a lot of colors atop her head, due in part to the many roles she's played on American Horror Story.

Just like her Aunt Julia, Emma's natural hair color actually leans light brown.

Halle Berry has been going for the gold recently with gorgeous highlights that flatter her warm complexion.

Earlier in her career, the Oscar winner wore her usually-short hairstyle in her natural dark brown shade.

Ivanka's pale blonde hair has helped make her one of the most instantly recognizable people in Washington.

Her real color is a few shades darker — a naturally highlighted "bronde."

When you think of Emma Stone, you can't help but think of her as a redhead. It truly seems like she was meant to be a ginger!

Emma occasionally goes back to blonde, her real color, and while she experiments with tones and shades, it's this light honey hue that comes naturally.

Jennifer Aniston has been a warm, golden blonde for many years now. Why mess with a good thing?

Long before she made her mark on Friends, Jen was auditioning for early roles as a brunette.

Jessica Alba may very well be addicted to highlights. No matter how her hairstyle has changed over the last decade, she always seems to have multi-tonal dimension.

Her natural hair color is a much more straightforward and solid brunette.

Just like her mom, Goldie Hawn, it's hard to picture Kate Hudson as anything but a bubbly blonde.

Perhaps her roots were a giveaway, but it sure does seem like Kate's hair is growing back in from a recent buzz cut in a rather dark brown shade.

Jennifer Lopez has been rocking bright, beautiful highlights ever since she rocked that low-cut dress that put her on the map.

Early on in her career, J.Lo hadn't started messing with foils yet, taking on Hollywood as a brunette bombshell.

Katy Perry has been sporting a platinum pixie cut lately, but it's hard not to think of her default hair color as almost-black.

Despite how many hair colors Katy can pull off, her natural shade is a lot like this soft medium-blonde she briefly sported in early 2017.

Even though Lady Gaga is constantly changing up her look, she seems to land on blonde hair the majority of the time.

Although it seems she was highlighting her hair before she graduated from high school, Gaga's natural color is a rich brown.

As soon as Kristen Stewart's post-buzzcut hair started to grow in, she immediately reached for the bleach.

If she hadn't, her hair would have likely grown in a light brown shade like this.

Madonna's name is practically synonymous with blondness. After all, her Blonde Ambition tour was one of the biggest of its time!

A couple times throughout her iconic career, Madonna has shown us the true dark brown shade she was born with.

Mariah Carey's hair has been the color of honey ever since ... well ... Honey. But it hasn't always been that way.

Mariah grew up and kicked off her storied career with medium-brown curls.

Melania has all but highlighted away any trace of brown in her perfectly polished hair.

Before going for the super-sunkissed look, the First Lady had a rich brunette shade.

After years of amazing acting on Mad Men, Christina Hendricks would be described by most as a buxom redhead.

But it's when Christina went strawberry blonde for a Clairol Nice 'n Easy campaign that we got a hint of what she'd look like with her natural flaxen color.

Most of the redheads on this list started out as blondes, but Nicole Kidman has gone in the opposite direction.

The Oscar winner started her career with amazing ginger curls, but has opted for a straight blonde style in recent years.

Miley's multi-tonal blonde totally works for her eclectic, eccentric style.

After all, she was already popping a highlighted blonde wig over her naturally medium-brown hair when she was playing Hannah Montana.

Even though we've seen Rachel McAdams rock a wide variety of hair colors — including pink! — we always picture her as a blonde.

Despite seeming so realistically blonde, this romantic-movie starlet grew up with naturally highlighted medium-brown hair.

We've always been jealous of the volume Halloween Queen Elvira can achieve with her inky black hair.

It's easy to forget it's a wig hiding the pretty red hair of Cassandra Peterson!