Wigs Yellowed dolls : Best color wig for them?

Here's my banana boy, Shirabe. He's a yellowed NS Iplehouse Barron from around '09. Eventually he'll have a grey wig, but he's been rocking this white fur one for a while. Kitty ears are because he's cute with them. xD

 

I have two VERY yellowed old Alice in Labyrinth heads and dark red or pure red wigs makes the yellowing look much worse! Blonde looks pretty good on either of them but I love brunettes, so I have a medium neutral brown wig on one and an auburn-brown wig on the other

Oops forgot to link pictures:
AiL Alice
AiL Chloe

Somehow the neutral brown wig on the AiL Alice "fixed" the colorbalance issues on my iphone camera so it makes her look not-yellow in some pics, but believe me she's darker than the 10+ year old Volks body she's on

 

My yellowed Aurora Elf Sooah is a nice ivory color and she makes an excellent blonde.
I think the eyes really make yellowed dolls too c:

 

I would definitely stay in the natural/neutral zone for hair on him. Browns, blondes, whites. I would go to match his eyebrows. That will help balance him out c: He looks adorable by the way! Congrats!

 

I think the lighting of the photos makes a big difference in how yellow a doll appears so some of the previous dolls may be much yellower than you realize. My most yellowed doll is my 12 year old delf Soony. The picture doesn't look too bad because of the bright lighting where it was taken but she's essentially the color of a banana in real life.



You can get a better idea of how yellow she actually is by taking a look at this comparison: http://strawberryreverie.com/shoots/comparisons.jpg

 

Seconding lighting as something that affects a huge amount. 4 out of 6 of my NS dolls are very yellow, but it doesn't show much in images since I make sure to take photos in natural light whenever possible.

Wig-wise, I've really liked the blondes and reds, but in general any "warm" shades should work. "Cool" tones feel like they bring out the yellow in a way that warm ones don't.

 

Would like to bring this topic back up as I notice more yellow.

 

Seconding no cool colors. I avoid blues and purples for my old dolls. I bought them once for a yellowed doll and they did not stay in my house very long. I don't mind browns, blondes, whites, or pinks.

 

Adding some of my yellowed white skin dolls for reference!

First up is Gabby who's a white skin Delf and his usual wig is a pale lilac. I think his faceup being more pink helps it look okay together with the pale lilac wig. I used to have him with a dark chocolate brown wig as well. His body has yellowed more and if not for his faceup his skintone may not work super well with the wig.


The other white skin doll I have that is yellowed is my Unoa, Pebbles. She's the right most girl in the photo below, and she has a pale green wig. The photo below is from my phone and only resized so it might be a bit better to see the yellowing.


The other two dolls on the left are not as old as the two on the right, but in putting them together I just realise I might have a thing for pale wig colours on my white skin dolls??

 

Leona is 12 years old so she's definitely yellowed from her original "Cream White" which I understand to be an ivory color. I've been warned to avoid white wigs and cool colors, but I think she looks great. Maybe the color issues have more to do with the tone of the yellowing if there's such a thing?

The color is pretty true to life in this one after correction (levels). Forgive the potato phone quality.


I've got a couple pictures of her with ill-fitting wigs while I was waiting for the white one. Some kind of mahogany brown, and red. These are straight from the camera but the second one is lit with a warm light, which is why she looks more pink. It's not very useful.

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These are straight with no balancing, just cropped.

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I've found warm-toned wigs and faceups flattering for my older dolls (I have a lot of old Volks)
Pictured: Sylvie (2003), Diligent Scholar Williams (WS, 2023), Cyndy (2004)