not black faded to purple was only purple [SEP] i am new to the hair world my hair is thinningand i wanted to be able to have a cute bun braid or pony for summer time my hair is black and has some purple i am sure with some you tube videos i can figure out how to do this right anyway the only issue is that i thought the top was blacker dark and the bottom was lighter and its all one color i will still be able to use it but i wish i would have known