Swatches: This tab gives you basic color selections. Tips: Use this to color just the tips of the hairs.ĥ. Highlights: This will color selected pieces of hair as accents.Ĥ. Roots: This would be your Sims natural color.ģ. Root, tips and highlight colors are not available for eyebrows or body hair.ġ.
For this example, I've chosen quite distinct colors to easily show the differences. Click on the circle to select it, then choose the color from the selection below. The top image on this screen shows what color certain parts of the hair will be. When we select the change color button, we are presented with the following screen (note that the color wheel is what you see when you click the color wheel button). Head hair and facial hair also have the extra options to change the color of roots, tips and highlights. You can use color swatches or custom colors using the color wheel. The color of all hair can be changed using the change color option. Change color: From here you can change the color of hair including roots, tips and highlights. Share Hair Color: Available once you have saved a hair color.ġ4. Delete saved hairstyle: Delete any unwanted saved hair colors.ġ3. This is also where any saved hair colors will show up.ġ2. Hair color: Select your basic hair color here. Enter Create A Style: Allows you to recolor hair accessories on the selected hair style.ġ1. Save preset: Allows you to save a recolored hairstyle with an accessory.ġ0. Share Hairstyle: Only available when you recolor and save a hairstyle with an accessory.ĩ. It is also only available for hairstyle with accessories.Ĩ. Delete saved hairstyle: This is only available when you have recolored and saved a hairstyle. Styles available will vary depending on what expansion or stuff packs you have or store and custom content you may have installed.ħ. Library: This is where all available hairstyles will be shown. Show custom content only: If you have custom hairstyles, clicking this will hide all EA created hair and show only the custom hairstyles.Ħ. If you click it again to close the padlock, whatever hairstyle was showing at the time will be the hairstyle used for all outfits.ĥ. Lock hairstyles: If you click this, the icon changes to a partly opened padlock and you can select a different hairstyle for each outfit. Hair with accessories: Clicking this will give you a selection of hairstyles with hats or other accessories.Ĥ. This selection will include some ponytails that use plain bands.ģ. Plain hair: Click this to select hairstyles with no accessories. When you come back in to the hair tab, your selection will be reflected on the outfit selection.Ģ. To select what outfit the hairstyle is used with, go to the clothing tab and select everyday, formal or whatever you want. You can however unlock hairstyles so that you can choose a different hairstyle to be used for each outfit. Outfit selection: By default when you select a hairstyle it is used for all outfits that the Sim wears.
Facial hair is only available for male Sims aged teen and up and body hair is only available for male Sims aged young adult or older. The default selection is basic hair followed by eyebrows and eyelashes, facial hair and finally body hair. When we first open the hair tab, we are presented with the choice of four sub selections for male Sims and two sub selections for female Sims. The Sims 3 Create-a-Sim Guide by Norma Blackburn The Sims 3 Create-a-Sim