Wiktionary
a. Of a dark blond colour/color bordering on light brown. alt. Of a dark blond colour/color bordering on light brown. n. 1 A dark shade of blond, bordering on light brown. 2 A person with dark blond hair.
Usage examples of "dishwater blond".
Behind the counter, a pudgy high school babe, dishwater blond hair that has been worked over pretty good with a curling iron, blue metal-flake eyeshadow, an even coat of red makeup covering her broad, gelatinous cheeks, a flimsy sort of choir robe thrown over her T-shirt.
It was enough to stop the flow of memories-but then he had seen her that way before, in Wright Valley, yes, her hair light then too, dishwater blond they called that color, not very generously.
His hair was limp, dishwater blond, and fell lifelessly to his slumping shoulders.
She had changed to dishwater blond, but Juele recognized her as Daline, the red-haired girl from symbology class.
Her hair was a dishwater blond, held back with a wide, tatty-looking headband.
Denham was six feet tall, medium build, clean-shaven, with dishwater blond hair.
The only photos of Hannah were from high school, so it was easy to think of her as a young, thin dishwater blond, head down, not making eye contact even on the yearbook page.