Change Hair Colour Per Outfit Type/Number

Hi @boopidoop

moved your post to game info. Thought that was possible but haven't been able to do so either.

Maybe someone else here knows a solution or a mod to it,

You can also ask here: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/categories/the-sims-4-modding-and-custom-content

 @boopidoop Hi there! I don't use CC or Mods, so I cannot answer if there are options there, but as for in the game, I'm not aware of any way to modify/switch up everyday outfits to more than one at a time, but I can make a few suggestions of ways I have used to switch things up in:

• The hair you choose for everyday should by default become your hair for all other outfits.
• You can go through and change the hair on each outfit. This will add variety. It will also make you have some automatic everyday hair changes per season if you have seasons (There is a specific hot weather and cold weather everyday outfit for those seasons).

• When you are playing the household you can always click on the sim and change to whatever outfit you want. You can create your party, formal, etc. clothes like an everyday outfit and change to one of those. Unfortunately this will revert back to the everyday outfit after they shower, etc.

• In case you are not aware of any of these options, you can change outfits just by clicking on the sim when active and choosing 'choose outfit', you can also do this by clicking on a dresser or mirror (where you can also 'plan outfit' 'change sim'. 'Change sim' and 'plan outfit' will open the editor so you can change hair, edit outfits, etc.).

Hope that helps some. Have fun! 🙂

HI Sheri, thanks for the reply!

This isn't really an issue of switching outfits, but the help is appreciated! btw, you can add additional outfits by clicking the arrow above the outfit category, like the sun icon for everyday outfits, and you can make up to 5 additional outfits for each one

@boopidoop Nice... I never noticed that. I just tested that for myself and when I made a 2nd everyday outfit, for instance, then I can click on the sim and the outfit (and hair) that I made for #2 everyday is also available to change into. So... you are looking to have the sim automatically be in outfit #2 (even if all that is different is the hair) every other day - and you don't want to have to go in and change/select it yourself?

@boopidoop, @crinrict,  & @SheriGR ,  I'm not sure (since I don't work for EA) but I think that the reason that you can't change hair color per outfit is that it is tied to genetics. 🤓  This would make sense since you cannot change eye color per outfit either! 😉   If your Sim had a hair color for every outfit, then which would it pick to give any of your children? 🤨 🤔 But I find it frustrating when I want a special look for the Party category, where in my mind a person might just paint their hair or use a temporary colored rinse in real life.  ☹️  The best we can do is to choose one of they haristyles that have a color option like the ones below:

Other than that, you would have to look for a Mod that would allow you to change haricolor per category.  I don't use Mods, so I don't' know if there is one that allows you to do this, but It would surprise me if there wasn't a Mod like this out there! 😎

BTW, I have been addicted to the multiple outfits for each category for a while. 😳😃  Before Seasons, I got so tired of looking at the same Everyday Outfit and Sleep Outfit on my Sims, so I started making several in my most used categories. :eahigh_file:  At least with Seasons there is some variation when I don't do this, or when I play a Sim that I downloaded from the Gallery that I didn't make.  But I still love this feature since it allows me to add the raincoat and rainhat to outfits as an alternate! 🥳

@boopidoop, yes, from a logical standpoint I would have had the hair genetics attached to the first Everyday outfit's hair color!  I thought of that as well, but perhaps I was remembering how it worked for TS3, like you suggested! 🤔  

Interesting  about the idea to instead have hair color genetics be selected like the walk a Sim has is selected 😎 ... I would have never thought of that ! 😃  (And yes, I miss my Sims having a favorite food too!  I loved seeing them clap with joy each time they were about to eat their favorite dish! 🥳 )

Wow! 🤨 I'm impressed that you can make your own Mods! ❤️ I love science, but I'm not very tech savvy. I took a class in school a long time ago, but things were a lot different back then! 😃  In college the only classes for computers were for people who were majoring or minoring in them, plus my older brother had that as his major at first and ended up hating it, so that turned me off of even trying it! 

As for Mods, I'm too lazy to keep up with them all (although I did use them in TS2 and TS3 until I had a huge problem with them and stopped using them.) 

Since you are more than proficient in technical matters, please come back often and help others out!  (I dont' know how much help you have already given, but I see that your are a Novice so your probably haven't' been here that long, or else you haven't posted that much?) 😉  

Happy Simming! 🥳

Edited for correcting incomprehensible grammar due to my being distracted by my unruly Pug! 😳🐶😃

@PugLove888 That cracks me up... I have unruly Chihuahuas and a Yorkie that will surely stop my heart one day with a shrill barking outburst right next to me. Yes, when I was in college (the first time), you would have needed a room for a computer. Personal computer? Nope. Went back to school less than 10 years ago to take one class to 'work on a website' for my home business. Two degrees later I ran out of Pell Grant money, so I stopped with both a 'Web Design and Development' and a 'Digital Graphics' degree(s).

BUT... watching me take my classes did nothing to peak the interest of my kids, either. Their eyes still glaze over if I try to explain the simplest code. Crazy. Weirdest part, which @boopidoop can possibly relate to -- because my laptop was continually crashing from photo-editing work (REALLY crashing... and I would have to take it back to a factory restore/reset more often than I like to remember), I got very accustomed to operating on the computer to fix it - software-wise and physically. So they were just sure I could fix computer software coding and things that are not in my 'branch' of coding. C# and similar programming languages and job applications are an entirely different branch from Web Design & Development (though there are overlaps, and those codes would be way more comprehensible to someone who knows at least some coding). Anyway... I've never considered dealing with mods or learning other code languages on my own. My focus is html, css, php and some javascript. Almost all of the code work I do now is involved in working within the framework of Wordpress websites. 

@PugLove888 I think what your brother experienced was very common. People find that as they get into the meat of it, coding does take a lot of work to learn, and it can exceedingly tedious (and really tough on the eyes). My son ran into the same thing in ASL (Sign Language). Many people like the thought of it, and to dabble in it, but to go to school for it and get certified is really a tough field. Many careers are like that... but if you push through it's worth it. IF it's what you love. If not, you don't want to be stuck staring at code, teaching, nursing, or any number of things for your career if you don't have a passion for it. 

Code is power, and it's a dance. Problem is that sometimes just the smallest little error can do an amazing amount of damage and throw a monkey wrench in the whole thing. Sooo... since this is not my type of coding, I try to not mess with it (well, not much). 😉

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@boopidoop wrote:
Hi Crinrit!

I thought it was possible too, maybe it was patched out?

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I checked some older threads and I think it was always like that form what I saw.

It does seem to be possible with custom content but not sure how that works.