I agree with you ....

And on the other hand ... when you
take it to the extreme ... blonde highlights
in brown hair ...

Ya get ... "Naw ... no one would do something
that unnatural if it wasn't their natural hair ..."

The last 2 times I went to a stylist ... I had her
dye my side hair as well as the piece ... so the
color ages and changes at the same time ...

Previously I found the dark color of the piece
would fade to a lighter shade of brown and there
would be a clear distinction between where my
hair and the piece began.

Ya gotta hand it to those old timers who JUST
don't give a darn as long as their dome is covered/

They've got this straight dark brown piece plopped
upon curly, heavily greying side hair that even a myopic
grazing cow at 15000 feet can spot !