Actress Emma Roberts sports a new, richly auburn-tinged colour. Whether it's for a darker-haired role coming up or she was just ready for a new hue, it's not known.

However, she is certainly enthused about the new hair colour that she showed off at an Old Navy flip-flop vending machine event, reports people.com.

When Roberts went from brunette to blonde last August, she said she was excited to lighten up for summer months.

`I just love having long blonde hair again,` she tells PEOPLE. `It's actually a fun change. I feel like with blonde hair, you can get away with going lighter on the makeup, which is so nice to do in all this humidity.`

But that was back when her hair was longer - now that she's chopped it off, she may have changed her mind about being weighed down by being brunette.