Hair is connected to beauty personality age nationality beliefs and more. Hence people spend a lot of money for its care. Greying of hair along with premature greying is a major problem affecting the population at large that can occur due to various internal and external factors. To address this problem people use chemical hair dyes which have a negative impact on the health. The world is looking for different products that are natural and devoid of adverse effects. In Ayurveda palitya greying of hair its causes and treatments like Nasya karma Shiro abhyanga etc have been explained. The present review was conducted to identify three possible dye like formulations in Ayurvedic texts and to study the drugs used in formulations with an intent to analyse their dyeing properties and why they would work if practically used. Also to establish a possible classical formulation in ayurvedic texts as hair dye. The drugs like Bhringaraja Neeli Triphala Haritaki Vibhithaki Amalaki and others have been used from generations to dye hair with no adverse effects suggesting their safety efficacy and supremacy regarding these properties over contemporary dyes and so called herbal dyes that use chemicals. Hence this review article aims to provide insight regarding research updates in need of synthesizing herbal dye.