White: While hardly ever seen, forehead protectors can be pure white in colour such as Killer Band several other ninja from Kumogakure, and the Four Celestial Symbols Men.Many ninja changed from blue to black over the time skip, including Naruto Uzumaki, Tenten, Iruka Umino, and all of Team Kurenai. Black: Many ninja also wear black forehead protectors such as Kakashi Hatake, Sai, Itachi Uchiha, Neji Hyūga, Gaara, and Temari.Iwagakure ninja also tend to use crimson coloured forehead protectors. Other ninja changed from blue to crimson over the time-skip including Sakura Haruno and Chōji Akimichi. Crimson: Some ninja have a crimson-coloured forehead protectors such as Rock Lee and Might Guy.Many ninja keep this colour for the entirety of their ninja career. Navy Blue: This is the most common colour of forehead protectors.
Throughout the course of the series the cloth of the ninja forehead protectors have been seen in many different colours and worn in many different styles. Some characters even wear their headbands underneath their clothing for example Konan wears hers underneath her Akatsuki cloak on her right hip. Kakashi Hatake and Tonbo Tobitake wore theirs as makeshift eye-patches.
Yagura uses a under-shirt in which is the protector of Kirigakure in the middle and Chōjūrō uses it like a badge on his chest. Tobirama Senju, Kisame Hoshigaki, Zaku Abumi and Yamato also wear a mask-style forehead protector that frames their faces, rather than a cloth wrapping around their heads. Others such as Izumo Kamizuki and Chōji Akimichi (in Part I) wore theirs like customised bandanna. Genma Shiranui wears his forehead protector like a bandanna with the village symbol facing backwards. For example, while the majority do wear theirs in the traditional manner, Sakura uses hers as a hair-band, Shikamaru has his on his upper arm, whereas Ino (in Part I) wore hers as a belt, Rock Lee and Might Guy wear theirs as a belt when they wear their green jumpsuits, while Temari (in Part I) and Hinata wear theirs as chokers. Despite the name "forehead protector", it can be worn in many different styles.