Nacreous colorant for keratin fibers

The dye carrier composition containing oxidative and/or nonoxidative dyes has a nacreous luster because it contains a combination of (a) 6.1 to 20 weight percent of at least one fatty alcohol with 14 to 20 carbon atoms, (b) 6.1 to 20 weight percent of at least one alkanolamide, (c) 0.1 to 15 weight percent of at least one fatty alcohol alkoxylate or fatty acid alkoxylate and (d) 0.1 to 15 weight percent of at least one anionic surfactant, wherein the weight ratio of fatty alcohol (a) to alkanolamide (b) is equal to 0.5:2 to 2:0.5, preferably from 0.8:1.2 to 1.2:0.8. The weight ratio of alkoxylate to anionic surfactant is preferably from 0.5:2 to 2:0.5.