I can't find a good picture to show my parents though, because they don't know what I mean. :x Anyone have any good pics of good patterns to highlight / colours for dark hair ? [:

For patterns, I was thinking underneath my layers a bit, and then maybe streaks that actually show on top visibly, and maybe one on my bangs?

I was hoping to find a good shade of blue/turquoise-color, or a purpleish red, highlighted along with some blondes/honey coloured highlights mixed in. But it really doesn't matter because they're allowing any color as of now. :D

If you want crazy hair colors a good place to go is haircrazy.com. They have galleries sorted by color and a very helpful forum. Also go to manic panics website and check out the dyehard galleries.
Blue and red both look good with black, but I prefer purple and black. I have my hair purple with a little bit of black and i think it's pretty seasonal.

i think blue streaks would look really good. i had a friend who got a few blue highlights and it was really nice.

maybe like this

but blue, and less of it.