Fixing bright bleached roots, gold, darker or peach (Wella Illumina)

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yellowmess

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First: I am not a pro,... and I am only hurting myself with experimentation, and I know very basic colourist language. I am reading this forum for 3 years already, just today created an account because I need some help.

I am natural 4-5 (brown to dark brown, with 1/5 gray). I am expat in very rural Germany, where salons are opening tomorrow, and I got earliest apointment 15. April. Before I always did my hair in my home country, but I can not travel there for another 3 months.

Before I always corrected my roots with some colour share in 10 and Dev 9%, without a problem (I was ok with a bit orange, that I toned down, good thing was that they were still darker than ends).
My ends were(are) around 8-ish (some parts 7 some parts 9) as cold as my hairdresser could get me on my previous yellow lift.

This time I bleached my roots (outgrow 4 cm) yesterday (Blondme 9+, Dev 20 Vol 6%, processing time 75min) and now I am bright yellow. Roots are very pale.
I did my research, I understand why this happened.

Now please help me correct this only until end of April and only for "good enough" for video calls in home office.

I am planning to correct this with Wella Illumina (I am comfortable on myself with colour melt technic, sometimes with dubious results but I am enjoying it).
my current stash:
- Welloxon 6%
- Welloxon 1.9%
- Wella Illumina Color Opal-Essence Copper Peach
- Wella Illumina Color 9/03 lichtblond / natur-gold

I need your recommendation about the formula.
Below is my current situation, and last photo desired outcome (at least around the roots, I want to keep ends a bit brighter).

Thinking about buying - Wella Illumina Color 7/03

First question, If I tone my roots with level 7/3 colour, is it dark enough to cover my current yellow? And can I use 1.9% developer or must I use 6% ?
Would Opal essence do anything on my roots with 1.9% developer?

A year ago I apply 8/93 with 6% dev on similar bleach yellow and it did nothing to correct my colour.
How dark I must go (if I don't want to do any more lift) to correct this outcome, and what formula would you recommend to make it more natural golden, or slightly peachy.

I would be extremely helpful to anyone who gives me advice on any question above.

Current Status:

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The direction of desired outcome:
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Please book an appointment with a colour specialist, (when they’re open?).
It’s against the site rules to provide technical colour advice to an untrained diy-er.
 
They open tomorrow, but I start calling on Friday, and the earliest appointment I got is 14. April (current status in Germany, not to say that I don't speak the language here).
Sorry I don't want to break rules, I thought it was ok to ask for advice. I have seen so many other posts like this answered, so I assume that was ok.
You can lock the thread, but I would need to do something before visiting colorist. :( and anyone saying anything would be helpful. It's my responsibility/fault if I take advice or not.
 
We are not allowed to give advice to non professionals, I'm afraid. Advice you may have read will be to professionals who may be converting to another brand, etc and may need help with selecting formuae for that reason. It's been many years since I joined this site, but I do think it used to ask if you worked in the trade, when you register? Hopefully you'll manage to get an earlier appointment with a salon. Good luck.
 

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