Human hair color
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Human hair color is the pigmentation of human hair follicles and shafts due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, the more melanin present, the darker the hair. Its tone depen
A variety of human hair colors; from top left, clockwise: black, brown, blonde, white, red
Hair color samples in a box for scientific studies. Early 20th century
Standard Fischer-Saller's scale of hair color
Rear view of black hair
Red hair
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Red hair, also known as ginger hair, is a human hair color found in 2–6% of people of Northwestern European ancestry, typically those of Celtic ancestry, and smaller amounts in other populations. It i
Human hair color
…B to E (light blond), F to L (blond), M to O (dark blond), P to T (light brown to brown), U to Y (dark brown to black) and Roman numerals I to IV (red) and V to VI (red-blond). Black hair or jet black hair is the darkest hair color. It has large amounts of eumelanin and is denser than other hair colors…
Woman with red hair
Actor Rupert Grint with red hair
Woman with red hair
Ed Sheeran, English singer of Irish ancestry