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Human beings have many variations in hair color and hair texture.
Hair color is the result of pigmentation due to the presence of the chemicals of melanin. In general, the more melanin, the darker the hair color.
In general, the color of children's and adults' hair varies from pale yellow (blonde) to deep black.[1] The ethnic distribution of colors has historically varied by geographic area. For example, deep brown and black prevail in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Europe, and even darker shades occur in East Asia, South Asia, as well as tropical (Sub-saharan) Africa and The Americas; lighter brown is more common in western, central & eastern Europe, yellow/blond in northern Europe, and reddish in the British Isles.
However, considerable differences in hair color and texture exist between individuals of similar ethnicity, and immigration and global travel have greatly increased the diversity of hair characteristics in many countries.
Names for human hair colors include:
brown, brunette, mahogany, chocolate, cinnamon, dark, chestnut
jet black, raven, midnight, dark, sable, ebony, onyx, black, domino
flaxen, fair, tow-headed, blonde, sandy blonde, dirty blonde, strawberry blonde, honey, golden, platinum blonde
auburn, chestnut, red, fiery, redhead, titian, russet, ginger, scarlet, cinnamon
silver, salt and pepper, white, gray, alabaster, snow, platinum
People also change their hair color to colors that do not occur naturally. |