Hair color

Human beings have many variations in hair color and texture.

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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.

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Melanin

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In general, the color of children's and adult's hair varies from pale yellow to deep black. 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 Mediterranean Europe, and even darker shades occur in East Asia, South Asia, as well as tropical Africa and Central America; lighter brown is more common in central Europe, yellow/blond in northern Europe, and reddish in the British Isles.

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Middle East - North Africa - Mediterranean Europe - East Asia - South Asia - Africa - Central America - Central Europe - Northern Europe - British Isles

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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.

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Names for human hair colors include brun, brown, black, raven, midnight, blond, sandy blond, dirty blond, strawberry blond, platinum blond, flaxen, auburn, red, russet, ginger, and grey, silver, salt and pepper, and white.

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Hair - Brun[ette], brown, - Black, raven, midnight - Blond[e], sandy blond[e], dirty blond[e], strawberry blond[e], platinum blond[e], flaxen - Auburn, red, russet, ginger - Grey, silver, salt and pepper, and white

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People also change their hair color to colors that aren't their natural ones.

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