What Is Your Hair Color?

[anion]

Can anyone post up some pictures of different hair colours they consider to be light blonde dark blonde light brown ect? Im a bit confused as people with 'dark blonde' sometimes seem to actually have darker hair than someone with 'light brown' So is blondism to do with colour tone, not just depth? Also does anyone have any pics of Hallstats and East Baltics with natural hair so I can see the difference?

[Stríbog]

Ok when I say dark blonde I am often referring to just lighter than light brown. Dark blonde still has that golden cast to it that light brown lacks. I have seen people with hair that is basically light brown at the roots, but lighter and more golden towards the tips. I still refer to them as dark blonde. I don't consider any 'dark blondes' to be darker than 'light brunettes'. It's hard to give famous examples, because celebrities change their hair color so frequently. I guess, though, that I would say Michelle Pfeiffer and Jennifer Aniston, for example, are dark blondes, as opposed to, say, Laetitia Casta, who has light brown hair. Claudia Schiffer is a medium blonde, I would say; a lot of Scandinavian starlets are light blonde (Victoria Silvstedt, Frida Utter, etc.). The standards also vary for the sexes, since men tend to be darker. I would say that I am a medium blonde by female standards, but a light blonde by male standards, for example.

[anion]

That is true, a woman who has the same hair colour as a man who is 'dark blonde' is often not described as a blonde. I think this is because women dye their hair more than men do - women who are naturally dark blonde often go light blonde

[Stríbog]

It would be nice if someone created a standardized hair pigmentation scale similar to what we are doing here, and then published statistics for each Nordish subtype, and for each nation in Europe (as well as America and Canada), to give us an idea of who is the blondest :) I have no idea how we would get around women (and men for that matter) who dye their hair, though.... why can't people just stick with the pigmentation Nature intended :confused: ?

[NordicPower]

A lot of people don't like their hair color. Mostly for the reasons that they think it's too dark, and that blondes are much more attractive.

[Stríbog]

Yeah, the women lightening their hair thing has gone on for millenia, even in ancient Egypt. I guess I am just frustrated that any old Mediterranean thinks that a trip to the salon will make them Nordic!!!x_nono

[anion]

Thanks NP88. I'm medium blonde! Yeah i hate it when dark people dye their hair blonde. This asian I know dyed her hair blonde and got blue contact lenses - sick! I have tried dying my hair both darker and lighter and both looked gross, so im back to my natural colour now - took all year to grow back:)

[NordicPower]

My hair is from light to medium brown at the roots with medium auburn always on the ends. I'm gonna make a poll about hair color I think :)

[NordicPower]

According to the chart as shown below, which color most closely resembles your natural hair color?

[Conquistador]

My hair is dark brown, however I have been told that two of my great-grandparents had reddish hair: My great-grandfather had bright red hair and my great-grandmother had strawberry-blonde hair. For now the redhead gene is recessive in me, but that could change when the next generation of my offspring comes. :gift

[racist]

Medium brown or dark brown.

[Tore]

Light Golden Brown

[Ross]

Very interesting!

I've always thought I'm medium brown with perceptible goldsh (and reddish) hue, but according to the chart it must be Light Golden Brown or even Strawberry Blond when under the sun.

Btw, what's the true colour? Under the sun or yellow/white electrical light? Or natural light without the sun?

I wonder, if the original image is better, as I can hardly discern darker colours... they all look the same.

[Hellstar]

Sorry I dont think the colour scheme seems in accordance with natures diversity.

[Azdaja]

Most of my hair would be considered light brown on this chart, but with light golden brown colouration down towards the roots.
I was born with very blonde hair, that gradually darkened with age. Even when I was 21 years old (I'm 25 now), after a haircut people would think I had dyed my hair blonde because of the difference in colour towards the roots.

[cosmocreator]

I think mine's medium brown. I have natural red highlights though. If I were to grow a beard there would be pure red hairs in it but also medium brown and dark brown.

[Hellstar]

Originally posted by ns1488ca
I think mine's medium brown. I have natural red highlights though. If I were to grow a beard there would be pure red hairs in it but also medium brown and dark brown.
Your hair looks blackish to me. but from what you describe hair/beard = Reddish, could well be the Phallian strain i talked about when you first wanted a classification way back, the Phallian element could certainly describe your eye gazing as some of us pointed out! Note: I do see something else than phallian in your eyes. perhaps mixes with Alpine and Dinaric!

[cosmocreator]

Originally posted by HELLSTAR
Your hair looks blackish to me. but from what you describe hair/beard = Reddish, could well be the Phallian strain i talked about when you first wanted a classification way back, the Phallian element could certainly describe your eye gazing as some of us pointed out! Note: I do see something else than phallian in your eyes. perhaps mixes with Alpine and Dinaric!


There was a Med on SF saying look how black his hair is and his black eyes. IT'S A B&W PHOTO! Look at the thread I started called Alpine/Borreby. The first photo, the profile, is color.

[Hellstar]

Originally posted by ns1488ca
There was a Med on SF saying look how black his hair is and his black eyes. IT'S A B&W PHOTO! Look at the thread I started called Alpine/Borreby. The first photo, the profile, is color. so your arguing with Meds at SFx_rofl x_rofl

[Stríbog]

I'm sad that we blondes are so outnumbered.... :confused:

[Hellstar]

Originally posted by NordischesBlutundEhre
I'm sad that we blondes are so outnumbered.... :confused:
as you know I live among blond people here. the decreased blondism I witness through my merely young existence have been depressing on me. the physical metamorphose toward darkish future is overwhelming but nevertheless there are still many blond people around where I am, it brings me to my next point in making this post--> alot of these blonds are not to bright people they have no pride and their pride is twisted and self opposed. when you declare how the true beauty characteristics of us are decreasingly shrinking all they do is say but there are so many whites HellStar, so we really doubt that. they simply refuse to believe it, cause most people from TV is white, and it leaves people with the impression that most of the earths population is consisting of white skinned people and several of them with blond hair and blue eyes, its the idiotic dream world they live in. there is around 0,03-0,04% of the population who has blond hair and blue eyes. and how many of these people are not Ebs? or blond brachycephals or something like that?

People are so fucking stupid they know nothing about evolution or origin. they think the world is anthropocentric and that we have no responsibility for what we see around us!

[NordicPower]

Originally posted by HELLSTAR
Sorry I dont think the colour scheme seems in accordance with natures diversity.

Why? I compared it to the hair of every photo on nordish.com and could figure out the color very easily and quickly. I think this chart is easy to use. Some of the brown colors are a little off, but it was the best examples I could find! Maybe you could make a better chart?

PS: Most of the colors came directly off pictures of people, and I cut out a portion of their actual hair!

[Hellstar]

Dont play so naive please. why should I find a new chart when you posted one with 40 more colours a few months back?

10 colours or how many There is on this chart? is way to little to represent a brought nordish population.


DO I NEED TO SAY MORE?

[NordicPower]

I don't remember posting any such chart. So tell me what colors am I missing??

[Stríbog]

I think NP88 has all the fundamental and important colors covered... unless we want to get really specific and start talking about shades like "golden honey-wheat" and "chestnut brown" and "mahogany red" like we see on hair dye boxes... x_p
I think a chart with 40 shades would be quite beautiful to look at but way too complicated to use for anthropological categorizations.

[Hellstar]

Originally posted by NordischesBlutundEhre
I think NP88 has all the fundamental and important colors covered... unless we want to get really specific and start talking about shades like "golden honey-wheat" and "chestnut brown" and "mahogany red" like we see on hair dye boxes... x_p
I think a chart with 40 shades would be quite beautiful to look at but way too complicated to use for anthropological categorizations.
Yep lets say we have 6 Aryan sub-races instead of 30 because its more easy to keep track of! x_zzz

[Razmig]

each of my hair strands is a different color, blonde, brown, red, what the hell is wrong with me?

[Sigrun Christianson]

I used to be red. :|

I've now had three people tell me I look blonde. :~(

[Milesian]

each of my hair strands is a different color, blonde, brown, red, what the hell is wrong with me?

Perhaps you are the re-incarnation of Cuchullain ;)

[Nordgau]

http://www.forums.skadi.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=976

My hair colour is, I would say, something between what is here "light blond" and "medium blond", but is more goldish in its shine. But it's not such a clear light-goldish colour as "light golden blond" here.

[Evolved]

On this chart:

http://www.forums.skadi.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=982

my natural haircolor is somewhere in the dark blonde - light brown range. I used to have a little bit of red. When I was about 4 years old my hair was orangish auburn- I have a picture of it and a sample of hair from my first haircut if you need proof. :P

I really have had every hair color on that chart (except the medium brown-black and white blonde-medium blonde series) through natural pigmentation changes. I have dyed my hair different colors since I was 13, too. My advice is don't use harsh permanent hairdyes because it ruins your hair. It's better to have healthy hair in a color you don't like. Use henna or something semipermanent if anything.

[NormanBlood]

Mine is medium auburn with some bright reddish streaks, though it tends more to red than auburn as it gets closer to the bottom. Also some blondish streaks. In the summer though it lightens to flaming red with the sun.

[Razmig]

Perhaps you are the re-incarnation of Cuchullain ;)

are you calling me a flamer or a pimp? :flame :angry

[Odin Of Ossetia]

:D My hair is dark brown, however I have been told that two of my great-grandparents had reddish hair: My great-grandfather had bright red hair and my great-grandmother had strawberry-blonde hair. For now the redhead gene is recessive in me, but that could change when the next generation of my offspring comes. :gift




Are you not descended from a certain people known in Spain as the Eslavos?



:)

[sud]

My hair is I guess Dark Blond and as a child I used to be light blond.

[Agrippa]

I had light brown hair in childhood and have brown-black to black hairs now.

[AngryPotato]

As a child I would say I had light/medium blond. As I grew older it became darker. I would consider my head hair mostly dark blond. My chin still is the lighter shade and my arms are light blond. I think if I were to get more sunlight I would lighten up. Not sure how true that is without trying. I wish I could hurry up and read Bakers Race so I can contribute more to these threads.

[NormanBlood]

One of the reddish colors 1

Am I the only one with "one of the red colours"? :( I feel like such an outcast :~( lol

[+Suomut+]

Am I the only one with "one of the red colours"? :( I feel like such an outcast :~( lolNah, you're not the only one. ;) A Norman with red(-dish) hair: is PERFECTLY natural! ;) I suppose you know William the Conqueror had auburn hair too. :) And, his son, William "Rufous" II evidently had outright red hair. And, the rufosity of Normans was not confined to the nobility either. Don't get me wrong, though, all hair colors were probably present among the Normans of old with the possible exception of black; which if present, had to be the smallest % of the total...no one knows definitively the answers to such questions, of course. :( My SALUTE & HAIL! goes out to you, Normanblood. :D BTW, you're NO outcast to me, that's for sure! ;) Don't cry...I HATE to see Norman girls cry! ;(

[xakep]

Light Brown/ Light Golden Brown.

[NormanBlood]

Hey Suomut. I actually did not know William the Conqueror had auburn hair. The descriptions I've read have just described him as having steely blue eyes and being very tall (approximatly the size of his ancestor Hrolf). From what I read it seems it was very rare for a Norman to have a hair colour other than in the blonde or reddish spectrum, which would make sense.

Guess I was a little surprised to the lack of reddish (and even blonde) haired individuals on the forum.


Njörd, lol! I'll have to make sure to advertise such details next time I enter a forum:p

[Jethro Tull]

dark blond.

[Noddy]

Medium brown, dark brown when it's wet, kindof golden in the sunlight.

[+Suomut+]

Hey Suomut. I actually did not know William the Conqueror had auburn hair. The descriptions I've read have just described him as having steely blue eyes and being very tall (approximatly the size of his ancestor Hrolf).Greetings, NormanBlood. Just out of curiosity, whence did you get these descriptions? :) The source I have is Alan Lloyd's The Making of a King: 1066 via Brent A. Riley's article "William: From Bastard to Conqueror" in the magazine Military History (April 2002, pp. 50-57). Lloyd states: "Thy physical characteristics most commonly attributed to William have included a large frame, gray eyes under russet hair, thin lips, and a deep jaw. No contemporary portrait of sufficient detail survives to corroborate what might be termed the classic image, but at least his sketchy representation on coins, on his seal, and in the Bayeux Tapestry does not seriously contradict it." Additionally, he had a "harsh and guttural voice." :) "Large frame" could indeed mean tall stature and/or a overall LARGE man (both horizonally and vertically, perhaps! lol ;) ) As for his irises, if Lloyd's opinion is correct it could be William's were in the gray-blue range, but this would preclude a possiblity of irises in a clear-spotless-blue range; if this is what you mean by "steely blue irises." I have interpreted his "russet" hair to mean auburn, but it might possibly have been outright red. Would you happen to have any sources describing Hrolf? :)

From what I read it seems it was very rare for a Norman to have a hair colour other than in the blonde or reddish spectrum, which would make sense. I am of the opinion that most "Normans" were of Danish origin; and if this is valid, then most of them had either flaxen/golden or ashen/cinder hair with some of them having red or brunette hair. The peat bog discoveries in modern times revealed this ancient Danish hair color spectrum LONG before there ever existed a group of folks entitled in English: the "Normans." ;)

Guess I was a little surprised to the lack of reddish (and even blonde) haired individuals on the forum.I consider those with red or auburn to be "blonde" too; red and auburn are merely 2 varieties of "blonde (i.e., LIGHT!)" hair among the others. This having been said, it should be no surprise to you about the poll being the way it is..."blondes" by hair pigmentation are a minority nearly everywhere nowadays; yes, this forum is no exception to this general situation.

I've attached 2 images from the Bayeux Tapestry of William, one of which displays 2 of his maternal half-brothers: Odo, Bishop of Bayeux & Robert, comte de Mortain. It's hard to see their hair colors, due to their headwear; but it appears that they all had at least flaxen/golden or even red. The one or William alone appears to be flaxen/golden, but this contradicts the other sources Lloyd cites for "russet." So, their are some good arugments that can be made over his hair pigmentation. His iris pigment. seems to have probably fallen in the gray to gray-blue ranges. Needless to say, their skin was in all likelihood blonde; probably, IMO, pale (freckle capable), esp. since William indeed carried the genes for red hair...his son William II "rufous" had to have been a red-haired man, it seems to me (but this seems to be a little controversial too, but not much).;)

[Taras Bulba]

I have dark brown hair.

[Demigorgona]

In the summer my hair is strawberry blonde from sunbleaching and normally in the winter it is medium auburn with some blondish highlights.

I was born with Strawberry blonde hair though. I was a cute baby :)

[Mac Seafraidh]

Dark Brown

[NormanBlood]

Greetings, NormanBlood. Just out of curiosity, whence did you get these descriptions?

Histoire de la Normandie by Jean Mabire and Jean-Robert Ragache. A good read actually and I believe it has been translated in English.

Additionally, he had a "harsh and guttural voice." "Large frame" could indeed mean tall stature and/or a overall LARGE man (both horizonally and vertically, perhaps! lol )

Maybe a larger frame "horizontally" in his later days :P but in his younger days I don't believe so. The quote I have here says "Comme son ancêtre Rolf le Marcheur, il semble toujours écraser les chevaux sous lui" a rough translation would be: Like his ancestre Hrolf "le marcheur", he seemed to always crush his horses underneath him. Thats actually basically why Hrolf was called "le marcheur" in French, he was said to be so big that no horse could carry him and that he always had to walk while the others rode horses. I do have a picture of Hrolf in one of my books, its a statue that is currently still in Rouen, Normandie, but I have no means of getting the picture online. I'll try to see if its on the internet anywhere. As for Hrolf's hair colour, I believe I'd read in one of Jean Renaud's books that he was blonde haired and his eyes a "piercing" blue (no better description unforunately). I am constantly trying to find out more about him. Its a little difficult to discover his true appearance because of the vagueness of many sources. Though William has probably always been better described in texts than Hrolf. Its hard to find out a lot about Hrolf, his past particularly is a bit obscure.

I am of the opinion that most "Normans" were of Danish origin; and if this is valid, then most of them had either flaxen/golden or ashen/cinder hair with some of them having red or brunette hair.

It depends on which area the Norman is from. The Cotentin area of Normandy for example was mostly settled by Norwegians. But the Rouen area was mostly settled by Danes. Hrolf himself was originally from Norway and so were some others he took with him. But the great majority of the Vikings he brought with him to Normandy were Danes. And you're right about the hair colours. In most books I've read the Normans are described as heavily blonde. Though it usually says something to the effect of the usually colour being "blonde or red". This would account for the great number of blonde haired individuals in modern Normandy itself. I at times wonder if the majority of Normans carry the red gene, I know in my own family the gene seems to pop up every once and a while on both sides of the family even if both parents are blonde.

I consider those with red or auburn to be "blonde" too; red and auburn are merely 2 varieties of "blonde (i.e., LIGHT!)" hair among the others. This having been said, it should be no surprise to you about the poll being the way it is..."blondes" by hair pigmentation are a minority nearly everywhere nowadays; yes, this forum is no exception to this general situation.

You're right of course, I guess I had just expected the number to be a little higher considering the number of nordicist individuals and northern European types here.

[Gladstone]

Light brown.

[Descendant]

Light golden blond as a child, dark blond as an adult.

[CelticLover]

Medium blonde.

[Abby Normal]

A lot of people don't like their hair color. Mostly for the reasons that they think it's too dark, and that blondes are much more attractive.

Haha. My hair is naturally light brown, but I recently dyed it black- and I'm getting sick of it.

[Esther_Helena]

medium brown, that photographs as darker, has red highlights in the sun (in summer mostly), and I was born with jet-black hair.

[waheed]

Black

[Atlancos]

Dark brown

[Akerbeltz]

black hair rules!!!!
The blond factor it's just a point of aesthetic, but what really is important is the intelligence quotient(IQ) it is a scientific prove conclusively that black hair people(Europeans of course) being more intelligent than blonde people.

And remember that one of the greatest men in all the history of the humankind was black hair(Adolf Hitler). 14/88.

[cosmocreator]

black hair rules!!!!

In Asia


And remember that one of the greatest men in all the history of the humankind was black hair(Adolf Hitler). 14/88.


Hitler didn't have black hair. B&W photos make everything look black, white and grey. Hitler's hair was light brown.

[Esther_Helena]

I have a question.. what if you were born with one hair color, but now, naturally have another? Which one counts?
I was born with jet black hair, it's now brown.
There are several blondes who were born brunette.
A friend of mine, is a brunette, as a child, she was a blonde.
These are natural, subtle changes, but changes nontheless. If you "naturally" went from blonde to black , or black to blonde, you may want to look up "naturally" in a dictionary.

[Johannes de León]

i made a little mistake, i voted for light brown, but after seeing the pics i realised that my hair is light golden brown!! :P

[Fraxinus Excelsior]

Medium Blond.

[Illidan]

What is your natural hair color?

I have made the options very general, so please feel free to elaborate in your post, as I am excluding shade variations in the poll.

Thank you.




p.s. This poll shall not end.

[Illidan]

My hair is a quite frankly a plain, medium shade of brown (well, mixed with a bit of premature silver). Not too dark, not too light, although in some picture is seems light, and in some pictures it seems dark.

Obviously, I am biased, but I can honestly say that I prefer brown hair (for myself) over any other color. Brown is the earth, and I am of the earth!

When my hair was very long, the "pony tail" section turned a golden blonde, but that is only due to excessive sun and light exposure, since I have worked outside virtually every day since I was 18 years old (my farmers tan is a site to behold, indeed!) My arms, from the elbow to the wrist, are the darkest parts of my body, yet the hair on my arms is white-blonde! My face and neck have a tan on them, too. The rest of me is as white as mimeograph paper, and my family and friends literally laugh at me when I wear shorts!

Hopefully, pics will not surface anytime soon!

[Allenson]

My hair is a quite frankly a plain, medium shade of brown (well, mixed with a bit of premature silver). Not too dark, not too light, although in some picture is seems light, and in some pictures it seems dark.

Obviously, I am biased, but I can honestly say that I prefer brown hair (for myself) over any other color. Brown is the earth, and I am of the earth!

When my hair was very long, the "pony tail" section turned a golden blonde, but that is only due to excessive sun and light exposure, since I have worked outside virtually every day since I was 18 years old (my farmers tan is a site to behold, indeed!) My arms, from the elbow to the wrist, are the darkest parts of my body, yet the hair on my arms is white-blonde! My face and neck have a tan on them, too. The rest of me is as white as mimeograph paper, and my family and friends literally laugh at me when I wear shorts!

Hopefully, pics will not surface anytime soon!



I would say that I fall into the "dark blond" category. It certainly gets much lighter in the summer, as you mentioned that yours does as well. Also, I have that touch of silver myself--especially in the front. "Better gray than nay" as they say! :)

My current avatar pic is my "winter coat". The pic was taken just this past April near some caves called 'Devil's Den'. The last of the snowpack was still underfoot in the dark and shady locales....

Aye! I can also relate to the farmer's tan, LOL. When I take my shirt off to go swimming, my two-toned self is fully revealed!

[Zyklop]

Dark blond with golden sheen. Getting lighter in the summer.

[PsycholgclMishap]

I have an odd head of hair. It must be noted that a birthmark I have prevents a large section of the hair on the lower right side of my scalp from growing as it would if I had not had the birthmark. Hair that grows from the birthmark is many colors. The range is quite large, i.e.: Black, Grey, White, Light Brown, Dark Brown, Red Brown, Red, etc. While the rest of my hair is a light reddish brown to a dark blonde or as my mother would say "dirty blonde".

[Cuchullain]

My hair is a combination of brown, blonde and red.

Slainte

[Weg]

My hair is a combination of brown, blonde and red.

Slainte

Hehe, your name is not Cuchullain for nothing. ;)

Mine is brown, depends on how long it is. The more my hair grows, the more it gets light.

[Cuchullain]

Weg wrote,

Mine is brown, depends on how long it is. The more my hair grows, the more it gets light.

Same here.

Slainte

[Gagnraad]

Well, originally I have blonde hair, but I have colored it black, now it's something between brown-orange and blonde :P

[PsycholgclMishap]

Well, originally I have blonde hair, but I have colored it black, now it's something between brown-orange and blonde :P
Dying natural hair is something I will never understand.

[Illidan]

Dying natural hair is something I will never understand.
I did that once, in high school. I had long brown hair, and decided that I would truly be more eveil if it were black. So, I dyed it black, and then never dyed it again. The result was two tone hair and the medium brown roots, contrasting with the blck dye, made them look like I was wearing an orange cap on my head for quite some time. Eventually I just kept trimming it until all of the black was replaced by natural hair colour.

[Blutwölfin]

You don't have a photo of this, do you? :D :P

[Illidan]

You don't have a photo of this, do you? :D :P
Fortunately, I do not. :D

[Gorm the Old]

I was "tow-headed" as a boy until about 9 . Then my hair darkened to a "dirty blonde" color, though I always preferred to liken it to tarnished bronze. What I have left is mostly still of that color except at the temples where it grades downward into greyish white. I used to have sideburns to the angle of my jaw, but shaved them off when they became grey. Now, I'd have to shave above my ears to get rid of all the grey.

[Sigurd]

Hehe, your name is not Cuchullain for nothing. ;)

Mine is brown, depends on how long it is. The more my hair grows, the more it gets light.

Totally the same here. I was a redhead though as a kid, and I kind of loved that colour :( . I think I'll have to vote for brown though, I've had that ever since I was 4 or so :(

[SouthernBoy]

I have brown hair. ;)

[Sifsvina]

My natural color is dark red, looking more red some days and more brown others (I have not figured a reason for this yet). The actual hairs are red, brown, and a few blond. I dye my hair blonde (it comes out varying shades of blonde and strawberry), just because it suits my skin and face better -I'm a very pale pink:-) I never would have thought of dyeing my hair blonde (or any other "natural" color)except I bleached it to take blue and found the lighter color suited me better. My mother is blond so it's a genetic possibility;-) Think of it like what color clothing you chose to wear, some colors just feel better.
:valkyrie

[Illidan]

My natural color is dark red, looking more red some days and more brown others (I have not figured a reason for this yet). The actual hairs are red, brown, and a few blond. I dye my hair blonde (it comes out varying shades of blonde and strawberry), just because it suits my skin and face better -I'm a very pale pink:-) I never would have thought of dyeing my hair blonde (or any other "natural" color)except I bleached it to take blue and found the lighter color suited me better. My mother is blond so it's a genetic possibility;-) Think of it like what color clothing you chose to wear, some colors just feel better.
:valkyrie
I would love to see you with natural hair colour. :)

[Sigurd]

Dying natural hair is something I will never understand.

We also call it Norwegian Black metallers ;) :D

[Weg]

Totally the same here. I was a redhead though as a kid, and I kind of loved that colour :( . I think I'll have to vote for brown though, I've had that ever since I was 4 or so :(

Ho, red to brown. It's pretty uncommon.

The same happens for me. Except that I'd white blonde hair. I got younger with age. :D Then blonde and later dark blond. I miss my child hair colour as well. ;)

I'm wondering if a blonde-haired person can become red-haired with age?

[Weg]

I would love to see you with natural hair colour. :)

Ho yes Sifsvina, the "dirty boy" (me) want to see you with your natural colour as well! :D

[Sifsvina]

Ho yes Sifsvina, the "dirty boy" (me) want to see you with your natural colour as well! :D
Sorry dirty boy;-), they don't exist on my computer, perhaps some day when I get a scanner or a time machine.... You can't really see the strange color variation in old pictures anyway, it's much more obvious dyed.
:valkyrie

[Vanir]

my hair was very blonde when young, now it is just blonde/dark blonde (i think) or "gold" blonde? (Everyone seems to have a different definition of where blonde starts and finishes) My beard grows ginger though (Barbarossa effect I heard it called before) My brother's the same as me only a bit more fair. Anyone else a Barbarossa victim also?

[Aghis]

I had light brown hair throughout childhood, which gradually became darker.

In my teen years and up till recently I had long hair, black at the roots and growing browner from ear-height downwards. Now it's short and black.

[Cuchullain]

Anyone else a Barbarossa victim also?

Yep.

Slainte

[Blutwölfin]

I'm wondering if a blonde-haired person can become red-haired with age?

Yes. White blonde as a child, until about the age of six or a little older, now a redhead.

[Weg]

Yes. White blonde as a child, until about the age of six or a little older, now a redhead.

Simply fascinating. It may sound stupid, but do you know an explanation by chance?

[Vanir]

but do you know an explanation by chance?
North Sea German Blood.

The reverse happens too. One of the kids in my neighbourhood had completely red hair (of the ginger type) when we were in Primary School, though when we were teens I remember his hair had gone white blond with only a ginger husk to it.

[Blutwölfin]

North Sea German Blood.



I lilke that one. ;)

[Sifsvina]

I would love to see you with natural hair colour. :)

Hah! I found a time machine in the form of a bit of leftovers I had forgotten about from a long past head shaving:-) Now let's see if I can manage to post a proper pic.

Edit: Ah well, pic too dark. I'll try tomorrow in natural light.

[Weg]

Funny, my hair is somewhat the same colour when long.

[Sigurd]

I'm wondering if a blonde-haired person can become red-haired with age?

Blutwölfin - One day it will be closer to white blonde again ;)

[imported_Tomas]

I have red hair currently. It seems to be going darker though. It was much lighter (towards orange) when I was a little toddler. My mother was redheaded when she was younger and it gradually turned brown, the happened with my auntie also. Looks like I'm probably heading down the same path.

[Weg]

Blutwölfin - One day it will be closer to white blonde again ;)

You mean white grey?

[Sigurd]

You mean white grey?
Of course I do, har har... :D
;)

[Blutwölfin]

Blutwölfin - One day it will be closer to white blonde again ;)

Mean boy! But to be honest it has already started... :runaway

[Weltschmerz]

Blonde short hair is the style I sport, my own natural colour of course. ;)

[Sigurd]

Mean boy! But to be honest it has already started... :runaway

Sorry...we all go down that road eventually, though. I have found some blonde hair in my hair today. But maybe I just mislooked and I'm greying already :D

Italian Football player Ravanelli was grey at 16.

[ornendil]

I have quite light blonde hair as you may see from my avatar. When I was a child it used to be almost white. I prefer it the way it is now. Could always be longer though :/

[Cuchullain]

I look forward to grey hair, I'm 30 but I have very little grey in my hair. I do look forward to looking like a wise old man, hehe.;)

Slainte

[Blood_Axis]

I look forward to grey hair, I'm 30 but I have very little grey in my hair. I do look forward to looking like a wise old man, hehe.;)

Slainte
I hear ya...grey is charming ;)

[Sifsvina]

I hear ya...grey is charming ;)

My mom is getting beautiful grays! I think I'll go white as both my redheaded grandmothers did. I'm looking forward to it! I get a couple white hairs in my eyebrows already but none yet on top.
:valkyrie

[Cuchullain]

Worry not, they will come.;)

Slainte

[Illidan]

At 28, I already have my fair share of grey hair. My father, at 56, is fully grey, and has been for about a decade. I eagerly await a full grey head. :oldman

[The Black Prince]

As most people in Northern-Europe,

As young child White Blond --> generally darken--> nowadays Mid-Brown.

[Huzar]

As most people where i live, Blond in my childhood, now i'm mid-Brown(reddish undertones) haired,

[The Black Prince]

As most people where i live, Blond in my childhood, now i'm mid-Brown(reddish undertones) haired,

OK not only in Northern Europe, ;)

[freya3]

I have dark brown hair. It has seemed to have gotten darker the older I get. I hear that happens right before you go gray :(

[Ste!neR]

My hairs are dark-brown.

[Ragnar Lodbrok]

my hair was red then black and now its black with red streaks

[Mead Devourer]

dark brown like the rest of my family.

[Skade]

I'm (dark in the winter, light in the summer) blonde ...

[Alkman]

I have the darker brown haircolour you can imagine that strangelly enough becomes kinda reddish in the summer.

[anaktas]

Brown.
My brother is blond though.

I have the darker brown haircolour you can imagine that strangelly enough becomes kinda reddish in the summer.
Hello Julian :D

[Alkman]

Hello Julian :D
Hello Anaktas

[+..CrimsonDawn..+]

mine was white-blonde as a child, then went darker blonde. long time since ive seen it in its natural state though!! put it this way, the only colour it HASNT been is green :D

[Illidan]

mine was white-blonde as a child, then went darker blonde. long time since ive seen it in its natural state though!! put it this way, the only colour it HASNT been is green :D
What color is it now?

[Sifsvina]

put it this way, the only colour it HASNT been is green :D

Mine was somewhat green for a time, not on purpose but that is what you get when blue dye fades on yellow hair:) It was kinda a cool cascade affect so I often waited to re-dye it blue.

[Sigrid]

The story of a head of hair from blond in 1958 aged 3 to whatever it is in 2006, aged 50 (top is lighter than underlayers). With some silvery ones turning up so I will be going light again. I agree with Blutwolfin, it is cause to run round in circles when you first discover this :runaway

[Sigurd]

Sigrid - I would say your hair is still pretty light. in the last picture, I would call it a lighter middle brown, and it is the color my hair can have in summer. In the others, you are clearly very blonde.
Oh, and if you were still the age of the fourth picture (19), I would move to South Africa immediately....:D

[nordicdusk]

My hair was white blonde but its dyed black now.

[PsycholgclMishap]

As an infant and toddler: strawberry blonde hair
elementary school: light brown
middle school: blonde
high school: blondish, reddish brown
Now: It's pretty much the same now but not enough of one to choose. I don't know which to choose!

Note: I have never dyed my hair nor will I ever!

[Sigrid]

Sigrid - I would say your hair is still pretty light. in the last picture, I would call it a lighter middle brown, and it is the color my hair can have in summer. In the others, you are clearly very blonde.
Oh, and if you were still the age of the fourth picture (19), I would move to South Africa immediately....:D

And if I were still 19 and you moved to South Africa immediately I would be waiting for you at the airport with a picnic hamper full of heavy metal music and liquid sunshine, you wicked boy.

[Weg]

Wonderful hair Sigrid. I find it's a shame that many women cut their hair short after their 30's-40's.

[Sigrid]

Weg, yes, this is true. I have had to cut it a few times in my life (aged 12, 24 and 37) to allow it to grow stronger again as where I live the climate bashes it and breaks it. But I miss it when I do and can't wait for it to grow long again. It's like a friend. :)

My Icelandic grandmother had hair to her waist at the age of 82. I grew mine in honour of this cultural practice.

[Weg]

Weg, yes, this is true. I have had to cut it a few times in my life (aged 12, 24 and 37) to allow it to grow stronger again as where I live the climate bashes it and breaks it. But I miss it when I do and can't wait for it to grow long again. It's like a friend. :)

Yes, I do that time to time (each year) too as I heard you bald if you don't cut your hair at all. Or maybe was it one of my mother's trick to have them cut. :eek It's so long to wait before they grow long, that I cut mine last month. I miss my friend now... But at least, it's much easier for the shampoo and easier to live with.

My Icelandic grandmother had hair to her waist at the age of 82. I grew mine in honour of this cultural practice.

Be my guest! :thumbsup

[anaktas]

My hair was white blonde but its dyed black now.
Why? Why?? WHY?????:O :O :thumbsdow

[Gagnraad]

I have dyed my hair numerous times... From blue to pink(:P) And the last time I dyed it, I dyed it black. I don't remember what hair colour I used to have, since there excist no picture of me(Except of them I have taken with my webcam)
Now my hair colour varies between light and dark blonde.

[Sigrid]

Is dying hair black today a goth thing to do? I have noticed some young girls where I live who are Germanic now have pitch black hair. They were light brown and blond before. :eek

[Gagnraad]

Is dying hair black today a goth thing to do? I have noticed some young girls where I live who are Germanic now have pitch black hair. They were light brown and blond before. :eek
Not necessarily a goth thing...
But if they wear PVC clothes and look pretty sadistic and pathetic I would say yes :D

It's typical Black Metal to dye your hair black.

And you usually see on what kind of clothes and their style if it's goth, black metal or whatever.

[Sigrid]

Ohhhhhh, black metal. I forgot about that. Maybe that is what they are. Their parents must be having a fit as they are devout Christians. I see the one girl is now smoking and had a fight with her brother the other day where she used language that I found very impressive (I am an expert swearer myself) but noticed that it clashed rather horribly with her home atmosphere. Maybe she is rebelling against the system.:music:

[Gagnraad]

Ohhhhhh, black metal. I forgot about that. Maybe that is what they are. Their parents must be having a fit as they are devout Christians. I see the one girl is now smoking and had a fight with her brother the other day where she used language that I found very impressive (I am an expert swearer myself) but noticed that it clashed rather horribly with her home atmosphere. Maybe she is rebelling against the system.:music:
Hahaha :D
I remember when I used to be rebellious for some four years ago, or so... Hehe :P

[Eisenmann]

it's the subtleties that count in rebellion acts:D

[Sigurd]

If you are BM, and dye your hair black when long, be satanic and whatever, then you are a sad f***. It is in fact, much truer to not adapt to the subcultural norm.

My best friend is the extreme here. Whenever he can get a bandshirt in white rather than black, he will buy it (same with me, BTW ;)). He has decided to get a pink spiked collar because everybody wears a black one. He wears his hair short. Lastly he is NSBM, and while everybody else there runs around with white shoelaces, he has taken black & brown shoelaces as a choice. That is what I call true! :D

[Eisenmann]

I like your friend already. Be against the masses.;) :thumbsup

[Sifsvina]

It is in fact, much truer to not adapt to the subcultural norm.


hehe...I like wearing dirdle dresses and other such archaic feminine dress from many eras, it makes all the little wannabe rebels in their corsets and PVC look like sheep;-) And I have hair down to my waist, I may cut a couple of inches when I get old enough that I can't move my arms enough to brush it or my neck hurts from the weight (it's very thick!) but I never intend to get one of those old lady helmets or anything near :eek Of course if I can keep young one's around to brush it for me I'll leave it as long as I can! My primary reason for having an extended family...my hair;-)

[:hveðrungur:]

When I was younger my hair was more of a platnum blonde and now it's gotten darker as seen in the pictures. The first is me at about four and a half years old the other is me at twenty years old.

[NatRev]

Ok, up until I was about 6 I was blonde, since then it's gone progressively darker.

In summer it can get almost 'brassy' coloured but it's mostly light brown with a touch of red innit.

I have some flecks on the sides and tops and despite my wife telling me they're GREY they are not, just very pale blonde!

[Sigurd]

I have some flecks on the sides and tops and despite my wife telling me they're GREY they are not, just very pale blonde

I know that one...when my hair is short (which it is on the sides ;)), it oft has that slightly greyish shimmer in certain kinds of light - and that is because the base color is a quite dark brown (that goes somewhat slightly reddish when longer), but there is quite light blonde alongside it, we're maybe talking about 5-10% of it?...well at least I hope so, going grey at age 18 would be a horror! :eek

[NatRev]

My mate's 2 years younger than me and he's gone grey.

When he had his hair long he looked like a badger! :D

[Sigurd]

Ho, red to brown. It's pretty uncommon.


Not sure if I said so before , but the red was more of an "auburn" quality anyway. With time the red became less intense, whilst the brown part turned from light to dark brown, hence the red is only clearly visible in sunlight or when my hair is long. To most it thus commonly looks like dark brown with a light brown shimmer. ;)

[Pellonpekko]

My hair is "ash-blonde". Someone even called it "finnish blond" sometime ago.. :P Many times the ladies at the barbor shop have been wondering the color of my hair... :)

[ladybright]

I would call my hair brown with auburn highlights. In the summer it goes to light brown with red. When I was a small child it was blond but it darkened around 10. I had a great-great-aunt with red hair that turned bright pink as she aged. unfortunately I have only seen black and white pictures of her.
Here is a shot of my hair in natural light and back when I hennaed it.
Dying natural hair is something I will never understand.
It is not my thing but I have seen lovely blue, purple and green hair.
I liked it red but just have not bothered with it in the last year. I think that using herbs like henna, hibiscus, cinnamon(red), sage, black tes, indigo, black walnut, elderberries, henna & grape juice(brown-black) mullin, camomile, calendula (blond) is a lovely practice that encourages women to enjoy sensual natural beauty.

[Turso]

Golden blonde :)

[Pørdy Mountain]

Originally blonde with some red in it. Now it just looks like a mess, some brown and some blonde.. Ahh. I hate my hairdresser for making me look like a raccoon..

Evidence:
1399

(The pony-tail and huge beard in the background is my brother, Gag :P He is not that fond of being taken pictures of, in contrast to his sister with the strange smile. And ohohoh! his hair is longer than mine :()

[enslaved1896]

Dark Brown with natural light brown streaks (more noticeable when longer).

Gotta love it!

[Kith of woden]

When i was younger i had brilliant red hair, then as i grew older it went darker, more Reddish brown. And the last five years ive started to go really grey(bit like a silver fox!).

[Huzar]

My shade is chestnut with auburn undertone

[Bridie]

My hair is a medium golden blonde... the golden shade is caused by slight reddish undertones. Occasionally I'll even find a hair on my head that is pure orange/red. :D But when I'm out in the sun, even for a short while, my hair becomes quite a pale blonde and the slight reddish tones disappear.

[Ferryman]

Hmm... Hard to say! In the winter my hair is light brown but during the summer it is dark golden blonde. :D

[Thusnelda]

My natural hair-color is middle/dark-blonde, but I color them reddish-blonde from tiem to time. ;)

[Huzar]

an example of mine :



http://i14.tinypic.com/4xl22iu.jpg

[SmokyGod]

my hair is a dark brown, wavy. Pretty Scottish IMHO.

[Kadu]

Mine goes from this http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o21/Kadu_album/DSC00251.jpg

to thishttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o21/Kadu_album/Dutele1.jpg

[Hersir]

I had bright blond hair (almost like white) hair when I was young. I have dark blonde hair now, and when I was newborn I had red hair (got red hairs in my beard).

[Sunwheel]

Light brown which has been described as blonde by some but I really can't see it. There are a few grey hairs too :(

[Ravensblood]

Its brown, red, and little bit blond, I don't know...reddish brown is my best description..

[mischak]

I made the poll multi-option for people who have two toned hair color(strawberry blonde, auburn, etc.) or apparent color changes due to seasonal changes.

Mine was blonde until about 12 or 13 and now it's light brown with reddish blonde highlights which are especially apparent in the sun. I usually dye it dark brown now though.

[Thusnelda]

I´ve darkblonde hair. :) And I was brightly blonde in my childhood days. (*moan* I loved my old hair color more! )

[Sturmbaon]

I have medium-dark blond.
My hair color/tone was a very light blond, when i was a young boy.
It was close to white in some lightning situations. I have a mop reserved from the first cut.

[salford]

My hair is a dark golden blonde now (see photo below), but I had much lighter hair as a child.

http://i27.tinypic.com/2i0rspj.jpg

[ÆinvargR]

White as a child. My parents thought that when I slept in bed it looked like Huey/Dewey/Louie layed there (my head seen from behind) haha. I read a lot of Donald Duck growing up.

It's like the picture now. Plus an orange goatee.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3025/hrys3.jpg

[Mrs. Lyfing]

Red Hair ;)

[OneEnglishNorman]

Light brown. There are some blond hairs here and there but I did not select Blond as an option. In summer goes more towards dark blond, but that's the same for a lot of people.

[Blood_Axis]

Mine was brown when I was a kid, and it lightened a bit later on, to a golden shade of medium brown, very similar to mischak's description. During the summer it had sometimes reddish and sometimes golden highlights.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9066/pigtailscy2.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pigtailscy2.jpg)

[Kadu]

Blackish brown all my life but when i was a child it had reddish highlights when exposed to the sun.

[Skarpherdin]

my hair is like muti coloured (Natural)

in the sunlight its brown with light bits in it
my facial hair is red

when my hair is wet its black

[mischak]

well, now I'm curious as to what color spectrum people go by? I don't consider my hair color to be "dark blonde" while some people are calling their hair color, which is substantially darker than mine, "light brown/dark blonde" (not OEN or anything :o).

[Cuchulain]

My hair was blonde was I was a kid. Now its dark brown, nearly black in the winter, but in the summer it gets light brown with prominent blonde highlights. Also near my temples is still very light blonde, almost translucent. This is also where my father first started to go gray.

[Elysium]

Medium-Dark Brown. When I was young I had blonde hair!

The days...................................

[Weißmann]

Blond-Blond

[Papa Koos]

Light brown (when I was a lad folks used to call it "dish water blonde" which I always found insulting).

Truth be told, the top on my head is now glarish and the fringe around the sides and back is grey.

[Blood_Axis]

"Dish water blond"? Is that another way of saying "dirty blond"? ...Hilarious (and insulting, of course)!!! :D

[Papa Koos]

"Dish water blond"? Is that another way of saying "dirty blond"? ...Hilarious (and insulting, of course)!!! :D

Yes Blaxis I believe so. Must have been a fifties thing in the South (I don't know what they said up nawth ~ I never could understand their language:rolleyes: )

[Maccuswæl]

Fleshtone :nerner

When I was young it was a dark blond. Of course, I was out in the sun a lot. Now my driver's license says "brown", though I generally don't let my hair grow over a quarter of an inch. At it's longest these days it's a dark brown. Back when I was not shaving my head it was a rich light brown color.