Hear this out loudPausePredominantly, human hair can be of five different colors: black, brown, blond, white/gray, and rarely red.
What is considered natural hair color?
Hear this out loudPauseNatural hair colors. Natural hair color can be black, brown, red and blond.
What is the genetic color of human hair?
Hear this out loudPauseThe best-studied hair-color gene in humans is called MC1R. This gene provides instructions for making a protein called the melanocortin 1 receptor, which is involved in the pathway that produces melanin. The melanocortin 1 receptor controls which type of melanin is produced by melanocytes.
Is human hair naturally black?
Hear this out loudPausePerhaps the most important and interesting fact about black hair is that it is not pure black, and it can't be so by nature. Truly jet-black hair can only be achieved through a dye job.
Can Caucasians have black hair?
Hear this out loudPauseBlack hair is the most common in Asia and Africa. Though this characteristic can also be seen throughout Europe as well, it is considerably less common. It can be found in Celtic populations such as in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Black hair can come in a variety of textures, just as any hair color.
What is meant by hair Colour?
Human hair color is the pigmentation of human hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more melanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less melanin is present, the hair is lighter.