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Hi. I have a deep brown / auburn hair color. My father has dark brown hair, while my mother's hair is strawberry blonde. When I go out in the sun, my hair appears as a bright orangish-red, but inside my hair appears as a dark brownish-auburn color. Why is this? And could it be that my parents' hair color genes fused together and created an auburn?
Response:
Re: What's up with brown hair with a red tint? Greetings - A question similar to yours has been answered on our site. Check the following answered posts: Here;s a good explanation for how you might have ended up with red hair: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2003-12/1070499728.Ge.r.html more about red hair: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2004-06/1086203288.Ge.r.html hair colour tend to get lighter in the sun - a phenomenon known as sunbleaching. i have dark brown/black hair, but my hair gets lighter in the summer sun too. more on sun bleaching: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/jan2000/947351900.Ch.r.html Please try our search engine to locate files: http://www.madsci.org/MS_search.html Sanjida Rangwala, Moderator MadSci Network _______________________________________________________________ Hi. I have a deep brown / auburn hair color. My father has dark brown hair, while my mother's hair is strawberry blonde. When I go out in the sun, my hair appears as a bright orangish-red, but inside my hair appears as a dark brownish-auburn color. Why is this? And could it be that my parents' hair color genes fused together and created an auburn? ________________________________________________________________ MadSci Network http://www.madsci.org/ webadmin@madsci.org
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