I've always wished I had red hair! It doesn't seem all that common though.
It really isn't - only 1-2% of humans have red hair. I'm one of them!
You are?! Lucky! Is is more common to see gingers in certain regions?
Absolutely. It is usually found in the northern and western parts of Europe, the center of "redness" being the British Isles.
That's really interesting! What shade of red is your hair? I'm thinking of dyeing mine.
Mine is classified as strawberry blond, but you can get so many hues - from reddish brown to red-orange, like my nephew.
I think strawberry blond is my favorite! Any tips you can give me for life as a redhead?
by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin, it is associated with fair skin color, lighter eye color, freckles, and sensitivity to ultraviolet light.
Cultural reactions to red hair have varied from ridicule to admiration with many common stereotypes in existence regarding redheads. The term redhead has been in use since at least 1510.
Geographic distribution.
Geographic distribution Modern.
Geographic distribution Modern Northern and Western Europe.
Red hair is most commonly found at the northern and western fringes of
the "Mc1r" gene and is recessive. Red hair has the highest amounts of pheomelanin, around 67%, and usually low levels of eumelanin. At 1–2% of the population, it is the least common hair color in the world. It is most prominently found in the British Isles. Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads; 13 percent of the population has red hair and approximately 40 percent carry the recessive redhead gene.
Natural hair colors Gray and white hair.
Gray or white hair—sometimes colloquially called