Do you know much about how people are born with red hair?
Yes occurs naturally in 1-2 percent of the population.
That is such a small percentage for such a beautiful color of hair!  Even dyeing hair red fades faster than any other hair color dye.
Red hair occurs more in northern or western Europe.
Those areas have lighter skin as well don't they?  I wonder if they go  hand in hand.
I am not sure but I know there are different hues of red hair.
I think they are all so beautiful.  And i love the strawberry blond color also.
Yes, hair color has two types of melanin.
What are the two types - and do they create different colors?
Human hair color
Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more eumelanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less eumelanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to change, and it is possible to have hair follicles of more than one color on the same person. Particular hair colors are often associated with ethnic groups, while gray or white hair is
valerian) colors.
In science and nature Hair color.
Red hair occurs naturally on approximately 1–2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently (2–6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations. Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a mutation in the MC1R protein.
Red hair varies from a deep burgundy through burnt orange to bright copper. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin (