Vincent van Gogh was born near Breda and to me the most famous redhead.
Red hair occurs naturally in 1-2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently, 2-6% in people of northern or western ancestry and less frequently in other populations.
Red hair varies in shades of dark burgundy, strawberry blond, burnt orange to bright copper. It contains high levels of the reddish pigment called pheomelanin and low levels of eumelanin, the dark pigment.
We associate it with fair skin colour, freckles and sensitivity to ultraviolet light.
Most have more luminous eyes in shades of grey, blue, green and hazel.
Red hair can darken over time and becomes more brownish and loses some of its vividness.
In some Asian countries, henna and saffron are used to capture or enhance their hair colour.
Cultural reactions have varied through time with some ridiculed others admired.
The term redhead has been used since at least 1510.
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