• Question: Why do we have different color hair

    Asked by Ronaldo and Azz to Carolyn, Peter, Richard, Sara, Siana on 13 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Richard Unwin

      Richard Unwin answered on 13 Nov 2015:


      Hair colour is determined by two pigments, called eumelanin and pheomelanin – the relative amounts of each of the two define what colour your hair will be. the more Eumelanin you make, the darker your hair will be.

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