"Redhead" redirects here. For other uses, see Redhead (disambiguation).
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Red hair, also known as orange hair[citation needed] or ginger hair, is a human hair color found in 1–2% of the world population, appearing with greater frequency (2–6%) among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein.[1]
Red hair varies in hue from a deep burgundy or bright copper, or auburn, to burnt orange or red-orange to strawberry blond. Characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin, it is typically associated with fair skin color, lighter eye color, freckles, and sensitivity to ultraviolet light.[2]
Cultural reactions to red hair have been varied. The term "redhead" has been in use since at least 1510,[3] while the term "ginger" is sometimes used, especially in Britain and Ireland, to describe a person with red hair.
The origin of red hair can be traced to Central Asia, caused by a mutation in the MC1R gene.[4][5]
^"Hair Color". thetech.org. The Tech Museum of Innovation. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2017. When someone has both of their MC1R genes mutated, this conversion doesn't happen anymore and you get a buildup of pheomelanin, which results in red hair
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^"redhead, n. and adj". OED Online. Oxford University Press. June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
^Joanna Scuts; Red hair : a blessing or a curse ?; Washington Post; June 12, 2015
^ Jacky Collis Harvey; A History of the Redhead; 2018; Running Press; USA
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