• Question: why do people have different hair colours

    Asked by marshmalllow to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 13 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      Different amounts of pigment I think

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      Like Duane, i tend to think that most things in the body that have different shades or colours, like hair or skin are like this due to different amounts of pigment in the tissue. I believe the pigment in hair is called melanin

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