头发颜色(haircolor)是头发的一种色素沉着(pigmentation)现象,有深有浅(darkerorlighter)。毛囊(follicle)中的黑色素(melanin)也随着时间发生变化。发色可能与种群(ethicgroup)有关,与肤色(skintone)及眼睛颜色(eyecolor)也存在关联。自然发色有黑色(black)、棕色(brown)、金色(blond)及红色(red)等。
黑头发是最深的、也是最普遍的发色。不同质地(texture)包括直发(straight)、卷曲(curly)、波浪(wavy)、柔软(soft)及粗糙(coarse)。有红黑(rufous)、柔黑(soft)和蓝黑(blue-black)几种情况。英语中通常用jetblack或ravenblack来描述黑头发。
Jetblack/ravenblack
棕色头发是第二大发色。有这种头发的人叫brunette(女)或brunet(男)。有时候不严格区分性别。词根和brown相同。通常说一个人是棕色头发用Hehasbrownhair或Shehaslightbrunettehair而不是Heisabrunet或Sheisalightbrunette。大概包括以下几种色调。
?Deepestbrunette-Thedarkestbrown,appearstobeoffblackatadistance.
?Darkbrown
?Milkchocolatebrown
?Chestnutbrown-Darkbrownwithavisiblewineauburnhighlight.
?Lightchestnutbrown-Mediumtodarkbrownwithverysubtlechestnuttones.,
?Mediumbrown
?Medium(golden)brown
?Lightgoldenbrown
?Lightauburnbrown
?Lightgoldenreddishbrown-Awarmlightbrownwithredtones.
?Lightashbrown
?Lightestbrown
Deepestbrown
arkbrown
Mediumbrown
Auburnbrown
金色头发也叫fairhair、towhead、towhead或toehead,都带些黄色(yellowishcolor)。男性叫blond,而女性则叫blonde,发音相同,但有些人不再加以严格区别。金头发可以细分如下:
?blond/flaxen–whendistinguishedfromothervarieties,blondbyitselfreferstoalightbutnotwhitishblondwithnotracesofred,gold,orbrown.Thiscolorisoftendescribedasflaxen.
?yellow–yellow-blond(yellowcanalsobeusedtorefertohairwhichhasbeendyedyellow).
?platinumblondortowheaded–whitish-blond;foundnaturallyalmostexclusivelyinchildren.Platinumblondisoftenusedtodescribedyedhair,whiletowheadedisgenerallylefttonaturalhaircolor.
?sandyblond–greyish-brownishblond.
?goldenblond–rich,goldenblond.
?strawberryblondorVenetianblond–lightreddishblond.
?dirtyblondordishwaterblond–lightblondandsandyblondmixedtogetherinstripes(occursnaturally)
?ash-blond–paleorgrayishblond.
?bleachedblondorperoxideblond–artificialblondslightlylesswhitethanplatinumblond.
Flaxenblond
Sandyblond
Platinumblond
Goldenblond
Strawberryblond
Ashblond
Bleachedblond
赤褐色(auburn)是介于棕色与红色之间的发色。
Auburn
红头发也叫titian。红头发的人有时候叫redhead。
Redhair
随着年龄的增长,头发会变灰(gray/grey)变白(white)。
Grayhair
Whitehair
(文章来自“Khubilai的网易博客”,部分图片由编辑添加)
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