Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
A delightful case of pheomelanism
Originally uploaded by e³°°°
Redhead Day 2009, Breda (the Netherlands) see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redheadday & www.roodharigen.nl
The pigment pheomelanin gives red hair its distinctive colour. Red hair has far more pheomelanin than other hair colours, but far less of the dark pigment eumelanin.
The genetics of red hair, discovered in 1997, ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Ginger girls / Redhead Day in Breda
Originally uploaded by e³°°°
Comments posted by photographer on flickr:
Yesterday, it was "Redhead Day" in Breda, a city in the Netherlands. Hundreds and hundreds redheads (like me) from 25 different countries were gathering in the city. Mostly ladies, less men. A feast for photographers.
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
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It is a pity we missed this year's Redhead Day (or any of the previous celebrations!) but we couldn't wait to share this event with you---even if it is almost year away! Besides, those of us in the United States ...
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