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2. Human hair color - Wikipedia

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   The Fischer–Saller scale, named after Eugen Fischer and Karl Saller is used in physical anthropology and medicine to determine the shades of hair color. The scale uses the following designations: A (very light blond), B to E (light blond), F to L (), M to O (dark blond), P to T (light brown to brown), U to Y (dark brown to black) and Roman numerals I to IV and V to VI (red-blond).

3. Cortex (hair) - Wikipedia

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   Anatomy of hair. The cortex of the hair shaft is located between the hair cuticle and medulla and is the thickest hair layer. It contains most of the hair's pigment, giving the hair its color. The major pigment in the cortex is melanin, which is also found in skin. The distribution of this pigment varies from animal to animal and person to person.

4. Melanin - Wikipedia

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   In humans, melanin is the primary determinant of skin color. It is also found in hair, the pigmented tissue underlying the iris of the eye, and the stria vascularis of the inner ear. In the brain, tissues with melanin include the medulla and pigment-bearing neurons within areas of the brainstem, such as the locus coeruleus.

5. These Are the Best Hair Dyes Our Editors Have Used to ... - AOL

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   For the past year, Men’s Health grooming writers and editors—with varying levels of grays—put a number of hair dyes to the test. We also enlisted the counsel of a panel of professional hair ...

6. Hair type chart: How to find your hair type, from straight 1A ...

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   The hair type chart is a system that was designed to help you find your hair shape and pattern. It applies to hair of all different textures, not just curly hair. Here's how the different types ...

7. Agouti-signaling protein - Wikipedia

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   Agouti-signaling protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ASIP gene. [5] [6] It is responsible for the distribution of melanin pigment in mammals.[7] [8] Agouti interacts with the melanocortin 1 receptor to determine whether the melanocyte (pigment cell) produces phaeomelanin (a red to yellow pigment), or eumelanin (a brown to black pigment). [9]