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Lighter or darker shades of brown hair may be referred to as "light brunette" or "dark brunette", though in such cases one is generally referring only to the hair colour, not using the term as a metaphor for the person; one would be unlikely to say, "She is a light brunette." Rather, one would say, "She has light brown hair."
Brown-haired individuals are present in all of Europe and Indo-European peoples. In northern and part of central Europe medium to light brown shades are the most common, while darker shades prevail in the rest of the continent, such as the Iberian Peninsula or the British Isles, where it transitions into black hair. Brown hair, mostly medium to light brown shades, is also dominant in Australia, Canada and the United States among descendants of the Northern, Central and Eastern European (British, German, Scandinavian, Polish, and Russian) immigrants. Brown hair is also predominant in Latin America mostly dark brown hair among mestizos, mulattos, and descendants of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and other Southern European immigrants, medium and light brown hair are common in southern Brazil, Argentina and Chile among descendants of Southern European (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Northern, Central and Eastern European (German, Scandinavian, British, Polish, and Russian) immigrants. In Argentina and Chile, today, medium and light brown hair are quite common but it was very rare at the time of Independence from Spain. Different shades of brown hair are also very common in Ireland.
Brown hair is also found among Indo-European ethnic groups of Central and West Asia; including Iran, Afghanistan, and North India.
The pigment Eumelanin gives brown hair its distinctive color. Brown hair has more eumelanin than blond hair but also has much less than black. There are two different types of eumelanin, which are distinguished from each other by their pattern of polymer bonds. The two types are black eumelanin and brown eumelanin. Black eumelanin is the darkest; brown eumelanin is lighter than black. Black eumelanin is mostly present in non-Europeans and aged Europeans, while brown eumelanin is mostly present in young Europeans, and rarely, people of other ethnicities. A small amount of black eumelanin in the absence of other pigments causes grey hair. A small amount of brown eumelanin in the absence of other pigments causes yellow (blond) color hair. Often, natural blond or red hair will darken to a brown color over time. Brown-haired people have medium-thick strands of hair.
Brown-haired people are thought to produce more skin-protecting eumelanin and are associated with having a more even skin tone. The range of skin colors associated with brown hair is vast, ranging from the palest of skin tones to an olive complexion. Brunettes can have dark or light eyes.
Brown hair comes in a wide variety of shades from the very darkest of brown (almost black) to light brown showing small signs of blondism.[2] Shades of brown hair include:
deepest brown
(Lymari Nadal)
Medium golden brown
(Jennifer Love Hewitt)
Medium brown
(Hugh Grant)
light golden brown
(A Macedonian girl)
light ash brown
Sicilian girl
In Western popular culture, a common stereotype is that brunettes are stable, serious and sophisticated. A British study into hair color and the intensity of attraction found that 62 percent of the men participating in the study associated brown-haired women with stability and competence. Brunettes were described as independent and self-sufficient by 67 percent of the men, and as intelligent by 81 percent.[4] According to Allure magazine, 76 percent of American women believe that the first female president of the United States will have brown hair.[5]
Anita Loos, the author of the novel and play Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, wrote a sequel entitled But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes. A film of this was made, Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, starring Jane Russell and Jeanne Crain.
The Lady of Shalott from Lord Tennyson's poem is depicted as a brunette in most paintings. Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting the Mona Lisa is also brunette. In the French folk song Au Clair de la Lune, the likable Lubin visits his brunette neighbor at Pierrot's suggestion. In the Irish song "The Star of the County Down" the narrator falls in love with a woman with "nut-brown" hair, called Rose McCann.
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