naturally blue hair

[puffff]

out of the billions and billions of people that have been born, how come no one has ever had naturally blue hair? is it impossible even for a genetic mutation to cause this?

 

[Nik]

Same for green or purple, too.

 

[natto fire]

Melanin is not those colors...

 

[Zolty]

If I recall the pigment that gives your hair color is the same as what gives your skin color, and it's just how much of it you have. Although this doesn't explain redheads.

 

[mcmilljb]

Cause keratin doesn't come in blue? (at least in humans)

 

[El Guaraguao]

because we dont live in anime-land.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Jesus Christ, when did they stop teaching biology and chemistry in New York schools?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Jesus Christ, when did they stop teaching biology and chemistry in New York schools?

Did they ever start?

 

[IGBT]

how bout yorkies?? they have blue hair.

 

[Regs]

I love these questions. Brings back the old days of Anandtech when we could just roll with it. Nah, now we got science and knowledge and shit like that.

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: Captain Howdy
Melanin is not those colors...

True, but birds have colored feathers due to carotenoids and porphyrins. Are these pigments lacking in human hair?

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Jesus Christ, when did they stop teaching biology and chemistry in New York schools?

I do recall reading an article about an experiment where scientists observed mice growing blue hair follicles, so it's not as Jesus Christ-ish as you might think.

 

[BoomerD]

Because your hair color is determined by your genes...not your jeans.

 

[abaez]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Because your hair color is determined by your genes...not your jeans.

Ba-Dum Bishhhh

 

[Circlenaut]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Because your hair color is determined by your genes...not your jeans.

I lol'ed.

/Biologist