Lovegood's hair

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "xuxunette" <chonpschonps at ...>
wrote:
> xuxunette:
> Hello guys,
> Joined this group to ask a urgent question. 
> 
> I'm not a native english speaker and one thing has always had me
> confused, what does 'dirty-blond', Luna's hair color, means exactly?
> Is it darker or lighter than regular blond?

bboyminn:

Catlady has already answered but I will expand on what she said.

Dirty-blond, sometimes also referred to as 'Dish Water Blond' tends to
be darker, more like a light brown but with golden highlights that
clearly make it blond. So, basically, it is just dark blond.

> xuxunette:
> Is there a the difference between 'dirty-blond' and 'straw-blond'?
> 

bboyminn:

Straw-blond I suspect has a very golden yellow color that is similar
to straw. Although, I'm not sure if it refers to Wheat Straw which
tends to be very golden leaning toward red, or Oat Straw which is more
of a bright yellow. But either way it refers to 'straw' colored hair.

Strawberry Blond is any shade of blond that has a slight hints of red
in it. 

> xuxunette:
> Also, additional question, I always understood 'straggly hair' as a
> kind   straight hair with some curls, only messed up, but I keep
> seeing fanart depicting her with straight and very smooth hair. Am I
> again misunderstanding the term?
> 
> Sorry to bother you with those capillary introspective, but hair are
> important! ;)
>

bboyminn:

Yes, 'Straggly' would generally refer to straight or somewhat straight
hair, but refers more to the 'messed up' aspect of it. Generally,
'Straggly' hair would refer to hair that is somewhat stringy the way
straight hair gets when it has not been washed for a while. Though it
does not necessarily refer to dirty hair, just to hair that /looks/
dirty, uncombed, and somewhat stringy. Also, 'straggly' assumes
somewhat long hair.

Hope that helps.

Steve/bboyminn