Ron & Dumbledore (and Lily's) Hair colour.

[susianew]

No: HPFGUIDX 31165

--"Hollydaze" <hollydaze at b...> wrote:
> One thing that really confuses me with Ron, Dumbledore and Lily is 
this continual assumption that they all have the same colour (Ginger) 
hair.

I had wondered about that, and asked a friend who was a 
cosmetologist. She said that the 'red' color is caused by a pigment 
encoded on a recessive gene. As a person ages, less pigment is 
produced, so a child's bright red hair can fade to reddish- or muddy-
brown in adulthood. I used the interview search engine to try & find 
a JKR comment on red hair but didn't see any referenced. Anyone else 
remember where JKR mentioned it?
-Susan
(still looking for evidence that Ron & Dumbledore aren't the same 
person)