Harry's hair

[jennifer.k at lycos.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13081

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> Joanne Collins wrote:
> 
> > >But Harry's hair is *black,* isn't it? Where are you getting 
brown?
> >
> > I was thinking dark brown, and I get it from the picture on the 
cover
> > of
> > GoF. It looks brown there.
> 
> Harry's hair is black -- jet black.  It's mentioned over & over 
again in
> the stories.  His black hair and green eyes are very much a part of 
who
> he is.
> 
> I would not recommend relying on the coverart for physical 
descriptions
> of the characters.  After all, the US cover of PoA gives Hermione
> flaming red hair (leading me to think it was Ginny on the cover 
until
> I'd read the book).  Hermione has bushy brown hair and *brown* eyes
> (despite the WB artist!).  :--)
> 
> Speaking of black-haired males -- anyone else wondering if JKR has a
> "thing" for men with black hair?  She's given quite a few of her 
male
> characters black hair -- more than I would think might be normal 
for the
> general UK population.  Any comments Brits?  There's Harry, James,
> Sirius, Hagrid, Snape, Tom Riddle/Voldy.  On the female side, 
there's
> McGonagall.  Food for thought ....
> 
> Penny
> 
> you could say she has a thing for red-heads too. the whole of the 
weasley-family (flaming red), seamus finnigan (redblond), young 
dumbledore (auburn) and lily potter (darkred). not to mentione 
crookshanks!
/jennifer
> 
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