Dumbledore's hair

[David]

No: HPFGUIDX 29175

Maria wrote:
> Hi!! I haven't posted much lately... this list is so huge
> that it can be a bit overwhelming!!!

Post away!  Get your overwhelm in first, that's what I always say.
> 
> When Harry goes into Tom Riddle's diary, he sees
> Dumbledore, who talks to Tom. At first, Harry doesn't
> recognise him, since he looks much younger and has auburn
> hair. However: Dumbledore is, at the time the books happen,
> 150 years old. 50 years earlier, when Tom Riddle attended
> Hogwarts, he was 100 years old. Wouldn't he have white, or
> at list grey hair, at 100?
> 
Ah, that depends on magical hair, doesn't it?  As a mere teacher, 
possibly with House sympathies, Dumbledore could vaingloriously 
affect a combination of red and gold (=auburn).  Now, as headmaster, 
he is above the petty fray, and wears his hair white.

Its natural colour could easily be green - remember, he can speak 
Mermish.

Or it could just be that hair colour, like wizards, is long lived.

David