Hair color of characters (was; Red-haired Gryffindors)

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 58739

< Brief Chronicles wrote:

<I also wonder if the hair color really does matter more than we know, and 
that's why the sorting is done by a hat.  >

I doubt that it matters. But it does appear that black hair is fairly common 
among wizards, given that the majority of the characters whose hair color is 
actually described seem to have black hair.  So far the black-haired magicals 
refered to have been Hagrid, Snape, McGonagall, Karkaroff (when younger), 
Madame Maxime, Tom Riddle, both Potters, Sirius, Cedric Diggory, Milicent 
Bulstrode, Viktor Krum (Bertha Jorkins? can't recall whether she was black haired or 
"dark" haired). 

Even leaving aside the ethnic students who are presumed to have black hair 
(Johnson, Joprdan, Thomas, Chang and the Patils). 

Neville, Pettigrew, Barty Crouch Jr., Fleur and her sister, and the Malfoys 
(and Hannah Abbott? Lockhart?) have all been described as "fair" to various 
degrees.

The Weasleys, Lily Evans and Dumbledore are all described as having various 
shades of red hair. 

It seems mildly interesting that brown hair, which is the most common, 
overall, in the population is only ascribed to Hermione and Remus Lupin.

Of course fanon tradition assigns various hair colors to various other 
characters as well, but we really don't know for sure.

Although we can assume that the predominant hair colors of wizards and 
witches are probably grey, white or silver...

-JOdel