Describing Red/Ginger hair?

Victoria S

i need to describe my characters hair for my english class, and she is supposed to have beautiful long ginger hair, but whenever i think or say the word ginger, i dont know but i dont like the word.
Whats a good way of describing someones hair colour but not using the word Ginger?

thankyouu :)) xxx
OMG WOW A THERSAURUS!! I NEVER HEARD OF THAT!!!
how dumb do you think i am? moron.
no need to be so rude !! geezz

Answer
I'm a natural ginger, and I hate the word!
Well, there's the obvious, like redhead, or you can really think about the shade of red your character is. If she has light red hair, then strawberry blonde would be best. If it is darker and more on the side of brownish, then use auburn, or if even darker then bronze. Bronze has a slight golden tinge to it. If you are looking to be unique, then definitely use Titian. Titian was a painter who depicted redhead women. Another way to describe ginger hair using art is Pre-Raphaelite, which was a group of artists who painted only red haired women in the 19th Century. Flaming, fiery red hair are also words to describe ginger hair. If you're thinking of your character with slightly unnatural ginger hair, so dyed a little redder than usual then berry coloured, or dark berry coloured, is perfect, or scarlet if particularly bright. Copper is another obvious one to describe less orangey redheads, or rusty.
Maybe cinnamon, copper red. Red hair glows in the sunlight, so think of beautiful metaphors to describe that, such as auburn hair that seemed to glow like a halo in the late afternoon sun.
You can also think of how to describe how the hair hangs, or what texture it is. Most redheads have very thick hair, so instead of just using the word hair, use words like locks, or tresses, or even dreads.
You can even use the name of your character to describe its hair colour. Here are a few names which mean redhead;
Read, Reed, Derry, Reid, Rhys, Red, Pirro, Russell, Rusti or Rusty, Scarlett or Scarlet.
Hope this helped
XXX

what is hair mascera?

mrinal

Answer
Colour effects to hair, Mascaro' was used in the 19th century by both sexes to cover the few gray strands & the technique has enjoyed a comeback in the 21st century. Now different brands are available in the marke Hair. It comes in a clear plastic mascara tube gorgeous colors: Champagne, Bronze, Copper, and Bordeaux. For example, if you are blonde, then try Champagne or Bronze. If you have brown hair, Bronze or Copper are recommended. If your hair is red, they also suggest trying the Bronze or Copper. If your hair is dark brown or black, then try Bordeaux, Copper or Bronze. I think you can try any combination of these colors and have a ball experimenting, no matter what your hair color. Some pretty exciting looks will come. You can brush the mascara on your hair wherever you like, and the large round brush makes a nice feathery effect on the hair. You can also load up the brush with color, then run it through your thumb and forefinger, pinch a small section of hair stroke the color up on the hair.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Does anyone know the name and/or artist of a painting of a young girl with red hair holding a book (bust)?

t42&24t

The girl looks old fashioned. Her hair is sholder length. It is curley and red. The book looks like a prayer book.

Answer
The Storybook~
by 19th Century Master
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
I'm actually working on this particular painting now, and have been for quite some time, on and off.
Here's a link to a work in progress page I made for this painting on my website.

http://www.artworkbyjim.com/storybookWIP.htm

I figure another few weeks and it'll be completed...then I'll be able to continue with the Rembrandt; which is next to go back on the easel.
Rambling, sorry.
Hope this helped you out.
Jim

Red head origins that aren't Ireland?

Anyone know what countries - other than Ireland - produce natural redheads?

Answer
Today, red hair is most commonly found at the western fringes of Europe; it is associated particularly with the people of the British Isles (although Victorian era ethnographers claimed that the Udmurt people of the Volga were "the most red-headed men in the world").[6]

Redheads constitute approximately four percent of the European population.[7] Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads, as 13 percent of the population has red hair and approximately 40 percent carries the recessive redhead gene.[8] Ireland has the second highest percentage; as many as 10 percent of the Irish population have red, auburn, or strawberry blond hair.[9] It is thought that up to 46 percent of the Irish population carries the recessive redhead gene. Red hair reaches frequencies of up to 10 percent in Wales.[10] In England, the county of Cornwall, the far north, near the Scottish border, and the counties of Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire also have significant proportions of redheads.[citation needed]

In the United States, anywhere from two to six percent of the population is estimated to have red hair. This would give the U.S. the largest population of redheads in the world, at 6 to 18 million, compared to approximately 650,000 in Scotland and 420,000 in Ireland.

Red or reddish-tinged hair is also found in other European populations particularly in the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Russia and South Slavic countries.

The Berber populations of northern Algeria and Morocco have occasional redheads.[11]

In Asia, darker or mixed tinges of red hair can be found sporadically from Northern India, northern Middle East (such as Iran, Lebanon and the countries of the Levant) and in rare instances in Japan[12] and the South Pacific. Red hair can be found amongst those of Iranian descent, such as the Pashtuns, Persians, Lurs & Nuristanis.

In Argentina people with red hair also make up a portion of the population, due to British and Irish immigration during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[13]

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Does anyone know the name and/or artist of a painting of a young girl with red hair holding a book (bust)?

t42&24t

The girl looks old fashioned. Her hair is sholder length. It is curley and red. The book looks like a prayer book.

Answer
The Storybook~
by 19th Century Master
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
I'm actually working on this particular painting now, and have been for quite some time, on and off.
Here's a link to a work in progress page I made for this painting on my website.

http://www.artworkbyjim.com/storybookWIP.htm

I figure another few weeks and it'll be completed...then I'll be able to continue with the Rembrandt; which is next to go back on the easel.
Rambling, sorry.
Hope this helped you out.
Jim

Red head origins that aren't Ireland?

Anyone know what countries - other than Ireland - produce natural redheads?

Answer
Today, red hair is most commonly found at the western fringes of Europe; it is associated particularly with the people of the British Isles (although Victorian era ethnographers claimed that the Udmurt people of the Volga were "the most red-headed men in the world").[6]

Redheads constitute approximately four percent of the European population.[7] Scotland has the highest proportion of redheads, as 13 percent of the population has red hair and approximately 40 percent carries the recessive redhead gene.[8] Ireland has the second highest percentage; as many as 10 percent of the Irish population have red, auburn, or strawberry blond hair.[9] It is thought that up to 46 percent of the Irish population carries the recessive redhead gene. Red hair reaches frequencies of up to 10 percent in Wales.[10] In England, the county of Cornwall, the far north, near the Scottish border, and the counties of Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire also have significant proportions of redheads.[citation needed]

In the United States, anywhere from two to six percent of the population is estimated to have red hair. This would give the U.S. the largest population of redheads in the world, at 6 to 18 million, compared to approximately 650,000 in Scotland and 420,000 in Ireland.

Red or reddish-tinged hair is also found in other European populations particularly in the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as parts of the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, Russia and South Slavic countries.

The Berber populations of northern Algeria and Morocco have occasional redheads.[11]

In Asia, darker or mixed tinges of red hair can be found sporadically from Northern India, northern Middle East (such as Iran, Lebanon and the countries of the Levant) and in rare instances in Japan[12] and the South Pacific. Red hair can be found amongst those of Iranian descent, such as the Pashtuns, Persians, Lurs & Nuristanis.

In Argentina people with red hair also make up a portion of the population, due to British and Irish immigration during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[13]

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

Why does my daughter have red hair when I have blonde and my husband has brown?

red hair 19th century image

Brielle

My husbands grandfather had red hair but I though that red hair was a dominant gene so one of the parents had to pass it or both of us had to pass one recessive?? I dont have any red hair on my side of the family. And her hair is VERY red lol!

Answer
This was actually discovered using pea plants by a scientist named Mendell (i can not recall his first name) during the 19th century. He was a priest and devoted his free time (practically his life) to unlock the secrets of heredity. Long story short, he discovered that there are actually gene pairs that consist of a dominant chromosome and an inferior chromosome, in any order. The only way in which the inferior gene can take over is by being paired with it's self, otherwise the dominant gene will portray itself. An example is the 23rd chromosomes, the X for female (inferior by definition) and the Y for male (dominant gene). If the pair contains a Y, like XY, the child is a boy. If XX, it is a girl. There is no 50-50, it is either the dominant is present and portrays itself, or it is only the inferior genes and they portray themselves.

Red Hair is an inferior gene, so both of you have to have been carriers (the technical name) of the gene, while your dominant color genes, blonde and brown, had decided yours. You had a 1 in 4 chance of having a red head, and sure enough that 25% won. She received the two inferior genes from you only.

I could go more in depth, but then everything gets a bit in depth with conception and fertilization and genetics, and I'm sure you barely read all of that! :)

hope that helps you understand

What were tricorn hats (three-cornered hats) made of during the 18th century?

Tam123

What were tricorn hats (three-cornered hats) made of during the 18th century? Was it beaver fur?

Answer
Tricorn Hat

date c. 1775
depth 19.5"
width 16.0"
process/materials beaver felt
item type Personal Items/Clothing - Headwear

Additional 18th century Tricorn Hats (some were made of other materials)

Various c.o.c.k.e.d (the real word would not go through!) hats of the style presently known as tricorns (chapeau a tricorne).

Met 26.56.87, wool, metal [thread?], and paper; Italy
Met 26.56.88, wool [and metal thread lace? and silk ribbon cockade?], Italy, mid-18th century
Met C.I.50.8.16, wool [with lace trim], France, c. 1750-1775
Met C.I.41.124.79, silk and silver; Austria
PVMA 1927.28 (also here) once owned by Colonel Joseph Stebbins, Jr., of Deerfield, Massachusetts, c. 1774; it âis made of felted beaver hair.â
MORR 3874, âworn by a field general under Gen. Stark at the Battle of Bennington, VT,â 1777
CG10; âThe tricorn hat was found concealed in a property in Cuckfield, Sussex ⦠This hat is thought to date from 1780. The outer is made of moulded, black felted wool. It is lined with white coarse woven cotton.â
SPNEA 1991.315AB, c. 1790-1800: âa black felt tricorne hat with single black faille cockade with faceted jet button at center (other cockade missing); glazed linen liningâ
Meg Andrews 6591, a tricorn hat & box, c. 1800; âthe outside of the box covered in hand made paper with a speckled/sponged effect in black, red on cream, labelled with an address in Alkmaar, Boterstraat(Holland), the inside lined with a magenta and cream striped paper (later) over a pale grey Greek key pattern paper, the hat of beaver with 2 1/2 in high crown, a black ribbed silk band and bow, the three sides of the brim turned up, one with a silk damask braid loop, the brim 3 1/8 in deep , the underside with a band of leather lining the rim, the crown lined with brown cotton,, stamped in gold with a crest or coat of arms.â

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

What did they use for hair dye in the 1800s?

red hair 19th century image

Elizabeth

I know they didn't have factory made stuff available at stores until the 1900s so what did people use? I'm writing a story set in the 1860s or possibly 1870s (haven't decided which yet) and one of my characters is a dance hall girl. What did they use for different colors (specifically blonde and auburn/red)? Also, if you can add anything else you know about cosmetics at that time that would be awesome :D thank you!

Answer
In the 19th century the only hair dye was used for coloring grey hair to black or light brown, and it wasn't at all common. High society only would do so, and mostly European (or Americans wanting to emulate them).

"10 grams of gallic acid, 1 ounce of acetic acid y 1 ounce of tincture of sesqui-chloride of iron ". Dissolve the gallic acid in the tincture of sesqui-chloride of iron, and then add the acetic acid. Before using this preparation, the hair should be thoroughly washed with soap and water. A great and desirable peculiarity of this dye is that it can be so applied as to color the hair either black or the lighter shade of brown. If black is the color desired, the preparation must be applied when the hair is moist, and for brown it shall not be used until the hair is perfectly dry. The way to apply the compound is to dip the points of a fine tooth comb into it until the interstices are fill with the fluid, then gently draw the comb through the hair, commencing at the roots, till the dye has perceptibly taken effect. When the hair is entirely dry, oil and brushes it as usual ".

Coloring hair red or blond wasn't a possibility.

What is the origin for the word peckerwood?

T.Detwiler

Just always wondered. I know it is a racist term toward white's, but that's about it.

Answer
Peckerwood (or simply Wood) is a pejorative slang term coined in the 19th century by southern Black Americans to describe poor whites. Blacks saw blackbirds as a symbol of themselves, and the woodpecker as a representation of working class whites. They considered them loud and troublesome like the bird, often with red hair similar to the bird's red plumes. This word is still widely used by southern blacks to refer to southern whites.

In the 1940s, the abbreviated version "wood" entered California prison slang, originally meaning an Okie; but in about 1970 it became applied to white inmates as a whole, regardless of background. This has caused the symbol of the woodpecker to be used by white power skinheads. Many white supremacists identify themselves as peckerwoods, with women referred to as featherwoods. It is usually drawn with a long beak, sometimes drawn to resemble Woody Woodpecker. Sometimes the letters "PW" or "APW" (Peckerwood and American Peckerwood) is used. The peckerwood gangs are concentrated in Tujunga, where they trade in methamphetamine.

The exact etymological relationship between "peckerwood" and "woodpecker" is unclear. It is reported that in some Appalachian dialects, "peckerwood" is the normal word for "woodpecker" (possibly as part of a larger grammatical pattern); from this, it is speculated that speakers of other dialects may have applied this word to speakers of that dialect as a form of metonymic derision. (Cf. the speculated etymology of spic from "no spic English".)

Other uses
Peckerwood is also a place name in the musical Mame.

The prisoners' cemetery at Leavenworth Prison in Kansas is known as Peckerwood Cemetery.

The prisoners' cemetery at Sycamore Street and Bearkat Boulevard in Huntsville, Texas is known as Peckerwood Hill. The largest of many prisoner cemeteries operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, its formal name is the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery. The nickname came about because most of the prisoners buried there were poor whites. The 22-acre facility is still in use and has graves dating back to 1870. It is also the burial place of Kiowa Chief Satanta, imprisoned in 1871 by the United States after a raid on a wagon train.

Peckerwood Creek is a tributary of the Coosa River in Alabama. This has also been suggested as an origin of the pejorative.

In Robert Ferrigno's Prayers for the Assassin, the citizens of the Bible Belt are referred to as "peckerwoods" by their neighbours in the Islamic Republic to the north.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers

What is the origin for the word peckerwood?

red hair 19th century image

T.Detwiler

Just always wondered. I know it is a racist term toward white's, but that's about it.

Answer
Peckerwood (or simply Wood) is a pejorative slang term coined in the 19th century by southern Black Americans to describe poor whites. Blacks saw blackbirds as a symbol of themselves, and the woodpecker as a representation of working class whites. They considered them loud and troublesome like the bird, often with red hair similar to the bird's red plumes. This word is still widely used by southern blacks to refer to southern whites.

In the 1940s, the abbreviated version "wood" entered California prison slang, originally meaning an Okie; but in about 1970 it became applied to white inmates as a whole, regardless of background. This has caused the symbol of the woodpecker to be used by white power skinheads. Many white supremacists identify themselves as peckerwoods, with women referred to as featherwoods. It is usually drawn with a long beak, sometimes drawn to resemble Woody Woodpecker. Sometimes the letters "PW" or "APW" (Peckerwood and American Peckerwood) is used. The peckerwood gangs are concentrated in Tujunga, where they trade in methamphetamine.

The exact etymological relationship between "peckerwood" and "woodpecker" is unclear. It is reported that in some Appalachian dialects, "peckerwood" is the normal word for "woodpecker" (possibly as part of a larger grammatical pattern); from this, it is speculated that speakers of other dialects may have applied this word to speakers of that dialect as a form of metonymic derision. (Cf. the speculated etymology of spic from "no spic English".)

Other uses
Peckerwood is also a place name in the musical Mame.

The prisoners' cemetery at Leavenworth Prison in Kansas is known as Peckerwood Cemetery.

The prisoners' cemetery at Sycamore Street and Bearkat Boulevard in Huntsville, Texas is known as Peckerwood Hill. The largest of many prisoner cemeteries operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, its formal name is the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery. The nickname came about because most of the prisoners buried there were poor whites. The 22-acre facility is still in use and has graves dating back to 1870. It is also the burial place of Kiowa Chief Satanta, imprisoned in 1871 by the United States after a raid on a wagon train.

Peckerwood Creek is a tributary of the Coosa River in Alabama. This has also been suggested as an origin of the pejorative.

In Robert Ferrigno's Prayers for the Assassin, the citizens of the Bible Belt are referred to as "peckerwoods" by their neighbours in the Islamic Republic to the north.

What were cosmetics like during the Victorian period?

tangerine

I know that for the most part, Victorian women wore little or no makeup. However, I've heard that Queen Alexandra of Britain was able to maintain her youthful appearance by using heavy makeup. What was Victorian makeup like and what did it consist of?

Answer
All right, let's see...


Women still used lye to dye their hair like they've been doing since Roman times, and it was widely done until the late 19th century. They did begin, however, in Victorian times to use zinc oxide to powder their faces rather than lead oxide because it was slightly less poisonous, though it was actually still (unbeknownst to them) just as dangerous.

They used lead and antimony sulfide as eyeshadow, a form of mercury, I think mercuric sulfide, to make their lips red, and would orally take supplements of belladonna or even nightshade to make their eyes appear sparkly. All of those things are harmful to ones health, even in moderation, but they for some reason failed to make the connection. Either that, or they just didn't care.

It was also popular to put egg whites on your faces and allow it to dry, creating what I would think to be a porcelain-like appearance.

The early Victorian period was pretty much the last period in history that make-up was heavily worn in Europe until later in the 20th century, because in conservative Victorian England, make-up was seen as devilry and unnatural, and therefore a sin.

Powered by Yahoo! Answers