I am a redhead. I have always loved having red hair; it’s part of what makes me unique. Not only is red hair the rarest hair color, but my combination of red hair and blue eyes is the rarest hair/eye color combination. Now, I am aware that I am aging and that my hair color is fading. I like to say I’m “going blonde”. Most redheads don’t go straight from red hair to gray/white; we go through a blonde phase in between.
Even though I know my hair color is fading, I still think of myself as a redhead. However, a couple of recent interactions have made me wonder. At work, one of my coworkers was going to show me how to do something new and I asked her to give me a minute to grab my shirt and sun hat. (Being fair-skinned usually goes along with red hair. In addition to wearing sunscreen, I also wear a long-sleeved shirt and a big sun hat when spending time outside.) As we walked out of the building, the coworker glanced at me and then my hair and then said, “You have… red hair, right?” I chuckled and told her that yes, I do even though it is fading. We then began a discussion of some of the unique traits that tend to accompany red hair.
Several days later, I went to my appointment to get my employee ID. (I’ve been working for a little over two months, but better late than never I guess.) I had my photo taken and a lot of my data was transferred from my drivers license. The technician verified a few things such as eye color. When she got to my hair color she looked at me, then squinted at me and asked, “What color is your hair?” When I said “Red” she said “Really?” Once again I explained that yes, my hair color is getting lighter and will eventually become blonde. She said that she really didn’t see the red so my hair color will be listed as blonde on my ID.🤷♀️🙄
So, dear readers, I am now asking you: what color is my hair?
Linda Lou's Life 
You can see the red in it!
My hair was golden as a child, then darkened to light brown with gold and auburn highlights. Then I started going grey at 16! Except more like white than grey. When I started dyeing my hair at age 25, I went for red, which is, of course, the prettiest color for hair. Since I have fair skin and green eyes, most people figured it was my natural hair. Including my husband.
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I’ve always loved red hair and green eyes. It’s such a stunning combination!
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Your hair looks red to me. Bette Middler once quipped that eventually all woman go blonde! I was born a redhead but my hair went blonde by year one. Guess she was right
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Oh, good. I was beginning to think I’ve gone color blind, LOL.
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Red of course! Mom’s gorgeous red hair faded by the time she was around 70, but you could see the red in it, even when it got almost white. My cousins and niece have red hair about the color of yours now also.
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A lot of my older cousins now have beautiful white hair but none of them were redheads. My middle sister is a redhead but she keeps hers colored. I’m blazing new trails hair color wise, LOL.
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Your hair is not blonde. I would call it a soft red. When she said, “Really?”, you could have just said, “Yes.” Hope you have a good day!
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I should have told her that it is strawberry blonde. I honestly don’t know why I didn’t since that’s what color I usually say it is.
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Your hair colour looks strawberry blonde. My sister is a strawberry blonde and hers is the same colour.
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I agree. I always tell people that my hair is strawberry blonde – except for that day, LOL. I was so baffled by her insistence that my hair is blonde, I completely lost my words.😂
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