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From ginger to jewel tones, red is always a bold choice. And while it might be a big change, several experts predict we'll see it as a top trend in Next time you're feeling like a big change, show your colorist one of these gorgeous takes on scarlet strands. This is the color Matrix celebrity stylist George Papanikolas predicts will be everywhere in One red that will pop is the more natural, but very eye-catching and dimensional tone.

Redheads may recieve stick in the school playground, but in the Hollywood arena ginger hair possesses star quality. Us cinephiles are hailing ginger as the hair colour du jour. And it doesn't stop there. What's more, Isabelle Huppert won her Best Actress category for her performance in Elle , for which she is also nominated for an Academy Award, and, incidentally, Jessica Chastain is also in the midst of the award season steeplechase - she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her performance in Miss Sloane. And on top of that, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne and Michael Fassbender are more ginger-haired Hollywood royalty who have also received critical acclaim in recent years. Having flaming locks is rare - less than 2 percent of the world's population is ginger - so considering that there are so many award winning redheads in Hollywood suggests it is the hair colour of the moment. But while redheads may be rare, real redheads are even rarer - especially in Hollywood.

Red hair or ginger hair occurs naturally in one to two percent of the human population , appearing with greater frequency two to six percent among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein. Red hair varies in hue from a deep burgundy or bright copper , or auburn , to burnt orange or red-orange to strawberry blond. Characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin , it is associated with fair skin color , lighter eye color , freckles , and sensitivity to ultraviolet light. Cultural reactions to red hair have varied from ridicule to admiration with many common stereotypes in existence regarding redheads.

And sometimes, it can be hard to distinguish fact from myth, so this page is for you, fellow redheads. Western Europe houses more redheads than anywhere else in the world. This is the melanocortin 1 receptor, also known as MC1R for short. Many thanks go to Professor Jonathan Rees who is responsible for discovering what makes redheads special after conducting a study at the University of Edinburgh in