# Okay, guys: blonde, brunette, or redhead? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 30, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198 "2012-01-30T15:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/1 "2012-01-30T15:46:52Z")
Me, I’m brunette all the freakin’ way. Just something about dark shades which does me, even dating back to when I was a preschooler and liked the cute Argentinian girl that lived down the street. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/2 "2012-01-30T15:57:47Z")
I voted “redhead”, since those are the types which seem to grab my interest in the media, but of the four women I’ve actually fallen in love with, three were brunette, and one was auburn-haired. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/3 "2012-01-30T16:05:54Z")
No preference, with redheads being my favorite lack of preference. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/4 "2012-01-30T16:08:01Z")
Why no “all of the above” option? (Okay, “no preference” is sort of the same thing.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/5 "2012-01-30T16:19:37Z")
My wife is blonde. She says I’m weird for redheads. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/6 "2012-01-30T16:20:06Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > No preference, with redheads being my favorite lack of preference. +1. I voted redhead, but basically it’s a preference, not a requirement. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/7 "2012-01-30T16:20:51Z")
Redhead first, but only if natural. It’s a weakness, because every redhead I’ve known was the spawn of Mephistopheles. Still if I wasn’t married, I would probably be dating redheads. Close behind are brunettes, the darker the better. Blondes, real or fake, trail. Of course, this is just talking about aesthetics, and a nice, funny, playful blonde is better than a bitchy, mean brunette. That said, being my kryptonite, any redhead would win out. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/8 "2012-01-30T16:23:43Z")
Blondes turn my head, but the ones who have driven me out of my mind have always been brunettes. Apart from the redhead I was with for seven years. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/9 "2012-01-30T16:25:31Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Redhead first, but only if natural. “This color doesn’t come from a bottle.” -Cute redhead I dated last year ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/10 "2012-01-30T16:25:32Z")
No preference. Also, I don’t care if the curtains and carpet match. Hell, even linoleum is good. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/11 "2012-01-30T16:47:14Z")
I chose brunette on the basis of one ex who was the sexiest woman I have ever known. Otherwise, I’d say I don’t have a preference. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/12 "2012-01-30T17:08:05Z")
What, no black? Are they really that uncommon to be subsumed under “other” or are they considered a subset of brunettes? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/13 "2012-01-30T17:18:30Z")
Hair color is so far down on the list, that I can’t say it really matters. And it depends on the woman. Some women look great as blondes, and others look great as brunettes. I guess the only preference I have is not so much liking the redheads. But I think that is because of the overall look that many redheads have, and not so much the color of the hair alone. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/14 "2012-01-30T17:26:20Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > Redhead first, but only if natural. It’s a weakness, because every redhead I’ve known was the spawn of Mephistopheles. Doncha know? A redhead is a blond from Hell! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/15 "2012-01-30T17:33:00Z")
Shrug. Anything unusual can get my attention, but there’s no fascination with a particular color. On **Friends** (which I rarely watched), Phoebe the blonde was my favorite. On the original Charles Angels (which I never watched, but saw magazine articles about) the dark brunette ( **Kate**?) caught my eye. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/16 "2012-01-30T17:39:26Z")
My fantasies usually involve blondes, but the loves of my life (including my wife) have all been brunettes. I’m not sure what that says about me. ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/17 "2012-01-30T17:42:02Z")
There must be something to that blonde-fire connection. Blondes generally seem hotter. Red heads may be hot, but often psycho(sorry ladies, these are stereotypes). In the final analysis, it’s all good, even bald. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/18 "2012-01-30T17:42:09Z")
I had a preference for pale-ish guys with dark/black hair, but was open to pretty much anything. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/19 "2012-01-30T18:17:25Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > What, no black? Are they really that uncommon to be subsumed under “other” or are they considered a subset of brunettes? Hmm I assumed they were (or could be considered) one and the same…? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198/20 "2012-01-30T18:19:42Z")
Yay! Brunettes lead over blondes! (Natural very dark brunette here. 🙂 ) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-blonde-brunette-or-redhead/611198.md?page=2)