# Your favorite hair color **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 4, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823 "2012-11-04T04:25:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![inedible\_knapsack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/49beb7/32.png) [@inedible\_knapsack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inedible_knapsack)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/21 "2012-11-09T19:42:54Z")
Brown-haired women are very nice. I’m married to one with the thickest, most beautiful dark brown hair imaginable. If only I could get her to keep it long… I’m a blonde guy, and I died my hair one time (it was college, OK?) to a dark, unnatural red and suddenly got looks. It was strange :dubious:. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/22 "2012-11-09T20:03:50Z")
Well, I’ll admit the blonde, though I put “other”. I like blonde, but really a sort of sandy blonde or dirty blonde. Preferably with loose curls or waves…falling over his eyes…very nice. I’ve never dated a man with blonde hair. Ever. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/23 "2012-11-09T20:11:46Z")
I’m a natural blonde (no dark roots) but NEVER have I been referred to as 1950’s!!! Until now! I like brown-haired men, but I don’t mind bald. I probably have daddy issues with Captain Picard. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/24 "2012-11-09T20:21:05Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > The thing that amazes me is how few prefer blondes. With all those blondes with black roots I see, I would have expected most men (not me!) would prefer blondes. So why do all those women bleach their hair? I guess there are not so many gentlemen these days. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/25 "2012-11-09T20:35:34Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > So what hair color do you prefer on the opposite gender (or same gender for our gay Dopers)? For me it’s gotta be in order: > Redheaded women. Definately redheads, from a very early age. > Black hair, although raven-haired [with](http://rdujour.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20061003212535.jpg) [bangs](http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120910203837/simpsons/images/7/79/Zooey_Deschanel.jpg) might top redheads. > Blondes are so 1950s, and brown hair is so damn indistinct. We have the same taste in hair color. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/26 "2012-11-09T21:05:32Z")
I prefer black hair. A raven haired beauty grabs my eye. And lucky me, Mrs Iggy is Latina. And unlucky me, Mrs Iggy insists on dyeing her naturally black hair to blonde. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/27 "2012-11-09T23:30:11Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > I prefer black hair. A raven haired beauty grabs my eye. > > And lucky me, Mrs Iggy is Latina. > > And unlucky me, Mrs Iggy insists on dyeing her naturally black hair to blonde. Oh please tell Mrs. Iggy from a Latina Doper here - that her raven black hair should be just that. You have good taste, **Iggy** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/28 "2012-11-10T00:03:15Z")
Redhead \>\>\>\>\> black \>\> blonde. I grew up in Texas where there are as many blondes as pickup trucks. Though all the pickup trucks were real. ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/29 "2012-11-10T00:26:59Z")
I got a thing for blondes. Not too many blondes left in my age bracket, mostly graying and balding now, but I still notice the cute young ones. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/30 "2012-11-10T00:53:33Z")
I have a strong preference for men with very dark hair, be it black or dark brown. Then other shades of brown\*. And rarely blond. Never red\*\*. - Unless a light brown in long flowing locks makes the fellow [look too much like Jesus](https://twitter.com/theevilwriter) \*\* I’ve been asked if I’m related to 75% of other redheads I’ve ever met…that’s _so_ not sexy ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/31 "2012-11-10T01:20:35Z")
Although hair color is way, way down on the list of things I consider, dark-haired men catch my eye first…very dark brown hair is most attractive, I guess. Not so attracted to blondes, unless it’s David Macallum. Red-headed men do not attract me at all…I think it might be the very pale skin that goes goes with red hair that turns me off. Did once have a lover with flaming copper hair, but he had other attributes and qualities that were more important than the hair and skin. You left silver, gray, and white off of the poll, which are the hair colors of men in my age group now. Assuming they still have any hair at all. Silver, gray, and white all are vastly preferable to dyed hair in a man. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/32 "2012-11-10T03:49:49Z")
I’ve always had a thing for dark headed guys. Bald can be pretty sexy, too. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/33 "2012-11-11T02:07:32Z")
I picked other, because I’m bisexual, and prefer brown haired men and red headed women. Though, in the scheme of things, hair color is hardly going to be any kind of dealbreaker. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/34 "2012-11-11T03:01:29Z")
I picked other. A woman’s particular hair color doesn’t matter for me. What matters is how that color works with her hair style, and skin tone, and face shape, and body shape. It’s hard for me to pick any one attribute that I find more important than any other and it’s damn near impossible for me to pick one type of anything that I prefer. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/35 "2012-11-11T04:15:49Z")
I picked “other”. Hair is way down on my list, but my preferences tend to be gray or bald. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/36 "2012-11-11T14:00:28Z")
Blonde women by far. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/37 "2012-11-11T14:56:54Z")
Hair? Yes please, no worries on the color. Though bald is absolutely fine too. My only preference on men’s hair is no combover’s. Even that can be fixed, if the guy is fine. No preference on women either, though I’m more likely to take a second look at a dark haired woman. ---
**Author:** ![Molesworth\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Molesworth\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molesworth_2)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/38 "2012-11-11T16:42:20Z")
The discrepancy between redheaded women (currently leading the poll at 22.96%) and redheaded men (currently at 2.22%, but still ahead of blonde men at 1.48%) is quite interesting. I’m a (brunette) guy who thinks that it’s easier for a blonde woman to be moderately attractive, but the real hotties are brunettes. Redheads do absolutely nothing for me. And before any redhead fans say “Yay, more for me!”, I have to admit that I don’t get much action, so don’t get too excited. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823/39 "2012-11-11T16:55:40Z")
Blonde all the way, both sexes. Men: like the younger Sting, or the younger Jesse Spencer (Chase, on House). Women: My own hair is light brown but has been streaked, highlighted, or flat out dyed blond since I was 15. A cool ash blonde with highlights is stunning. Many many shades of blonde are stunning. Exception: ugly flat bleached one-color yellow like those leathery old Real Housewives. Also partial to any shade of red (I’ve also been many shades of a redhead) on anyone. Then shiny blue-black. Last place: brown. Meh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-hair-color/639823.md?page=1)