0_Apprentice
I wish my hair were nice and brown like my youngest daughter, but I have dirty blond instead.
1_Wizard
After black hair, the most common is brown
0_Apprentice
I wish I was that lucky.  What else can you tell me about brown hair - like do brunettes really have all the fun?
1_Wizard
The colour can be  light brown to almost black hair.
0_Apprentice
So there are a lot of shades of brown then?  Perhaps I will dye mine.
1_Wizard
Yes you should. A common trait is that  higher levels of the dark pigment eumelanin and lower levels of the pale pigment pheomelanin.
0_Apprentice
I did not know that different melanins affected the hair color - is it genetic as well?
1_Wizard
I believe so, People with brown hair are often referred to as brunette