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Hair color comes from melanin (say: meh-luh-nun), the substance that gives hair and skin its pigment. The lighter someone’s hair, the less melanin there is. A person with brown or black hair has much more melanin than someone with blond or red hair. Older people lose the melanin pigment in their hair as they age, making their hair look gray or white.
