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Originally Posted by MatthewM
On the subject of hair color-
Do you think that when Tolkien described a character with dark hair that it was always raven? What about dark brown? Faramir's hair is described as raven when it mixes with Eowyn's in the wind, however black hair is seen in our modern world predominately in the Asian culture, although it is possible in a European background I'm sure. What color do you think "dark hair" meant? I like to think he meant dark brown, as well as raven.
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I suppose technically it is very dark brown but I have always thought that Daniel Day Lewis typified the colouring Tolkien means for the noldor and numenoreans... very dark hair, pale skin and light eyes.. not common of course because the gene for light hair isn't dominant but a definite celtic "type".