Albino Elves

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Originally Posted by ohtatyaro

'tis in the movie. Golden hair had vanyar (the dudes that stayed in Valinor, when Morgoth killed the Trees), Noldor had black hair - Galadriel was an exeption, and Teleri grey-silver (at least Thingol). I mean blondies of the movie must be a movie makers vision - there were no Vanyar in Middle Earth at that time, right?

Well, the Vanyar were the only PREDOMINANTLY blond race, but there is a smattering of blonds in the other races. Glorfindel, for example, is a Noldo. Thranduil (descriped in the Hobbit) is a Teler, of the Sindaring variety.

Also, for what its worth, most of the Teleri (be they from Aman, Beleriand, or elsewhere) are described as having "dark" hair, not unlike the Noldor. Silver-Grey seems to be a rare distinguishing trait of their royal house, where it is possessed by Thingol, Cirdan, Celeborn, and possibly others.