Concerning Legolas

[Aiwendil]

Manwe wrote:

"They were tall, fair of skin, and grey-eyed, though their locks were dark, save in the golden house of Finarfin..." - (Return of the King, Appendix F)

Using this quote we can surmise that the Teleri Elves, of whom the Silvan Elves are descendants, and of whom Legolas is born into, had dark hair.

Actually, it's not that simple. The quote you give is one of a few infamous "errors" that crept into LotR as published. In the first draft, this statement was intended to refer only to the "Gnomes" - the word Tolkien at one time used for the Noldor. At some point, he decided that "Gnome" in modern parlance inevitably conjured up images of diminutive garden creatures, so he set about excising the word "Gnome" from his writings, including LotR (this was before it was published). In removing the term from the passage regarding hair colour, he inadvertantly changed the subject of the statement from "Gnomes" (i.e. the Noldor specifically) to "Elves".

That this was a mistake is evident from the fact that in all the writings both preceding and following LotR, only the Noldor are portrayed as generally having dark hair. The Vanyar, in fact, are consistently given golden hair - in fact, Finarfin's golden hair is attributed to his Vanyarin blood (his mother was a Vanya). The Teleri seem to have a variety of hair colours; Thingol's was silver.

So there is actually nothing mysterious about Thranduil's golden hair, though of course that still leaves the colour of his son's hair a mystery.

[Mänwe]

I apologise for my last post, veritably bursting with 'bloopers'.

Gothmog, thank you for the correction.

Aiwendil, is that so!? Then I am enlightened, thank you, I stand corrected!

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Does Legolas definitely have hair?

[Raynor]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

Does Legolas definitely have hair?

You know, seeing the above quote:

Frodo looked up at the Elf standing tall above him, as he gazed into the night, seeking a mark to shoot at. His head was dark, crowned with sharp white stars that glittered in the black pools of the sky behind.

if Legolas was bald, his head wouldn't be dark, but would reflect, to an extent, the star light

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

He could have smeared mud on top for the purposes of camouflague.