Talk:Auburn hair

Tacitus Description

The Romanised Gaulish historian Tacitus describes the hair of the germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Franks, Danes, et cetera) as being 'Rutilo' meaning Auburn in latin. I think this is noteworthy and so have added it. 84.64.252.12 11:18, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Hair color and ancestral habitation place

My paternal grandfather (1863-1928) was born in West Prussia (now part of Poland) and was said to have auburn hair. Is this an indicator that he had an ancestor of the Germanic tribes? Musicwriter 03:42, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Vivid Auburn

Why is the page linked to a Google image result for a 'Fire elf'? It doesn't mention vivid auburn at all, and has a fairly bad drawing, rather than a photo etc. Just found out it's a straight copy and paste, including link from http://www.answers.com/topic/auburn Stuart McN 19:42, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Answers.com mirrors Wikipedia content; they got it from us, not the other way around.

That entire section is a bit odd, though -- not just the "fire elf" image. Obviously some people dye their hair in red-brown shades that are not found in nature, but the idea that this is one specific color called "vivid auburn", represented by hex triplet #932724, seems like original research -- i.e., something made up by a Wikipedian. I'm very much inclined to take out the "vivid auburn" infobox unless someone can provide some kind of citation. (I'm pretty sure that "bright auburn" is a more common term for a hair-dye color, anyway.) —Celithemis 08:55, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Picture

Is the picture of the girl reading the book with her feet in the camera really necessary? I think somebody should crop the picture or remove it.Beardownaz9 20:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

hiya, i don't really understand what the problem with the image is. what do her feet or her nose or her shirt have to do with the fact that she has auburn hair? confused on this i must confess. 69.118.244.33 02:31, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I just think the picture would be better if you cropped it to remove her feet it takes up much of the picture and is a distraction,also I never mentioned her nose or shirt but if her nose took up much of the picture I think it would be better cropped.Beardownaz9 22:27, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

With the composition of the photo, cropping out the feet is not going to work well. In any case, if you dislike the picture so much, you should feel free to provide a *better* freely licensed image, but please stop removing it entirely just because you don't think it is ideal. The image provides information -- a visual image of what auburn hair looks like -- and you're reducing the usefulness of the article by taking it out. —Celithemis 00:23, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

The picture going along with this article is ridiculous. I don't want to look at feet when I'm trying to gain knowledge about the color auburn. Someone place a picture of the color auburn or something instead... WinterSpw 23:06, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Ugh, a link brought me here again. The picture reminds me of the stink of sweaty sweet. Ugggggh remove the dam picture already. WinterSpw 03:36, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I just happened to stumble across this article for the first time just now. I agree, the picture is an eye soar. I really don't think anyone here wants to look at someone's feet while looking at an article dealing with a color. The picture is loosely related to the article anyway. If we're going to use a picture then I'm sure there are better ones. Poetic^X_contribs 07:02, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Ehehe, um, I'm going to have to agree with the people before... the only reason I checked the discussion page for this article was to point it out ^^; . It's really just... a bad picture. Really bad. It's very distracting, and makes the article just seem of less-quality as well. I believe the article would be better without it, regardless of the 'example' the picture. It's just too... inappropriate for the subject. It really seems more suitable for an article about feet, really. Sorry to be a downer. I'd take a picture of someone with auburn hair myself if I knew how to point it out from other red-brownish hair colors. And if I knew how to work a camera ^^; . 76.106.2.196 23:45, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree. The composition of the picture does not enhance or contribute to the understanding of the topic and, in fact, actually detracts from that understanding.Shoreranger 17:16, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I also agree re the feet picture. Not a pretty sight. Tbwhall 03:11, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Would be a better image? It's me, would my hair be auburn enough? Kuronue | Talk 17:13, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

There's a WP:COI problem with putting a photo of yourself at the top of an article. Also, the image is so dark it's not possible to see what color the hair is. The other image at least shows the hair, so it's better for those two reasons, at least for now. 69.118.245.210 02:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Similar problems with the image of your brother, on both counts. 69.118.245.210 05:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

It's not a COI, I asked the Help Desk. If you have a better image, by all means, please put it there. There seems to be a consensus that the image with the feet is not appropriate, so I'm attempting to fix it by offering the only images I have. Kuronue | Talk 15:05, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

It is a COI -- Wikipedia is not a family photo album. There is no COI in the existing photo. What do the feet or anything else have to do with it? At least in that photo, you can see the hair. 69.118.245.210 02:55, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Let's all find a picture with something else that has the color auburn already!!!!!!!! WinterSpw 04:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I added a good quality photo of a woman with auburn hair. Assorted-photo-guy (talk) 03:39, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I think it is indeed a much better picture (looks professional, and I think she's making eyes at me), I shrunk it to a slightly more reasonable size. WLU 19:28, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Hair in this image is of color TAWNY ?

Tawny corresponds to the italian color fulvo. To be auburn, maybe is necessary to show the "rutilance", the golden shine that can be seen only in open air, behind the direct light of the sun. --213.140.19.113 17:06, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:Afroboy.JPG Would this be better? I'm open to suggestions, I'm just going through my own personal photo album on this computer. I also have http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o198/bay_032/Pics%20of%20me/fb99.jpg Kuronue | Talk 06:41, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, Tawny is lighter, I thought? I was fairly certain tawny was the color of a cougar. Kuronue | Talk 06:44, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Harry Potter

Please stop adding trivia from Harry Potter, Ann of Green Gables, etc, to this encyclopedia article. --Tony Sidaway 20:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

A section with famous people with auburn hair might be called for, as a compromise, only I can't think of anyone else other than those two, so I figured, if I make an appropriate section it'd be better than being in the lead. Kuronue | Talk 15:03, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I think such a section is in order, just as "In Popular Culture" pages are added in other articles, placing the subjects in larger contexts that may allow for better understanding. Furthermore, some of those things are just interesting to know.71.126.236.143 (talk) 00:32, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Picture used in two different articles

Both this article and the blond hair article use the picture of Isabella I of Spain. Obviously, she can't have had both naturally blond and auburn hair. So something ain't right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.252.233.120 (talk) 13:47, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

"The first recorded use of auburn in English was in 1430." A fact so important it had to be repeated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.146.175.64 (talk) 19:40, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Etymology

To clarify too much use of what seems to be "hair-dye-box definitions" as references ... The etymology of auburn clearly suggests a light-redish-brown color. While chestnut is a dark-redish-brown. Any further parsing of the shades, such as "maroon" or "burgandy", should be limited to tertiary references, as they are variations of these shades (if not exclusively manufactured in origin). Unless I'm missing something ... 70.15.11.44 (talk) 09:05, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Wrong color

The color infobox in this article is not internally consistent, showing values for three or four different colors:

• ————— Hex triplet #A52A2A: This is Red-brown (aka "brown" on the web)
• ————— sRGB^B (r, g, b) (147, 39, 36): This is #932724, an un-named color similar to Vivid auburn #922724.
• ————— CMYK^H (c, m, y, k) (35, 87, 77, 67): This is #370B13, an un-named color related to Dark sienna #3c1414. The "normal" CMYK representation for this color, though, is (0, 80, 65, 78).
• ————— HSV (h, s, v) (2°, 76%, 58%): This is #942223, an un-named color also similar to Vivid auburn #922724.

No source is given. Which color should we use? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 02:13, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

the photo of the Japanese girl?

This photo looks like a picture of a mannequin. Is it really a person? Whatever it is it's just awful. The subject somehow doesn't look human. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.151.233 (talk) 03:58, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

The hair is surely dyed, as I have just noted in an edit to the photo caption. Anyone with natural hair of that color (which of course I have seen from time to time) would probably have the color described as auburn, so the photo is a start, but it would be much better to find a properly licensed photograph of natural auburn hair. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 22:23, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Seems somewhat weird to have.. Why not just delete it until we find something that is real.MicroMacroMania (talk) 23:00, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

Emma Stone is a natural blond/e

Her hair is neither "auburn", nor red or... whatever. She dyed it. That's so fucking obvious.

Possible removal from list

An entry in List of colors: N–Z contained a link to this page.

The entry is :

• Vivid auburn

I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors#New_approach_to_review_of_entries

If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.--S Philbrick(Talk) 18:19, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Jolene

Jolene in Dolly Partons song 'Jolene' has "flaming locks of auburn hair". Madklub (talk) 14:48, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

"Auburn (color)" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Auburn (color) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 27#Auburn (color) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 22:55, 27 July 2022 (UTC)