overview A word that refers to golden hair color. The distinction from pale brown hair is ambiguous. It is a latent heredity and has a very rare hair color. In addition to the declining birthrate of whites in the blonde area, mixed races due to globalization are occurring, so it is expected to become more and more rare in the future. However, it does not seem to disappear completely.
If there is little melanin pigment (eumelanin) in the hair, you will become blonde. The shade can range from very pale blonde to yellowish brown depending on the amount of eumelanin. In English, blonde (usually "blond", but a rare word with the feminine form "blonde" (pronounced the same), but now it is common for men to use "blonde"). The percentage of natural blondes in the world is about 1.8%.
Blond hair is found in some Caucasians, as well as in Western Asia, Amazighs, Australo-Melanes infants and women. Some studies suggest that the origin of blonde hair is in ancient Asia. In fact, even in Europe, blonde hair is quite rare in regions other than Northern Europe (about 70%), the Baltic States (about 65%), Russia (about 35%), Germany (about 35%), and the Netherlands (about 35%). Most of the blondes are dark blondes, and it is even rarer to have a bright yellowish color that Japanese people would imagine when they hear it as blonde.
Even blonde hair tends to darken with age, so many people turn brown or black hair around the age of 10 or at the latest in adulthood. For this reason, very bright blondes are often referred to as baby blondes.
