/oss/taxonomy/term/3012/all en /oss/article/you-asked/where-does-colour-go-when-i-bleach-my-hair <p><span>Hair naturally gets its colour from a pigment molecule called</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin"> melanin</a><span>. There are 2 types of melanin:</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin#Eumelanin"> eumelanin</a><span>, which gives hair and skin a brown or black hue, and</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin#Pheomelanin"> pheomelanin</a><span>, which gives the red hue.</span></p> Wed, 28 Feb 2018 18:52:47 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 6939 at /oss