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why is our hair black in colour?why not brown ,yellow?some people have white hairs since their birth. how?

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Hair colour is due to the presence of a pigment melanin. When more melanin is present then the hair color is dark while when less melanin is there the color is light.

Also, hair colour is a character which we get from our parents, so our hair color is similar to that of our parents.

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