Blue hair
Blue is an unusual colour for hair, [1] except for aging ladies who may have a blue rinse to conceal their gray hair.
The hair of workers who regularly come into close contact with cobalt or indigo may become blue.[2]
In Homer, characters are said to have dark blue (kyaneos) hair or eyebrows when they are angry or in an emotionally intense state.[3] For example, Odysseus' beard became blue when he was transformed by Athena upon returning home to confront his wife's suitors.[4] This imagery may stem from Egyptian myth, in which their gods were said to have hair of lapis lazuli.[5]
Some comic book or animated characters are shown with blue hair, including Superman and Marge Simpson.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Rod Fairweather (1998), Basic studio directing
- ^ Hermann Beigel (1869), The human hair: its structure, growth, diseases, and their treatment
- ^ Selina Stewart (2006), "The Blues of Aratus", Beyond the canon
- ^ Homer, Allen Mandelbaum, Maria Luisa De Romans (1990), The Odyssey of Homer
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ RD Griffith (2005), "Gods' blue hair in Homer and in eighteenth-dynasty Egypt", The Classical Quarterly (55), Cambridge University Press: 329–334, doi:10.1093/cq/bmi034
- ^ Jok Church (June 30, 2006), "Comics: Meet the Artist", Washington Post