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In my region is it usual that we say 'white' for hair which is not black or brown anymore as the age passes. But I've recently come to know that the word 'grey' can also be used instead of 'white'. Which word do you native use? The colour that I mean to ask about can be seen in the image.
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In my region is it usual that we say 'white' for hair which is not black or brown anymore as the age passes. But I've recently come to know that the word 'grey' can also be used instead of 'white'. Which word do you native use? The colour that I mean to ask about can be seen in the image.
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In my region is it usual that we say 'white' for hair which is not black or brown anymore as the age passes. But I've recently come to know that the word 'grey' can also be used instead of 'white'. Which word do you native use? The colour that I mean to ask about can be seen in the image.
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In my region is it usual that we say 'white' for hair which is not black or brown anymore as the age passes. But I've recently come to know that the word 'grey' can also be used instead of 'white'. Which word do you native use? The colour that I mean to ask about can be seen in the image.
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In America, at least, "gray hair" is a catch-all category that includes white. It would not be surprising to refer to someone with white hair and beard as having gray hair.
Still, the more precise description of the beard in your picture would be white. Santa Claus is always depicted with white hair and a white beard, and almost nobody thinks of that image as being in any way gray.
It really just depends on how fussy you are. Hair color, like eye color, can be hard to pin down. A redhead I dated once asked me to describe her hair color. I told her it looked orange to me. She was pleased, and told me I was the first one who didn't just automatically tell her it was red. (For the record, it really was orange.)
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We use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old (source).
However, "white hair" can also be said to express the same thing:
(of hair, a beard, etc.) silvery or grey, usually from age (source).
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This may be my idiosyncratic take on it but I think grey hair and white hair are different, at least when talking about many hairs. For individual hairs, I would use the terms interchangeably.
When all the hair on someone's head is grey / white, I would describe them as having white hair. But as long as they still have an appreciable number of darker hairs, I would say their hair is grey.
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In America, at least, "gray hair" is a catch-all category that includes white. It would not be surprising to refer to someone with white hair and beard as having gray hair.
Still, the more precise description of the beard in your picture would be white. Santa Claus is always depicted with white hair and a white beard, and almost nobody thinks of that image as being in any way gray.
It really just depends on how fussy you are. Hair color, like eye color, can be hard to pin down. A redhead I dated once asked me to describe her hair color. I told her it looked orange to me. She was pleased, and told me I was the first one who didn't just automatically tell her it was red. (For the record, it really was orange.)
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In America, at least, "gray hair" is a catch-all category that includes white. It would not be surprising to refer to someone with white hair and beard as having gray hair.
Still, the more precise description of the beard in your picture would be white. Santa Claus is always depicted with white hair and a white beard, and almost nobody thinks of that image as being in any way gray.
It really just depends on how fussy you are. Hair color, like eye color, can be hard to pin down. A redhead I dated once asked me to describe her hair color. I told her it looked orange to me. She was pleased, and told me I was the first one who didn't just automatically tell her it was red. (For the record, it really was orange.)
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In America, at least, "gray hair" is a catch-all category that includes white. It would not be surprising to refer to someone with white hair and beard as having gray hair.
Still, the more precise description of the beard in your picture would be white. Santa Claus is always depicted with white hair and a white beard, and almost nobody thinks of that image as being in any way gray.
It really just depends on how fussy you are. Hair color, like eye color, can be hard to pin down. A redhead I dated once asked me to describe her hair color. I told her it looked orange to me. She was pleased, and told me I was the first one who didn't just automatically tell her it was red. (For the record, it really was orange.)
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In America, at least, "gray hair" is a catch-all category that includes white. It would not be surprising to refer to someone with white hair and beard as having gray hair.
Still, the more precise description of the beard in your picture would be white. Santa Claus is always depicted with white hair and a white beard, and almost nobody thinks of that image as being in any way gray.
It really just depends on how fussy you are. Hair color, like eye color, can be hard to pin down. A redhead I dated once asked me to describe her hair color. I told her it looked orange to me. She was pleased, and told me I was the first one who didn't just automatically tell her it was red. (For the record, it really was orange.)
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We use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old (source).
However, "white hair" can also be said to express the same thing:
(of hair, a beard, etc.) silvery or grey, usually from age (source).
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We use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old (source).
However, "white hair" can also be said to express the same thing:
(of hair, a beard, etc.) silvery or grey, usually from age (source).
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We use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old (source).
However, "white hair" can also be said to express the same thing:
(of hair, a beard, etc.) silvery or grey, usually from age (source).
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We use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old (source).
However, "white hair" can also be said to express the same thing:
(of hair, a beard, etc.) silvery or grey, usually from age (source).
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This may be my idiosyncratic take on it but I think grey hair and white hair are different, at least when talking about many hairs. For individual hairs, I would use the terms interchangeably.
When all the hair on someone's head is grey / white, I would describe them as having white hair. But as long as they still have an appreciable number of darker hairs, I would say their hair is grey.
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This may be my idiosyncratic take on it but I think grey hair and white hair are different, at least when talking about many hairs. For individual hairs, I would use the terms interchangeably.
When all the hair on someone's head is grey / white, I would describe them as having white hair. But as long as they still have an appreciable number of darker hairs, I would say their hair is grey.
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This may be my idiosyncratic take on it but I think grey hair and white hair are different, at least when talking about many hairs. For individual hairs, I would use the terms interchangeably.
When all the hair on someone's head is grey / white, I would describe them as having white hair. But as long as they still have an appreciable number of darker hairs, I would say their hair is grey.
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This may be my idiosyncratic take on it but I think grey hair and white hair are different, at least when talking about many hairs. For individual hairs, I would use the terms interchangeably.
When all the hair on someone's head is grey / white, I would describe them as having white hair. But as long as they still have an appreciable number of darker hairs, I would say their hair is grey.
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