Titian hair
Titian is a tint of red hair, most commonly described as brownish-orange in color.[1]
Etymology
The term originates from Titian, an Italian painter who would often depict women with red hair of this description. Titian has been used as a hair color term in the United States as early as the 1800s, when women were commonly using henna to dye their hair a Titian color.
Discrepancy
Titian is commonly misused as a synonym for hair colors with similar definitions or hues of color.[citation needed]
Titian hair is frequently mistaken[
The term Titian is sometimes misapplied[citation needed] to auburn hair. Whereas Titian hair is a brownish shade of red hair, auburn hair is a brownish shade of hair encompassing the actual color red. Most definitions of Titian hair describe it as a brownish-orange color,[5] but some describe it as being reddish.[6] This is in reference to red hair itself, not the color red.
Characters in popular culture with Titian hair
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- Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables is described as having Titian hair at age 15:
Well, we heard him say—didn’t we, Jane?—‘Who is that girl on the platform with the splendid Titian hair? She has a face I should like to paint.’ There now, Anne. But what does Titian hair mean?”
“Being interpreted it means plain red, I guess,” laughed Anne. “Titian was a very famous artist who liked to paint red-haired women.”[8]— L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
- Nancy Drew, titular character of the mystery fiction series of books, was described as and depicted with Titian hair from 1959 to 1960.[9]
- Midge, the Barbie doll, has Titian hair. From 1961 until 1967, Mattel offered Titian hair for dolls, with Midge being the staple for the variant.[10] Midge's packaging illustration featured this hair color, whereas the original Barbie character was typically given blonde hair.
- Dana Scully (played by Gillian Anderson), from The X-Files, has naturally Titian hair, as confirmed by Chris Carter, the show's creator, on Reddit in 2014.[11] Scully was seen with this shade in earlier seasons of the series before being shown with a more fiery, dyed shade of red hair in later years.
References
- ^ "Titian" in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
- ISBN 9781610751452. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
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- ^ "Titian" in The Free Dictionary
- ^ "Titian" on Dictionary.com
- ^ "Colour RAL 050 50 60 _ Titian red _ RAL colour chart UK". RAL Colours. RAL. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
- ^ Montgomery, Lucy. Anne of Green Gables. Pitman.
- ISBN 0-312-09881-2.
- ^ Caent, Emily. "THE HISTORY OF TITIAN BARBIES". Zala. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ Chris Carter AMA Reddit 2014