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Re: Matt's hair colour ≠ ginger

[(Anonymous)]

His hair looked more ginger-y as a kid, to me. I like to think he's a secret ginger and he started dying it when he got older (maybe because kids at the orphanage bullied him about not having a soul, idk).

Re: Matt's hair colour ≠ ginger

[(Anonymous)]

Really? I've always thought of ginger hair as being carrot orange, like the Weaeys.

Re: Matt's hair colour ≠ ginger

[(Anonymous)]

i think specifically ginger is usually meant for people with carrot orange coloured hair but it's inevitable and true that any person with any shade of red hair will be/is called a ginger. basically born a read-head (regardless of shade) = called a ginger i think it's just an easier blanket-term since basically every red-head has a different name for their colour (how many times have you heard someone say "it's not red- it's strawberry-blonde!!) (this is mostly because ginger usually has negative connotations)


a pointless but fun fact
a couple years back the term "ranga" (as in orangutang) got popular in australia as a term for red-heads. didn't matter what shade (even though it was intended for carrot orange coloured hair) every person with red hair was called a ranga. it's not really used anymore though.

Re: Matt's hair colour ≠ ginger

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, interesting. I've only ever heard "ginger" refer to a certain type of colouring. Someone with with pale carrot-orange hair, really light skin, freckles, and pale eyes = a ginger.

Matt in the show looks like he had copper/auburn highlights, and only then under certain lighting conditions. To me, calling him ginger would be as weird as calling him "strawberry blonde" because he's dark-haired in the show. Even "red head" would be a stretch.

Re: Matt's hair colour ≠ ginger

[(Anonymous)]

i definitely agree that calling tv!matt ginger or anything similar is too much of a stretch. i think the only time i've really really noticed the red-ish tinge in his hair was at ben's funeral, i still wouldn't call him a red-head but i like the subtle nod. it's a bit like his glasses.

Re: Matt's hair colour ≠ ginger

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT, but can I just say I LOVE how they handled Matt's glasses. They look black most of the time, but then the light hits just right and the red is so subtle. It's a lovely touch, keeping the Daredevil colour in there without being... woefully ostentatious. [stares unsubtly at That Suit]