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Yet these renderings were not made with that choice.
by sengstrom 6y ago
Yet these renderings were not made with that choice.
- liability 6y agoThere are a fair few of them depicted as what I'd consider blonde. Augustus particularly.
- riffraff 6y agoAugustus was described as "subflavum" which is often translated as "blonde" but is more likely to mean "light brown". Sadly this _is_ an area which is indeed full of bias.
- liability 6y agoIs that not what 'blonde' generally is in adults? An image search for 'blonde man' returns men I'd consider 'blonde' which hair which seems objectively light brown (except those with obviously bleached highlights.)
- riffraff 6y agoI wouldn't know. The color of Augustus here[0] is definitely blonde for me, bordering on platinum, while what I meant is that it might as well have been darker, i.e. [1] which I would call "light chestnut". [0] https://voshart.com/ROMAN-EMPEROR-PROJECT https://voshart.com/ROMAN-EMPEROR-PROJECT [1] https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fae01.alicdn.com%2Fkf%2FHTB1Jee4LpXXXXaXXFXXq6xXFXXX4%2F2016-New-Short-Wavy-Light-Brown-Color-Glamorous-Fashion-Full-Synthetic-Hair-Men-Wigs.jpg_640x640.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F...