Fischer–Saller scale
{{Short description|Human hair color scale}}
The Fischer–Saller Scale, named for eugenicist Eugen Fischer and German anthropologist {{Interlanguage link multi|Karl Saller|de}}, is used in physical anthropology and medicine to determine the shades of hair color. The scale uses the following designations:{{cite journal |title = Change in Hair Pigmentation in Children from Birth to 5 Years in a Central European Population (Longitudinal Study)|last=Ubelaker|first=Douglas H. |journal=Forensic Science Communications |volume=2 |number=3 |date=July 2000}}{{cite journal |title = Podstawy antropometrii. Metody, techniki, normy|last=Malinowski|first=Andrzej |year=1997}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.persee.fr/doc/bmsap_0037-8984_1968_num_3_3_1417|title=Contribution à l'anthropologie des Corses : Anthropologie de la tête (suite) - Persée|journal=Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris |date=26 February 1968|volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=183–218 |doi=10.3406/bmsap.1968.1417 |last1=Piquet |first1=Marie-Magdeleine }}{{cite web|url=http://pl.tinypic.com/r/f0b4gm/8|title=Image - TinyPic - bezpłatny hosting obrazów, udostępnianie zdjęć i hosting filmów wideo|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| class="wikitable" |
| A
|very light blond |
|---|
| B to E
|light blond |
| F to L
|blond |
| M to O
|dark blond |
| P to T
|light brown to medium brown – "chatain" |
| U to Y
|dark brown/black – "brunet" |
| I, II, III, IV
|red |
| V, VI
|red blond |
Earlier scale
An earlier version of the scale created by Eugen Fischer, known as the Fischer Scale, used a different range of designations:{{cite journal |title=The races of Europe|last=Coon|first=Carleton Stevens |year=1939}}{{cite journal |title=The anthropological structure of Poland in light of the Polish War Office's materials. Part I|last=Michalski|first=Ireneusz |year=1949}}
| class="wikitable" |
| 1–3
|red |
|---|
| 4
|dark-brown |
| 5
|dark-brown / brown |
| 6
|brown / auburn |
| 7
|brown / lightbrown |
| 8
|brown / lightbrown |
| 9
|light-brown (sometimes in reddish shades) / some anthropologists call it dark-blond also |
| 10
|light-brown (sometimes in reddish shades) / some anthropologists call it dark-blond also |
| 11
|dark-blond / some anthropologists call it light-brown also |
| 12–19
|golden blond |
| 20–25
|ash-blond |
| 26
|dark ash-blond / some anthropologists call it lightbrown also |
| 27–28
|black |
See also
References
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