Brunette literally means "little brown-haired girl" or
"young brown-haired woman", but, in modern English usage, it has lost
the diminutive meaning and usually refers to any brown or black-haired girl or
woman, or the associated hair color. It is the feminine form of brun, the word
for dark-haired men.
During the Renaissance blonde hair became so much de rigueur in Venice that a brunette was not to be seen except among the working classes.
Venetian women spent hours dyeing and burnishing their hair until they achieved the harsh metallic glitter that was considered a necessity.
Anita Loos, the author of the novel and play Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, wrote a sequel entitled But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes.
In Western popular culture, a common stereotype is that brunettes are stable, serious, smart and sophisticated. Brunettes were described as independent and self-sufficient by 67 percent of the men, in a British study, and as intelligent by 81 percent.
Lady Gaga is a natural brunette; she reportedly bleached her hair blonde because she was once mistaken for Amy Winehouse.
Brunettes have fewer hairs on their head than their blonde and redheaded counterparts.
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