The other substance that changes hair color is pheomelanin.
I am a men and i struggle with my family because i want to have long hair and they dont let me, i have pretty brown hair! I'm sorry to hear that. In some societies short hair in men is seen as being under society's control in some way, like in the military or in jail. Actually yes i like to feel free! im straight one of my concersn also is if girls will like me with long hair I wouldn't know if they'd find you more attractive, but long hair in females is seen as attractive by both women and men. I'm a little bit insecure! But I think brown hair is still manly! Blonde hair is more for girls. Strictly speaking, for males it's spelled "blond". Anyway, lighter colored hair has less of the pigment called eumelanin. Cool i did not know that, its funny because im from latin american descendanst and its very strange to have brown hair like me, everyone have dark hair!
Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin.