Multiple choice

Which of the following pigments imparts pink to red colours to hair?

  1. Benzothiazine

  2. Eumelanin

  3. Pheomelanin

  4. Neuromelanin

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Pheomelanin is  found in hair and skin and in  both the lighter-skinned humans and darker skinned humans. Pheomelanin imparts a pink to red hue and, thus is found in particularly large quantities in red hair.