Why is it called red hair?

Red hair is really orange, so why is it called red?

Why is it called red hair?

First go to an english dictionary and look up red!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why is it called red hair?

probly cuz red is one of the main colors.

Why is it called red hair?

same reason white people are called white when there skin is yellowish/ivory and black people are called black but they have brown skin and so on

Why is it called red hair?

Same reason white people are called white and black people black. You could ask the same question about different things that have a name like that ALL DAY.

Why is it called red hair?

Doesn't it sound better to say I'm a redhead, than I'm an orange head.

Why is it called red hair?

I don't know, but this is a good question. The closest I could come was the first link below, which seems to be saying that since English is descended from German and German didn't used to have a word for the color orange that they latched onto the word "red".

I was surprised not to find more on this.

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node...

http://www.answers.com/topic/red-hair