The color of your hair is determined by genetics. This means that it comes from your parents or grandparents. The color is then determined by the pigments that you have in your skin. Some people have more pigment, others have less, this is what causes all of the different shades of hair.
Sometimes when people get older their hair turns white. The reason that this happens is because their bodies do not make pigment anymore.
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How Hair Grows