In Australia, bluey is an ironic slang term for someone who has red hair.

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Why Does Hair Turn Gray?

Hair turns gray as melanocytes—the cells that generate melanin, which gives hair (and skin) its coloration—deteriorate because of age, environment, or disease. Hair doesn’t gray uniformly: it may gray on some parts of the body earlier than on other parts. The age one goes gray is determined in part