The timeline of hair colors

Okay I previously talked about someone bashing on women for unnatural hair colors. NOW it's time to see the timeline of hair colors from 1500 BC to 2015 AD!

1500 BC - The Egyptians started the whole hair dying thing. They would use henna to camouflage gray hair. Years later, the Greeks and Romans used plant extracts to dye their hair. However, they discovered it was too toxic to use.

300 BC - During the Roman Empire, prositutes were required to have yellow hair to indicate their profession (WHY?!) Some used a mixture made from the ashes of burned plants or nuts to achieve the hue.

500-1500s AD -  Red hair first appeared as the result of a genetic mutation in the Dark Ages, with the first documented case of natural-born rehead occuring in Scotland. For MANY years, people with natural red hair were subjected to suspicions of witchcraft.

1800s - English chemist William Henry Perkin made an accidental discovery that changed hair dye forever. In an attempt to generate a cure for malaria, he created the first synthesized dye in 1863.

1907 - Eugene Schueller created the first chemical dye for commercial purposes. He called it Aureole which became L'Oreal.

1931 - Howard Hughes released a film called Platinum blonde, titled to promote and capitalize on the hair color of the young star, Jean Harlow. Here's something that's ironic, Jean never admitted to dying her hair.

1950 - Going blond/e involved bleach and a lot of damage.

1960's-1970's - Coloring your hair was commonplace, and 1968 was the last year Americans were asked to state their hair color on passports - the prevalence of hair dye made this information pointless. By th 1970's, public sentiments toward dying your hair began to change.

1980's - You can't turn on the TV without seeing Eva Longoria, Sarah Jessica Parker, or another celebrity trying to sell you hair dye. It began in the 80's.

2014 - In May, while most of the population was embracing sombre and other, more natural-looking hair color techniques, Kylie Jenner took the opposite approach and made her first major hair color transformation.

Present - According to The Atlantic, "an estimated 70%  of women in the U. S. use hair-coloring products."

And that was the timeline of hair dye. Now while you excuse me, I'm going to dye my hair rainbow.