Describing Red/Ginger hair?
I'm a natural ginger, and I hate the word! Well, there's the obvious, like redhead, or you can really think about the shade of red your character is. If she has light red hair, then strawberry blonde would be best. If it is darker and more on the side of brownish, then use auburn, or if even darker then bronze. Bronze has a slight golden tinge to it. If you are looking to be unique, then definitely use Titian. Titian was a painter who depicted redhead women. Another way to describe ginger hair using art is Pre-Raphaelite, which was a group of artists who painted only red haired women in the 19th Century. Flaming, fiery red hair are also words to describe ginger hair. If you're thinking of your character with slightly unnatural ginger hair, so dyed a little redder than usual then berry coloured, or dark berry coloured, is perfect, or scarlet if particularly bright. Copper is another obvious one to describe less orangey redheads, or rusty. Maybe cinnamon, copper red. Red hair glows in the sunlight, so think of beautiful metaphors to describe that, such as auburn hair that seemed to glow like a halo in the late afternoon sun. You can also think of how to describe how the hair hangs, or what texture it is. Most redheads have very thick hair, so instead of just using the word hair, use words like locks, or tresses, or even dreads. You can even use the name of your character to describe its hair colour. Here are a few names which mean redhead; Read, Reed, Derry, Reid, Rhys, Red, Pirro, Russell, Rusti or Rusty, Scarlett or Scarlet. Hope this helped XXX
Only gases burn with flame. But when you burn wood, it initially burns with a flame. Later, it only glows without flame. Why is it so?
Here's a twist: wood doesn't burn.I know, mind blown, right? But it's true. As you point out, only gasses burn. In order for liquids and solids to burn, they first have to either vaporize, or chemically break down to form gasses that do burn.Now, wood itself can't vaporize. When you heat wood hot enough, the organic molecules the wood is made of (mostly cellulose and lignin) chemically decompose to form simpler molecules, such as methanol and formaldehyde. Those vaporize under the heat of the flame, mix with air, and burn. That burning process releases heat, which continues to heat the wood, releasing more organic gasses, and the process continues. If you were to heat wood without oxygen present, you could actually collect and condense those gasses (a process known as 'destructive distillation').Now, this whole process also reduces some of the wood down to elemental carbon, which we call charcoal. Charcoal, being a solid, can't burn, in the sense of producing a flame, but it can react with oxygen if you heat it up enough. A hot pile of charcoal can react with oxygen on its surface, producing heat, which keeps the charcoal hot enough to react with more oxygen. As long as the charcoal stays hot and air keeps moving through it, it can continue to smolder. If you stop the air from moving (like by smothering it), or cool it down (either by adding water or splitting it up into smaller chunks), then the reaction will stop.
What other words can you use to describe red hair?
Bronze (? suggests a lighter, red/blonde shade... not sure on that one myself but I'll throw it out there) Titian (painter who famously depicted many redheaded beauties) Flaming (Red) Fiery (Red) Copper Berry Ginger and of course: Beautiful!
What's a good idea for a prop about Queen Elizabeth I?
At first I was thinking of doing something that represented the fact that Queen Elizabeth I never got married—or something about her virginity. But i can't think of anything, so does anyone else have a good idea about a UNIQUE prop of something that could represent Queen Elizabeth I? Also, the prop has to be hand made. And please don't answer saying like "Wear a Tiara." because that's not really unique. Thanks!
What would you name a girl with red hair and green eyes?
Definately something Irish with that colouring - maybe Maeve, after the Irish queen[ may-v, meaning the cause of great joy] or Niamh, [nee-v, meaning radiant]; Grainne, [graw-nya, meaning grace]; Roisin [ ro-sheen, meaning little rose]; or Saoirse, [sear-sha, meaning liberty]