Somalis hair: texture and color in 41 observed portraits
Somalis: hair texture (andre walker) 1C — straight, coarse in 27% of 41; hair color Black in 59% of 44; hair density Thin in 36% of 42; hairline shape Rounded in 66% of 38; graying pattern None in 74% of 43.
Catalog portraits for Somalis are AI-generated adult subjects; the measurements on this page come from documented photographs of real people, not from these images.
Hair texture (Andre Walker)
n = 41 assessableAndre Walker hair-texture classification covering the spectrum from straight (Type 1) to coily (Type 4), with subdivisions A-C within each numbered type.
| Value | Share | n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1C — straight, coarseStraight, thick, coarse strands. | 27% | 11 | |
| 1B — straight, mediumStraight with medium body. | 22% | 9 | |
| 3A — curly, loose ringletsLoose, soft ringlets; well-defined curl. | 12% | 5 | |
| 3C — curly, tight corkscrewTight corkscrew curls; densely packed. | 12% | 5 | |
| 4C — coily, tightly packedTightly packed coils with little visible pattern definition; high shrinkage. | 7% | 3 | |
| 4B — coily, Z-patternSharp angular Z-pattern coils. | 7% | 3 | |
| 4A — coily, S-patternDefined small S-pattern coils. | 7% | 3 | |
| 3B — curly, springyTighter, springy curls; corkscrew shape. | 5% | 2 |
Vocabulary: Hair texture (Andre Walker) (andre_walker_1990s)
Hair color
n = 44 assessablePredominant natural hair color, where determinable. Visibly dyed hair should be flagged via grooming-state metadata.
| Value | Share | n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackVery dark hair appearing black under normal lighting; high eumelanin. | 59% | 26 | |
| Dark brownDistinctly brown but darker than medium-brown. | 25% | 11 | |
| GrayVisibly graying hair, mixed pigmented and unpigmented. | 9% | 4 | |
| Mixed / uniqueMultiple distinct natural colors (e.g. natural ombre with sun-lightened tips). | 5% | 2 | |
| Dyed (native color uncertain)Visible dye job; native color cannot be reliably inferred. | 2% | 1 |
Vocabulary: Hair color (hair_color_qualitative)
Hair density
n = 42 assessableDensity of native scalp hair when ungroomed.
| Value | Share | n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SparseVisible scalp through hair throughout most of the head. | 7% | 3 | |
| ThinSome visible scalp; reduced density. | 36% | 15 | |
| AverageStandard density; minimal visible scalp. | 31% | 13 | |
| ThickAbove-average density. | 26% | 11 |
Vocabulary: Hair density (hair_density_qualitative)
Hairline shape
n = 38 assessableShape of the anterior hairline.
| Value | Share | n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RoundedSmooth curve hairline; no peaks. | 66% | 25 | |
| M-shape (temporal recession)Bilateral temporal recession creating an M-shape; common male-pattern feature. | 34% | 13 |
Vocabulary: Hairline shape (hairline_shape_qualitative)
Graying pattern
n = 43 assessablePattern and extent of visible gray / white hair.
| Value | Share | n | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NoneNo visible gray hairs. | 74% | 32 | |
| Predominantly gray | 7% | 3 | |
| Salt and pepperMixed gray and pigmented hair throughout; often ~50/50. | 7% | 3 | |
| Scattered fewA few isolated gray hairs visible. | 7% | 3 | |
| Temple-concentratedGraying concentrated at temples; common early-graying pattern. | 2% | 1 | |
| Fully gray / white | 2% | 1 |
Vocabulary: Graying pattern (graying_pattern_qualitative)
Where these numbers come from
50 publicly documented portraits of notable Somalis people were assessed by a vision model against the full 22-vocabulary schema, one value per dimension. Values are what the photographs show, read by a model, not population measurements. Each table counts only portraits where the value could be assessed; covered, obscured and unclear portraits are reported separately.
Notable-people corpora skew older, so hair color over-represents gray and white, and image quality varies. Treat shares as a description of this sample.
These rows are not yet in the published catalog dataset, which currently carries the earlier single-row analysis; see the methodology. A family page exists only when at least 10 portraits carry an assessable value.