Can elves have black hair?

[edit] Hair colour
Other Elves - including the Noldor, Sindar
Sindar
Sindar (meaning "Grey People" [note 1]) or Grey Elves were Elves of Telerin descent who inhabited Beleriand. They were united under the King of Doriath Elu Thingol, and later his grandson Dior Eluchíl.
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, and Avari - had dark brown or black hair like Finwë or Maeglin
. Lúthien Tinúviel and her remote descendant Arwen Undómiel, both described as the fairest of all Elves, were dark haired.
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Can an elf have black hair?

Based on the descriptions Tolkien actually gave us in the books, there are four possible hair colors for elves: dark brown, blonde/golden, red/russet, and silver.
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Can elves have black hair DND?

Often, elven hair was dark, either brown or black, with copper red or blond hair also found amongst wood elves, although orange or even green hues were not completely unheard of. Elven eyes were commonly brown, hazel, or an emerald green.
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Can high elves have dark hair?

Tolkein's Noldor had dark hair, except the house of Finarfin, who were blonde. As Tolkien is the basis of the western fantasy genre since he wrote LOTR, I think you'll be ok.
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What color hair do elves have?

They typically have fair skin and hair that runs in hues from silver-white to black or blue. While human style hair colors are rare, eye color can be remarkably similar, with colors ranging from blue to green. The majority of the half-elves in Faerûn come from parings between humans and moon elves.
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Do elves get periods?

((EDIT: Although ti's very possible - even likely, that menstruation wasn't actually a monthly cycle. Elves rarely even counted in years (preferring centuries), let alone months.)) So, long story short, I'm pretty confident that elves do menstruate.
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Can elves have curly hair?

Though Tolkien never says that elves don't have curly hair, he also never describes an elf with curly hair. So, whatever the style, it's likely that the hair itself is pretty straight.))
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What color are dark elves hair?

Dark elves had dark brown skin, as opposed to the the ebony skin that drow had, and pale hair. It was believed that some of them may have had black hair instead of white, and no darkvision.
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What color is Arwen's hair?

Arwen has black/dark-brown hair, but you can use your natural hair color too. Complete the look with a set of latex elf ears.
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Do all Altmer have blonde hair?

Oblivion had Altmer with dark hair, and in Skyrim only one (it seems) true example of dark hair on Altmer exists - and that's on a female preset. Otherwise, all Altmeri NPCs - especially those of the Thalmor - have either blonde, white, gray, or rarely auburn hair.
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What type of elf is Legolas?

Legolas is a Sindarin Elf from the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood. His father, Thranduil, is the King of the Silvan Elves living in that realm, making Legolas the Prince of Mirkwood.
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Why can't elves grow beards?

Elves cannot naturally grow a beard

21): Elves have no facial and little body hair. Therefore, an elf cannot grow a beard even with this particular item. Although half-elves are described as able to grow beards, I'm unaware of any D&D product of any edition featuring a full elf with a natural beard.
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Is a Moon elf a high elf?

Moon elves, also known as Teu-tel-quessir in the elven language or as silver elves, were the most common of all the elven subraces. More tolerant of humans than other elves, moon elves were the ancestors of most half-elves. They were considered high elves sometimes also called eladrin.
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Are all elves white?

Tolkien never describes his Elves as white skinned. There's no reason to believe that all Elves had pale skin, and even if all Elves had pale skin not all people with pale skin are white. It is okay to imagine Elves however you imagine them.
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Are elves taller than humans LOTR?

Elves, I think, average at a bit taller than the average man, but probably not noticeable so. But “great” elves are much taller, just like “great” men. Galadriel was said to be the tallest female in Middle Earth, at 6'4”. But then Thingol was the tallest elf ever to live, and he's estimated to be almost 9' (274 cm).
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Is Aragorn half elf?

Aragorn isn't a half-elf, he's a tiny fraction of an elf. Elros, who was a half-elf (actually 9/16), was his very remote ancestor. But more importantly, the heirs of Elros were not given the choice to be elven or human, although the Valar did grant them unusually long life-spans.
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Who is Legolas married to?

Legolas and Gimli's relationship is strong in The Lord of the Rings, even though it wasn't explicitly romantic in canon. The members of the Fellowship in The Lord of the Rings forge an unbreakable bond while on their mission to destroy the One Ring.
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Why does Arwen get weaker?

It was Elrond's plea because Arwen was dying that drove him. In movieverse, the 'evil that spreads from Mordor' was in some way affecting the Elves. They were becoming weaker and they felt threatened.
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Are dark elves black?

In the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse, especially in the worlds of Greyhawk, the Forgotten Realms and Eberron, dark elves are commonly called drow. They are dark-skinned and white-haired and are generally, but not exclusively, evil.
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Are there brown elves?

In general, the Vanyar were golden-haired, with the name Vanyar meaning "the Fair" in Quenya and referring to their light-coloured hair. Other Elves - including the Noldor, Sindar, and Avari - had dark brown or black hair like Finwë or Maeglin.
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Are dark elves evil?

Further, it should be noted that the dualism of Light/Darkness correllates to the "struggle between Good and Evil," the Light Elves are often made into the "good guys," while the Dark Elves (and even Dwarves) are the "bad guys." Such a simplistic view, however, fails to evaluate the Eddas correctly, for the Elves (both ...
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