darkhaired

Darkhaired is an adjective describing a person with dark hair, usually brown or black. It can apply to people of any gender and is used in descriptive writing, casting notes, and character summaries. In standard English, the preferred form when modifying a noun is hyphenated as dark-haired (as in a dark-haired man). The closed form darkhaired appears far less common and is more often found in headlines or older texts.

Hair color terms like dark-haired are descriptive and not indicators of ethnicity; hair color distribution varies widely across populations. Some cultures associate dark hair with certain stereotypes or aesthetic ideals, but such associations are cultural rather than intrinsic.

Related terms include brunette or brunet for dark brown hair, and black-haired or brown-haired as broader descriptors.