Auburn
Auburn adjective - (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown.
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Ginger
Ginger adjective - (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color.
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When Tom Baker was asked in an interview if he thought there would ever be a ginger Doctor, he insisted he'd been ginger - "or maybe I was auburn" note He was neither of those things.
Source: Red-Headed Stepchild -
Any historical ginger has their hair either darkened to auburn or lightened to strawberry blond, or even just plain blond.
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Barbie (blonde), Nikki (black), and Teresa (auburn) are introduced in the pilot episode, while Summer (strawberry blonde), Raquelle (black), and Midge (ginger) are introduced later.
Source: Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
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