Blue? Yellow?

Elf Girl · 04-21-2002, 07:23 PM

I noticed that in the chapter An Unexpected Party, when Dwalin arrives, it says:

Quote:

It was a dwarf with a blue beard tucked into a golden belt...

Later it says that Fili and Kili have yellow beards. I always pictured the dwarves with ordinary hair colors for their beard's, but evidently it is not so. However, "blue" could just mean a shade of grey that is almost blue, and "yellow" could mean blonde. Any thoughts?

Tar-Elendil · 04-21-2002, 09:02 PM

dwarves must aparently have assorted hair colors?

maybe colors like blonde and blue are just rarely seen on dwarves, just like hobbits with blonde hair

Michelle The Fair · 04-21-2002, 09:39 PM

I would have to say blue meant blueish-gray. Maybe his hair was jet black in his youth.

***Khamûl*** · 04-21-2002, 10:50 PM

I've never noticed that before. Hmmm.... Maybe they're related to Dennis Rodman.

Comic Book Guy · 04-22-2002, 06:20 PM

Blue meant a jet-black color, try to imagine a pirate called 'Blue-Beard' and maybe the image will be clear. Yellow meant a blonde color.

Tar-Elendil · 04-22-2002, 06:30 PM

lol Khamûl...

***azalea*** · 04-22-2002, 07:22 PM

I thought Dwalin was an older dwarf, hence he would have grey hair, a blue shade of grey.

Elf Girl · 04-22-2002, 07:25 PM

Wasn't Balin the really old one? It said he had a white beard...

Finrod Felagund · 04-23-2002, 02:05 PM

Maybe Tolkien just didn't mention the fact that Dwarves were the inventors of hair dye.
After all he did say that a hobbit invented Golf by knocking a goblin's head into a rabbit hole.

Agburanar · 04-26-2002, 05:36 AM

Did they have stupid names too? Oakenshield Silver and Goblin-brain pink?

Radagast The Brown · 05-02-2002, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Wasn't Balin the really old one? It said he had a white beard...

I always thought that Thorin in the oldest dwarf there and that Balin is after him...

Elf Girl · 05-02-2002, 03:42 PM

Indeed, I agree, but I was speaking of Balin and Dwalin.

Radagast The Brown · 05-04-2002, 03:00 PM

Oh. ok. didn't pay attention.

04-21-2002, 09:02 PM	#2
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04-21-2002, 09:39 PM	#3
Michelle The Fair Enting Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chithaeglir (Misty Mountains) Posts: 86	I would have to say blue meant blueish-gray. Maybe his hair was jet black in his youth. __________________ "And so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. Gandalf the Grey "PIPPIN LIVES in MY HEART!!!!!!!'

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*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I've never noticed that before. Hmmm.... Maybe they're related to Dennis Rodman. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

04-22-2002, 06:30 PM	#6
Tar-Elendil Númenorean Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,050	lol Khamûl... __________________ Why can we not be sober..

04-22-2002, 07:25 PM	#8
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	Wasn't Balin the really old one? It said he had a white beard... __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

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Comic Book Guy Best Ex-Administrator ever Join Date: May 2001 Location: Ireland Posts: 60,547	Blue meant a jet-black color, try to imagine a pirate called 'Blue-Beard' and maybe the image will be clear. Yellow meant a blonde color.

04-22-2002, 07:22 PM	#7
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	I thought Dwalin was an older dwarf, hence he would have grey hair, a blue shade of grey.

04-23-2002, 02:05 PM	#9
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	Maybe Tolkien just didn't mention the fact that Dwarves were the inventors of hair dye. After all he did say that a hobbit invented Golf by knocking a goblin's head into a rabbit hole. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

04-26-2002, 05:36 AM	#10
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05-02-2002, 03:42 PM	#12
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05-04-2002, 03:00 PM	#13
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