Silly hair poll time! Elwing & Earendil hair color let's settle this out all for once
Dark haired Elwing, golden haired Earendil
dark haired Elwing , dark haired Earendil
silver haired Elwing, golden haired Earendil
Silver haired Elwing, dark haired Earendil
They're both bald idc
Voting ended onAug 1, 2024
Option 1: despite the fact that it was never explicitly said that Earendil has golden hair, i see that many people often take it for granted. It was a popular headcanon due to Jenny Dolfen portrait of Earendil (picture below). Jenny Dolfen set the guidelines for many fanon portraits of the Silm characters so i'm not surprised It gained so much popularity.
Elwing "iconography" instead seems to be best summarized by this painting by Elena Kukanova (dark hair, flowing white dress, wing & bird imagery):
Option 2: This painting by Alberto Dal Lago. Here Elwing Is very reminescent of the EKukanova's one, but you can see that Earendil has dark hair. You may argue that since both Idril and Tuor are described as blonde the logical conclusion is Earendil being blonde, but Earendil could easily look similar to Turgon or to the rest of the Nolofinweans.
another rare dark haired Earendil by Douglas Chaffee:
Option 3: funnily enough, Jenny Dolfen, that set the trend for blonde Earendil, ALWAYS paints Elwing with silver hair. You can see her here with her family (Dior, Nimloth, Elured&Elurin), turned into a bird AND with Earendil and their kids. Jenny Dolfen is easily the biggest example of option 3.
Another popular silver haired Elwing is the Kimberly80 one:
Option 4: i admit that i haven't seen this one around, probably because it's the popular depiction of both Elrond & Celebrian and Finwe & Miriel. I don't completely exclude its existence either.
Option 5: since Tolkien never describes their hair color, they just don't have hair
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