did anyone else used to think Claire had red hair

[Failmore]

or maybe she actually did have red hair, certainly seemed that way in code veronica....i guess chris has brown hair so i dunno

[Vagrant]

There's a mod for that.

[RopeDrink]

It was always more of a deep auburn/brown, not 'red' red. A lot of people get confused simply because her name literally contains the word RED in it.

If you load the '98 costume you'll get the best reference - her RE2 model was pretty deep brown/auburn, whereas promo-art and CGI clips made it slightly brighter, but again, not 'red' red, even though you can make more redder versions of that hair/style.

Her RE2-Revelations model took on the deep-red auburn approach, as did future games (making it far more reddish).

Example:

Julia Roberts:
https://hips.hearstapps.com/hbz.h-cdn.co/assets/16/31/hbz-auburn-hair-julia-roberts.jpg

vs

Claire Redfield (PSX)
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VhhPAp6bcIo/maxresdefault.jpg

vs

Claire Redfield (RE2-R)
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/961976091945733578/1526DC03962207A6EED0BAABE674839EEE7973EA/

[METAL]

To me, she always had brown hair.
Rope made a good statement with his comment.

[ThePhaShizzle]

It's just an inconsistency. In the original RE2 she was a brunette, in CV, Darkside Chonicles, Revelations 2 and the CG RE Degeneration movie Claire's suddenly a red-head, and (now) with RE2 Remake she's back to being a brunette. The brown hair look to me personally makes the most sense, considering she's Chris' sister and he has brown hair.