Rousse masculine or feminine

Question

"What is the gender of the person talking? "Je suis rousse.""

My answer was "ambiguous".

The corrent answer is "feminine". I don't get it. If the question refers to the people of Russia, I thought that was "russe", the same in both the feminine and the masculine.

Accepted Answer

Bonjour Ann,
The French adjective "russe" means "Russian" while "rousse" is the feminine adjective of colour for "red-haired".
See here: "Russian" nationalité and https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/how-to-form-feminine-forms-for-adjectives-ending-in-oux-and-faux-forming-feminine-adjectives
I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !