Good points Formendacil and Lalaith.
Yet we are told there was few love between Caranthir and the dwarves.
I just browsed through the Shibboleth and found out that the name Caranthir = Red-face is not meant metaphorically (which I thought before). He indeed simply had a reddish skin-tone - inherited from his mother. Adding to that his father's hair, I more and more obtain the picture of a quite torn character.
(And, even though I don't get the impression that he was the smartest of the brothers, he
was a clever businessman.)
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His deliberate seeking out of allies and vassals from among the non-Eldar is in direct contrast to Celegorm and Curufin's scornful treatment of Beren.
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They didn't despise Beren because he's a mortal, but because of that Silmaril thing - very bad circumstances to start with.
We don't get to know their general attitude towards men, I think.