The color of your eyes depends on your genes, which you inherit from your parents. Eye color comes from a combination of a black and a yellow pigment called melanin in the iris of your eye.
An increasing proportion of the yellow melanin, in combination with the black melanin, results in shades of colors between brown and blue, including green and hazel.
As a result of inter marriage between races there are many base eye colors .
Grey – a variation of blue but considered more dominant
Hazel – a medium brown which sometimes appears to be changing, particularly when the light catches it or different colored clothing is worn.
Brown – contain large amount of pigment which can sometimes appear to be black and is the most dominant of eye colors. Brown eyed people generally have brown or black hair.
Blue – contain no melanin in the front part of the iris. Found in European or areas populated by people of European descent, such as Canada, The USA or Australia. 8% of the worlds population has blue eyes.
Green – most commonly found in Germanic, Slavic or Celtic descent.Amber / yellow – more commonly found in animals and known commonly as cats eyes.
Albino – lack of brown pigment lets the red color of blood cells show through.
- Eyes can change color due to age or disease – most usually fading but sometimes darkening. If you notice your eyes losing color its time to visit your doctor.
- Babies eyes change from blue to their natural color by the age of three. This is due to exposure to light which triggers the production of melanin in the iris.
- Some people have one brown eye and one green eye. This abnormality can be caused by either a trauma in the womb, faulty developmental pigment transport or a benign genetic disorder
is there a way that you can darken eye pigment? like melainin injections, pills, foods, light exposures?
Hi Laura
Yes there are certain drugs which, I have read about, that can change the colour of the eye pigment. I suggest you do an online search, but be very wary of buying any drugs online. Talk to your opthalmologist before undertaking anything so drastic.
I’m sorry, but brown eyes are sooooo unattractive, everyone should hate them. This is coming from a blue eyed individual, so this may be biased. Whatevs.
BROWN EYES SUCK.
brown eyes r awesome! they dont stink!i have dark brown eyes and dark brown hair!
hi i just have a question. I am of Turkish descent. My dad has green eyes, my mom has brown eyes. from my dads side of the family, my grandfather has blue eyes. all my uncles have either green or blue eyes. from my mothers side, my grandmother has hazel. i wanted to know if had hazel because when i look into light, you can see green little parts in my eye and regularly my eyes look light brown. just wondering.
Okay this is great for common enough colours but what about eyes that actually (not just appear to) change colour. Usually mine are a normal blue and they’ll lighten or darken but nothing to drastic there. But I’ve had my eyes literally look gold, or more corectly hazel with a lot less of whatever makes it look brownish. I’ve also had them turn very light brown or true hazel. Too the point where I’ve had friends come up and ask if I’m wearing contacts, they usually go back to their normal colour slowly within an hour or so…(Yes I have sat in front of a mirror and watched….) I can’t seem to find an actual pattern as to why but it’s led to some very interesting conversations… I unforunetly don’t have any postable pictures since my camera isn’t digital and I have no scanner….any ideas on my wierd eyes?
Eye color is dependent upon genetics. Simply put it is the genes that you inherit from both sides of your family. The factor it is the make up of the melanin produced by your body that determines the color of your hair and eyes.
In your case it seems that the genetic influence from both your paternal and maternal sides of your family have combined to give you an eye color that is singular to you and not a direct inheritance of any one member of your family.
Put another way it is a genetic cocktail of the genes in both sides of your family.
Honestly I dislike brown eyes. I have dark brown eyes, they are so dark they look black but in the light have a red tint. As much as I hate brown eyes so many people tell me they love my eyes.
Izzy
Dark eyes are beautiful. I’m not surprised that people tell you they love them.