# About Cecil's Column on Odd Eye Colors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [November 18, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913 "2006-11-18T02:35:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![C-TATUM89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@C-TATUM89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C-TATUM89)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913/1 "2006-11-18T02:35:05Z")
I have sectoral heterochromia (which is to say that one quarter of my right eye is brown while the rest of it is gray, like my left.). I was trolling the interweb today and found Cecil’s article about different eye color, and I was wondering if there are any mentions of heterochromia in any sort of ancient folklore or legends that Cecil or anyone reading this might know about. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913/2 "2006-11-18T02:59:39Z")
Welcome to the boards, **C-TATUM89**. When commenting on one of Cecil’s columns, it is customary to provide a link to the original column. [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html) Hopefully, someone will be along with some additional info on your question. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913/3 "2006-11-18T03:51:23Z")
I don’t know if the column mentions it, but I believe prior threads also created in response to the column made mention of the term, mostly because someone said I’ve got it in [my left eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter03/Stuff/Left%20Eye.JPG) (which doesn’t match [my right eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter03/Stuff/Right%20Eye.JPG)) ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913/4 "2006-11-20T21:42:15Z")
whoa cool. that left eye looks kinda cloudy, though. not a cataract, i hope? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913/5 "2006-11-20T22:30:36Z")
I think it’s just an artifact of the flash. Seems to be in working order at any rate, and the eye doc hasn’t started muttering or anything. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913/6 "2006-11-21T00:56:44Z")
haha, muttering. There’s a level at which medical conditions become severe enough that the doctor will tell you. Below that threshold, they’ll just mutter. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913/7 "2006-11-21T01:40:46Z")
My cat has eyes like that…one green, the other blue with a green section at the bottom. Unfortunately we can’t mange to get good pictures of her eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_Dubinsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@Alex\_Dubinsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_Dubinsky)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-cecils-column-on-odd-eye-colors/380913/8 "2006-11-21T02:27:14Z")
shouldn’t your sn then be kittengreenblue?