# About changing eye color...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-changing-eye-color/58539>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 19, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-changing-eye-color/58539 "2001-03-19T03:13:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![KhalaBlade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@KhalaBlade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KhalaBlade)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-changing-eye-color/58539/1 "2001-03-19T03:13:34Z")

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On the topic of eyes changing color, Cecil mentions that eyes change color pretty rarely and usually later in life. I do not know how usual this is, but I’m 15 and my eyes shift constantly. When I wake up my eyes are usually a light blue, like they had been all the time until a few months ago. Later in the day, however, they turn into either hazel or steel grey. If I then stay up a very long time or am at a computer for a while, they become a deep,jade green. I do not know how common this is, or maybe I just have freaky, lead-paint affected eyes, but if anyone could comment on this, I’d appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![KhalaBlade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@KhalaBlade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KhalaBlade)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-changing-eye-color/58539/2 "2001-03-19T03:19:38Z")

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whoops. here’s the url: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html)