# Black People With Blue, Green or Hazel Eyes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409 "2013-10-28T02:41:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/1 "2013-10-28T02:41:50Z")
[Some striking photos](http://blackeyesincolor.blogspot.com/2012/07/famous-people.html)of black people With blue, green or hazel eyes. Many are quite beautiful. The link above is a website/blog that has these photos. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/2 "2013-10-28T02:46:18Z")
I had a guy like that whom worked for me; he was a janitor. He had an endless supply of women who wanted to sleep with him, including my own Mother. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/3 "2013-10-28T03:07:28Z")
I don’t know, some of the ones they call hazel look like medium brown to me. My eyes are much hazeler and I still don’t get any recognition for it. Black people have all the luck. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/4 "2013-10-28T04:54:05Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > I don’t know, some of the ones they call hazel look like medium brown to me. My eyes are much hazeler and I still don’t get any recognition for it. Black people have all the luck. Don’t anybody here dare tell **Blackberry** about the penis thing! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/5 "2013-10-28T15:12:17Z")
I’m still trying to find out the colour of Rufus Wainwright’s eyes. They’re never the same in any 2 photos. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/6 "2013-10-28T15:48:08Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Don’t anybody here dare tell **Blackberry** about the penis thing! She already knows! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/7 "2013-10-30T07:32:01Z")
I saw a black baby girl with striking blue eyes at Publix once, she was sitting in the shopping cart and laughing at the world. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/8 "2013-10-30T09:09:06Z")
I thought most of those (but not all) were colored contacts! Those were in fashion around the time of [Eternal’s hit song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEAo1hzYutE). ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/9 "2013-10-30T13:41:49Z")
I work with a black guy who’s got greeny blue eyes. I think he’s half-Jamaican. He does seem to do pretty well with the ladies… ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/10 "2013-10-31T01:56:02Z")
I spotted one with a yellow beak, perched in my black walnut tree. Simply marvelous! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/11 "2013-10-31T02:06:11Z")
Today in Arby’s I saw a white guy with black eyes. I mean the iris color. It was kinda creepy. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/12 "2013-10-31T17:24:29Z")
> [@AnaMen](#): > > I spotted one with a yellow beak, perched in my black walnut tree. Simply marvelous! A black guy with a yellow beak was perched in your walnut tree?? Did you call the police? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-people-with-blue-green-or-hazel-eyes/672409/13 "2013-10-31T17:40:56Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > A black guy with a yellow beak was perched in your walnut tree?? Did you call the police? 😕 No, I stared at it like it was an exotic zoo animal until it rolled its eyes and left.