# Do You Have Eyes That Change Color? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2000, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822 "2000-07-17T10:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/1 "2000-07-17T10:13:45Z")
If so, when you have to put eye color down on a form, what do you do? Do you list every single possible color? What if you can only choose one? Do you put down Hazel or do you just choose the one you like best? I ask because my son’s eyes can either be true gray, green gray, true green, hazel green, or brown with a green border. There really is not one color that is most frequent. Would Hazel be sort of the catch-all color for these kinds of eyes? BTW, I am so jealous of his eye color! The girls are going to go crazy over him; he already has the longest, blackest eyelashes imaginable. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/2 "2000-07-17T10:19:25Z")
Well, my eyes are generally a deep blue, but for some odd reason they flash red whenever I get angry. Things tend to burst into flame when this happens. I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/3 "2000-07-17T11:15:33Z")
My daughter has blue eyes that often go gray. She’s been told they’ve turned purple. Depends on what she’s wearing or the weather, I s’pose. My eyes are hazel, and they can be either green or brown. They are actually bi-colored, and pick up and reflect surrounding colors. I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/4 "2000-07-17T11:22:24Z")
My eyes and my son’s eyes can be blue, green, grey, or light brown. I put down “hazel” when asked because at a passing glance, that’s what color they seem to be. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/5 "2000-07-17T11:43:17Z")
I list my eyes as Hazel even though they change color. Osip ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/6 "2000-07-17T11:44:04Z")
My eyes are generally a greyish blue, I put down blue on forms. They change to extremely bright and deep blue, to extremely bright green, to grey. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/7 "2000-07-17T12:07:42Z")
Only when I’m summoning forth evil spirits. Otherwise, they’re pretty much normal. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/8 "2000-07-17T12:54:45Z")
I too have grey/blue/green/purple eyes (and red/brown/blond hair). My coloring is very hard to describe. ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/9 "2000-07-17T13:19:50Z")
My eyes change from green to brown or any mix in between. I put down hazel on forms. My eyes normally turn green in low light situations, but my wife says she knows when I get horny because they always turn green. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/10 "2000-07-17T13:30:38Z")
My eyes can be green, blueish, grey etc. I usually put “green” down, since that’s what they were when I wore contacts… My son’s are Blue, but can be grey or green or hazel, he usually puts down “varies” when asked eye color… ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/11 "2000-07-17T16:49:46Z")
Count me in on the grey/blue/green side. I think the deal is that my eyes are grey, but they look different colors depending on the lighting, what I’m wearing, etc. Most of the time I check “blue” because that’s my favorite color. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/12 "2000-07-17T17:08:55Z")
Me too! I thought my father and I were the only ones! I put down hazel, because my eyes are usually a muted green kind of color, but at times they appear blue, sometimes they are brighter green, and people have also told me they thought I had brown eyes, but that is probably because they are fairly dark, so from a distance, people assume they’re brown. ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/13 "2000-07-17T19:28:32Z")
My son’s eyes range from blue to green. It’ll be interesting to see what my daughter’s eyes do, as they are true blue now (6 months). Both hubby and I have green eyes. –tygre ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/14 "2000-07-17T19:32:11Z")
My eyes I generally list as grey cuz thats the base colour they are. They often change from grey to grey/green to grey/blue to even purplish… it all depends on what I wear my moods and sometimes the weather too. I also think of my eyes as my best feature. I’m lucky to have long dark lashes (though the tips are clear so when I put mascara on they are even longer… its kinda cool) ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/15 "2000-07-17T19:32:20Z")
Mine generally vary anywhere from a pale blue-gray to a brownish-green over the course of a few months. Apparently, this is more common than I had realized. I just put down “hazel”. My niece and nephew both have vivid blue eyes that sometimes shift up to violet–it’s a pretty striking effect… ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite\_Joy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/13edae/32.png) [@Yosemite\_Joy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosemite_Joy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/16 "2000-07-17T20:09:56Z")
My eyes are one of my best features (as with most Aries). They are brown-green and have gold, blue, and dark green specks in them. I put hazel on forms and military I.D. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/17 "2000-07-17T21:10:02Z")
My husband & father both have “hazel” eyes. My husband’s change color with mood, weather, etc, from green to grey to blue to almost-light brown. I think it’s cool, because I have very dark brown eyes and so does my son. Nice but a little boring to have the same everyday? ---
**Author:** ![Limey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Limey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/18 "2000-07-17T21:10:56Z")
My eyes can be either forest green (way cool) or steel blue, my 4 year old son’s are green with a very definite gold interior border. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/19 "2000-07-17T22:10:05Z")
Mostly green. Sometimes greenish-blue. Ironic seeing as how green is my least favorite color AND I have a red-green color blindess. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822/20 "2000-07-17T22:53:03Z")
I always put down hazel. Depending on my mood and time of day they are different colors. When I wake up they are an emerald green. No specs of brown in them at all. By about lunch time they are more of a grey-green. By the time I get home they are usually green with brown around the outside. By the time I eat dinner they shift to brown with a small ring of green around the iris. Usually by the time I go to bed, they are pure brown. I have no idea why they change like this, and it’s not always on a schedule. When I’m pissed or uh…aroused, they are very green. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-eyes-that-change-color/25822.md?page=2)