# Eye color affecting vision... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 17, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766 "2000-03-17T22:02:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JRdaPalePimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@JRdaPalePimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRdaPalePimp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766/1 "2000-03-17T22:02:00Z")
First time posting here, but I like to read the GQs every other day or so. Well, my first question goes like this: I have a friend that said she heard somewhere (Who knows where) that the color of your eyes can affect your vision. For instance, people with lighter colored eyes (blue or green) can make out objects in the distance better than people with darker colored eyes. But people with dark eyes tend to see motion better than people with light colored eyes. I think it sounds a little far fetched, but I’d really like to hear some input on this. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766/2 "2000-03-17T23:49:00Z")
- - - This reminded me of a Burt Reynolds movie, where he is stalked by an Albino killer. I dunno if the Albino in the movie was real or fake though. - I haven’t found any references of any differences between blue and brown eyes, but Albinos are usually more light-sensitive: often too much so, and commonly have other visual problems besides. - I am also having problems turning up photos of any Albino people. - MC - [http://www.albinism.org/infobulletins/what-is-albinism.html](http://www.albinism.org/infobulletins/what-is-albinism.html) ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766/3 "2000-03-18T00:04:00Z")
- - - Well nuts. Found some. Photos, that is, of albino people. And for those who thought that they had seen it all, this site contains what appears to be a photo of a _black_ albino. (No, it ain’t Michael Jackson) - MC - - [http://www.rickguidotti.com/posexpos.htm](http://www.rickguidotti.com/posexpos.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766/4 "2000-03-18T00:19:00Z")
According to [this site]([http://www.ohiolionseyeresearch.com/qanda.htm#eye](http://www.ohiolionseyeresearch.com/qanda.htm#eye) color), there is no evidence to show that eye color affects vision. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766/5 "2000-03-18T00:23:00Z")
Well fine then. Go here [http://www.ohiolionseyeresearch.com/qanda.htm](http://www.ohiolionseyeresearch.com/qanda.htm) and search for “Eye color and Vision” ---
**Author:** ![kaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f17d59/32.png) [@kaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaos)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766/6 "2000-03-18T06:29:00Z")
Personally, i don’t beleive it. Eye color is only the amount of melanin in the iris. Melanin is a pigment, it alos has to do with your skin pigment. It has no affect on vision, which is determined by your optic lenses, rods, cones, and optic nerve. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766/7 "2000-03-18T13:00:00Z")
- - - Well then take a gander at the first address I posted, and try telling albino people that they are imagining their oversensitivity to light. - MC ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-color-affecting-vision/8766/8 "2000-03-18T16:21:00Z")
Well, I’ve got dark brown eyes and I am extremely sensitive to light. So much so, that I often have to squint in a brightly lit room with white walls. Outside, I am constantly wearing sunglasses due to the fact that I live in South Florida and it gets damn bright sometimes. Inside when it’s bright, I try to wear my sunglasses if I won’t be looked at as too much of a freak. I don’t think that eye color has a direct correlation to light sensitivity. Light doesn’t pass through the iris, so I don’t see how the color of it would matter.