# eye colour column

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-colour-column/79319>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 1, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-colour-column/79319 "2001-09-01T18:49:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-colour-column/79319/1 "2001-09-01T18:49:45Z")

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If it ain’t one job, it’s the other! Okay, this note from the Zoo. We have a strain of rats that often produce babies with bi-coloured eyes-red and black. If that’s not odd enough, about a third of them are also hairless!

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-colour-column/79319/2 "2001-09-01T22:16:18Z")

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Link to column: [Is it possible to have eyes of two different colors? Can your eyes change color?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html)

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**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:** [September 2, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-colour-column/79319/3 "2001-09-02T16:00:33Z")

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**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-colour-column/79319/4 "2001-09-06T06:18:41Z")

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Thanks Arnold and Cronos! I’ll get the hang of it!

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Carpenter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mr\_Carpenter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Carpenter)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-colour-column/79319/5 "2001-09-06T16:35:04Z")

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I remember that old 1997 post about eye colors.  
My Dad had to use drops in his eyes for glaucoma,  
and it turned his eyes blue. He tells me he has  
also had blue eyes, but I don’t remember them ever  
being blue!  
There are also some diseases that will turn your  
eye color different. This can be very serious  
and if this happens please see your doctor right  
away.