# My eyes don't match **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200 "2005-04-01T07:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/1 "2005-04-01T07:52:51Z")
My eyes don’t match. [Left eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/Left%20Eye.JPG) [Right eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/Right%20Eye.JPG) I’ve always wondered about that funny “window” in my left eye. If it’s related in some fashion to the eyes being different colors. If it’s a recognized phenomenon with a name. I’m recurrently fascinated with what I can do with this digital camera. Canon S-70. Coolest birthday present in years. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/2 "2005-04-01T07:54:31Z")
_Ahem_. [Left eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/Left%20Eye.JPG) I didn’t leave it out of the OP; it must have some illegal control character in it by accident. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/3 "2005-04-01T08:00:26Z")
Just shoot me. Perview is your fiend and all that. [Right eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/Right%20Eye.JPG) [Left eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/Left%20Eye.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/4 "2005-04-01T08:01:28Z")
Links both _No Workie_ for me joe. ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/5 "2005-04-01T08:40:42Z")
Did this colour-change appear recently, or have your eyes always been two different colours? If it is a new phenomenon, I would see your doctor if I were you. Something called _heterochromia iridis_ is mentioned [here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(anatomy)) I have a friend with one brown and one green eye, but she’s been this way since birth. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/6 "2005-04-01T09:40:05Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Just shoot me. > Perview is your fiend and all that. > > [Right eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/Right%20Eye.JPG) > > [Left eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/Left%20Eye.JPG) Gorgeous. I think it’d be cool to have such unique eyes. Kate Bosworth has the same thing going on with hers. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/7 "2005-04-01T09:41:14Z")
[Kate Bosworth](http://www.enzogiobbe.com/celebs/Kate_Bosworth.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/8 "2005-04-01T13:07:22Z")
> [@Sarah Woodruff](#): > > Did this colour-change appear recently, or have your eyes always been two different colours? If it is a new phenomenon, I would see your doctor if I were you. > Something called _heterochromia iridis_ is mentioned [here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(anatomy)) > I have a friend with one brown and one green eye, but she’s been this way since birth. They’ve always been two different colors. I don’ recall when I first noticed the odd “window” thngie in the left eye, but I’ve had it at least since I was a teenager in the 70s, and I may have always had that, too. Once I was in a car accident and was taken to the hospital, and they were refusing me pain meds until I finally figured out they thought the accident had caused the odd eyes! Once I described the eyes to them and they realized they were always that way, they relented and brought me Demerol. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/9 "2005-04-01T13:56:08Z")
Wow, that’s awesome. I, for one, think mismatched eyes are very sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/10 "2005-04-01T14:02:36Z")
It’s the mark of Satan. Means you’re possessed. Should help you pick up the hot Goth chicks. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/11 "2005-04-01T14:13:34Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > Wow, that’s awesome. I, for one, think mismatched eyes are very sexy. From [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html) > [@you know who.](#): > > Alexander the Great supposedly had them. So does rock legend David Bowie (one blue eye, one hazel or gray, depending on whom you ask). If you want to see an example and you and Bowie aren’t speaking these days, heterochromia is common in some domestic animals. Check out a dalmatian or a Siamese cat. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/12 "2005-04-01T14:21:13Z")
Good point, Scott… Elijah Wood has mismatched eyes, too… ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/13 "2005-04-01T16:34:29Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Good point, Scott… Elijah Wood has mismatched eyes, too… You sure? I’m trolling through his pix on IMDB and I haven’t found one that shows anything but two blue eyes. Maybe he’s wearing colored contacts in the movie shots, but you’d think he’d leave 'em out for some of his awards appearances or something. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/14 "2005-04-01T16:50:19Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Good point, Scott… Elijah Wood has mismatched eyes, too… Thanks for the complement, but I believe he is blue eyed. Perhaps you have seen a photedited picture such as [this one.](http://www.livejournal.com/community/lotr_art/4829.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/15 "2005-04-01T16:53:23Z")
The eyes have it… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/16 "2005-04-01T17:06:43Z")
Oh hell. Now there’s something I didn’t want to know. My eyes are _fat_ ! [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html) > [@](#): > > Some men think a green-eyed woman is exotic. The truth is she’s got fat eyes. How do you put your irises on a diet? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/17 "2005-04-01T20:09:02Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > _Ahem_. > > [Left eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter/Upload_Download/Left%20Eye.JPG) > > I didn’t leave it out of the OP; it must have some illegal control character in it by accident. What’s wierd is, if you do the mouse-over preview, you can see the “Left eye” link text. That thing with your eyes is neat. You mutant freak. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/18 "2005-04-01T20:28:30Z")
My sister has blue eyes like I do, but her right eye has a brown patch on it. Otherwise they’re identical. My other sister’s eyes are hazel, and my brother’s are brown. I’ve never seen anything like hers. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eyes-dont-match/297200/19 "2005-04-01T21:21:42Z")
My sister has one blue eye and one green eye. Someone once told her that she was born with blue eyes (as babies are wont to do), and her eyes were supposed to turn brown like our mom’s. One (the green one) started to turn, but stopped because the other didn’t turn. Sounds like a bunch of hooey to me, but it’s an interesting theory. Me, I just have fat eyes, like **lavenderlemon** ’s. At least I don’t have one fat eye like my sister! I think I shall call her “One Fat Eye” from now on.