# Poll: If you're a (natural) redhead what color are your eyes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598 "2001-10-15T23:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/1 "2001-10-15T23:41:07Z")
Thinking about the other thread about reheads, and the Anne Rice thread over in the Cafe reminds me of something I dislike about books: all the red haired characters have green eyes. Thus far I’ve met one redhead with green eyes, and one with brown eyes… So, what color are your eyes? Usually, I mean, I know mine are sometimes green, but they’re usually blue. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/2 "2001-10-15T23:44:05Z")
I’m not a natural redhead, but I play one on TV. My college roommate was a natural redhead (ginger-red, not auburn) with blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![VeraGemini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@VeraGemini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VeraGemini)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/3 "2001-10-16T00:40:13Z")
Mine are blue. I’ve known a couple of redheads with extremely dark brown (almost black) eyes, which I found an attractive contrast with the stereotypical “redhead complexion”. ---
**Author:** ![bobjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@bobjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobjones)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/4 "2001-10-16T00:48:55Z")
The girl I’m seeing right now has red hair, and her eyes are dark brown ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/5 "2001-10-16T00:53:14Z")
Blue. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/6 "2001-10-16T01:47:27Z")
My nephew is a natural redhead (strawberry blond) and he has blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/7 "2001-10-16T02:26:14Z")
Hazel. On an average day, the’re kinda green with brown flecks. Sometimes they appear to be just green, but I’ve also been told that times of (ahem) high excitement, they turn a very bright blue. ---
**Author:** ![SatyrDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@SatyrDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SatyrDave)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/8 "2001-10-16T02:37:24Z")
Hazel, a mixture green and brown. ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/9 "2001-10-16T02:44:18Z")
Brown with green tint ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/10 "2001-10-16T02:47:51Z")
Not me, but MrWhatsit. He has strawberry blonde hair, and green-blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![loolia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dec6dc/32.png) [@loolia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loolia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/11 "2001-10-16T03:06:29Z")
My right eye is grey. My left eye is half gey and half brown - like a freckle in my iris. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/12 "2001-10-16T03:07:30Z")
Best friend has strawberry blond hair and gorgeous silvery-blue eyes. I’m so devastatingly jealous of him. Corr, who buys her hair color and wears glasses ---
**Author:** ![Michele\_in\_SoCal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Michele\_in\_SoCal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michele_in_SoCal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/13 "2001-10-16T03:08:09Z")
I am not a carrot-top redhead. My hair is light auburn, and I have freckles. My eyes are green with gold flecks. When I cry they are kelly green! ---
**Author:** ![JRT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@JRT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/14 "2001-10-16T03:51:54Z")
Put another tally in the blue column. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/15 "2001-10-16T03:57:32Z")
Born red, but it turned brunette by my early 20’s. Eyes are blue with gold starbursts around the pupil. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/16 "2001-10-16T03:59:48Z")
My brother is a natural redhead, and he has blue eyes (as does the rest of my family, for that matter, but nobody else has red hair). ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/17 "2001-10-16T04:02:15Z")
I’m a dark strawberry blonde in winter and redhead in summer. My eyes are blue-grey. They’re especially blue if I’m wearing blue, but they go grey if I wear any other color. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/18 "2001-10-16T04:24:58Z")
I know a redhead whose eyes match her hair, believe it or not. You look at her hair and you say “That’s definitely red,” but when you look at her eyes they have the exact same hue – you notice the brown element more. ---
**Author:** ![Pigs\_in\_Space](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@Pigs\_in\_Space](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pigs_in_Space)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/19 "2001-10-16T04:57:33Z")
blue, with little brown flecks around the middle ---
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598/20 "2001-10-16T05:33:55Z")
blue-green. With pink, lavender, or coppery eyeshadow, they are really blue. With blueish eyeshadow or liner they are green. When I cry they turn aqua blue. At least something good happens when I cry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-youre-a-natural-redhead-what-color-are-your-eyes/87598.md?page=2)