# Sexiest hair/eye color combo **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467 "2005-08-31T18:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/41 "2005-09-01T01:01:09Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I have red hair and green eyes, so I vote for that combination as the sexiest. I know that voting for one’s self is tacky, but when it comes to sexiness I need all the help I can get. I will join you in tackiness, so you won’t be alone - I kind of like my combination, though I don’t really think that much of myself. Which is why I need the boost! Dark red hair with gray eyes. However, most colour combinations go over well with me. Big brown eyes with any shade of brown are beautiful. Green eyes are so lovely to me because I so rarely see them, except for my mother (who has the green eyes/red hair combination). Hazel eyes are so nice because they are often so interesting to look at. Blue eyes are kind of a classic - they look good on anybody. I grew up around many people with the icy blue eyes, so I don’t find it exotic. I do think they are very nice, though. Two men in particular with the icy blue eyes stand out to me: one had curly jet black hair, and one had a dark blonde hair. I think of the two I liked the darker haired one better, but the other fellow certainly wasn’t hard on my own eyes! My ex-fiance had, what I used to call when I was in love with him, tiger eyes. They looked in the light much the way the tiger eye gem looks. However, now that we’re broken up, I usually refer to them as limpid pools of piss. 😛 (I’ve known several people with this odd but beuatiful eye colour, but I’ll continue to refer to their eyes as tiger eyes unless they act maliciously toward me, as well!) ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/42 "2005-09-01T01:09:32Z")
Hmm… _waits to see if anyone says black/pink/blue hair and blue eyes_ In the meantime, while I prefer long dark hair on guys, I don’t usually have an eye colour preference. But right now, I’d say long, dark (but rich) brown hair with chestnut brown eyes. I am, of course, describing my boyfriend who happens to be gorgeous. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/43 "2005-09-01T01:12:55Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Well, I’ve yet to meet a fellow redhead with green eyes either, instead of blue (and one with brown), so I don’t know how people have developed this, in my obversation, extremely rare preference. I don’t think I’ve ever met more than 10 people with green eyes my entire life, to be honest. Blue eyes like my own that occasionally look green or people with hazel eyes that go green, sure, but honest to god always green eyes? Nope. My eyes are green all the time. They used to be hazely gray, but they’ve turned permanently green. They’re not piercingly green like **pinkfreud** ’s, but more of a forest green. Unfortunately, my hair isn’t red, but dark brown with some reddish highlights. My little brother, however, has bright green eyes and thick black hair, the lucky little monkey. He got all the eyelashes and height I was supposed to have, too. What do I prefer on a guy? Dark hair and . . . well, if he has eyes, it’s a plus. Heh. Bright blue or gray eyes. _shiver_ ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/44 "2005-09-01T05:33:51Z")
I have green eyes and so does much of my family. Are they really that rare? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/45 "2005-09-01T05:51:56Z")
I don’t how rare green eyes are exactly… but I kept thinking I read something about green eyes being the result of some kind of fat pigment… and that I’d read it from a reliable source. So I Googled and - aha! > [@Cecil Adams](#): > > Eye color is mainly a function of the pigment melanin. If your eyes have a lot of it, they’re brown. If they don’t, they’re blue. (Some details of this explanation are in dispute, but don’t worry about that now.) Green eyes result from yellowish flecks of fatty pigment against a dark background. Some men think a green-eyed woman is exotic. The truth is she’s got fat eyes. From [here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html). Not that it has anything to do with anything, I was just pleased I finally figured out who my “reliable source” was. 😉 After a little minor Googling, I found a Wikipedia article about [eye colour](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color) . I don’t know how reliable it is, but I found it surprising that blue is supposed to be a rare colour. I suppose living in North America leaves me a little biased. 😃 As for green eyes: > [@](#): > > Green eyes are most often found in people of Celtic, Slavic and Germanic descent. Green eyes may be confused with hazel eyes. > > Sometimes a person’s eye color can change as that person ages. Blue eyes can become green but green eyes cannot become blue. Cool. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2005, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/46 "2005-09-01T08:12:22Z")
> [@dare\_devil007\_](#): > > I am such a sucker for a guy who has longish dark hair that sort of falls over his dark eyes. I find it so hot and mysterious. > > Mmm…where’s that drooling smiley when you need it?? I see you are a sufferer of Johnny Depp Syndrome. Welcome to the club. 😉 Although I’m boringly heterosexual, I find [Aishwarya Rai](http://www.ourplanet.com/imgversn/152/images/rai.jpg) to be one of the most stunning humans I’ve ever seen. And so I would say, from a purely aesthetic point of view, the raven tresses/greeny-grey eye combination is my favourite. When it comes to what I find intriguing in a man…warm hazel eyes and dark hair, or deep dark eyes and dark hair. My own hair/eye colour combo is black/dark brown…I read a study somewhere that found that couples are more likely to have similar eye-colours than two random strangers are (_New Scientist_ maybe? If anyone wants to check it out). ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/47 "2005-09-01T09:10:11Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Green or blue eyes…with _Strawberry Blond_ hair. > > Ooooohh! \< **Bosda** shivvers with _LUST_\> wouldja settle for hazel eyes that change from blue to green to grey depending on lighting ? for myself, I tend to prefer whatever my current SO has 😃 ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/48 "2005-09-01T09:14:40Z")
Funny isn’t it that most people think of the Irish as red-haired, green eyed people, when actually dark hair and blue eyes (think Pierce Brosnan, Cillian Murphy) is by far the most common colouring. I love me my dark-haired, blue eyed Irishmen! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/49 "2005-09-01T12:33:07Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > As soon as I read the thread title, I thought very dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. **But I also love blond hair/green eyes**. Hey! That’s me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/50 "2005-09-01T12:37:41Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > wouldja settle for hazel eyes that change from blue to green to grey depending on lighting ? > > for myself, I tend to prefer whatever my current SO has 😃 Are you asking? ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/51 "2005-09-01T14:02:41Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Are you asking? never hurts to ask … ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/52 "2005-09-01T14:22:35Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > never hurts to ask … How _you_ doin’, **Pixisis**? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/53 "2005-09-01T14:40:27Z")
I think you can be just as sexy with blonde hair and blue eyes as with brown hair and brown eyes, but red hair is always a turn on for me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/54 "2005-09-01T15:00:59Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > How _you_ doin’, **Pixisis**? just dandy. how _you_ doin’ ? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/55 "2005-09-01T16:02:19Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > just dandy. how _you_ doin’ ? Fine. Maybe, we could figure how we’re _both_ doin’? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/56 "2005-09-01T16:05:01Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > I think you can be just as sexy with blonde hair and blue eyes as with brown hair and brown eyes, but red hair is always a turn on for me. 😉 Nobody seems to be showing the love for the brown-eyed redheads, but I can always get colored contacts, I suppose. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/57 "2005-09-01T16:20:03Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > After a little minor Googling, I found a Wikipedia article about [eye colour](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color) . I don’t know how reliable it is, but I found it surprising that blue is supposed to be a rare colour. I suppose living in North America leaves me a little biased. 😃 Yeah, for the longest time I thought blue was the most common color, because where I grew up, it was, cause my town was 99% white, and of those, at least half, if not most, were blue eyed. But when you think about it, almost every person of Asian or African decent has brown eyes. That’s probably close to three billion people. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/58 "2005-09-01T16:21:16Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Nobody seems to be showing the love for the brown-eyed redheads, but I can always get colored contacts, I suppose. 🙂 I know how you feel. I’m a dark blond with blue eyes…no one seems to love me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Pensandfeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Pensandfeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pensandfeathers)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/59 "2005-09-01T16:41:59Z")
Men with dark hair and dark eyes are my weakness. Pale skin along with that turns me into gelatin. I like Irish looking men (black Irish) - but exchange the blue eyes for a deep brown. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467/60 "2005-09-02T01:10:56Z")
I’m a white guy and I have what I think you’d call hazel eyes. That is, the outer ring of my iris is a blue-green and the inner ring of my iris is a kind of red-brown. I didn’t realize green was a common color of african-americans. My mother, one of my sisters and all six of my mother’s siblings (I believe) have similarly colored eyes. Oh, and I have dark-brown hair. As for my preferences, I’m not sure, I like all kinds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexiest-hair-eye-color-combo/319467.md?page=4)