# What color are your eyes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696 "2010-04-20T01:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/41 "2010-04-20T10:18:38Z")
I am a native of the Pacific. Very dark brown eyes. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/42 "2010-04-20T10:34:25Z")
Blue that changes color. At a distance they usually look blue-gray, up close blue-green, and they change from that depending on mood, what I’m wearing and/or how much sleep I’ve gotten. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/43 "2010-04-20T10:36:28Z")
Brown eyes, but more between amber and dark brown. Dark enough that I’m placed under “brown eyes” in my homeland, light enough that a friend from Brazil commented on my “light eyes”, compared to his almost-black eyes. Thanks to my mom, the green-eyed beauty! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/44 "2010-04-20T10:46:56Z")
Blue, sometimes tending towards grey, but mostly blue. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/45 "2010-04-20T10:47:31Z")
According to the wikipedia article, I’m gray. My wife and son very clearly have blue eyes and she always claims that I have blue eyes. However, I claim them as blue-green and not very distinctive which matches the description for gray perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/46 "2010-04-20T10:50:26Z")
According to that article, mine are closest to hazel, but unless you look closely they usually look brown, sometimes amber. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/47 "2010-04-20T10:59:07Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > How the heck is blue winning? [I am pretty sure this is what they are thinking right now.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCjDxAwfXV0#t=3m17s) That’s just the way the spooky little shits are. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/48 "2010-04-20T11:01:48Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > My eyes change color. They are normal a greyish light blue, but sometimes they look green and sometimes more blue. They are the most green if I’m very tired, but it’s then an aqua kind of thing and not green like one would think of green eyes. I hadn’t even noticed the Wiki article in the OP until after I posted above, but this about nails it: > [@](#): > > Visually, gray eyes often tend to appear to change between the shades of blue, green and gray; this is because gray eyes are, as already mentioned, extremely light. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/49 "2010-04-20T12:48:38Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > blue fading to grey, so I put “grey”. Sorta this. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by **ScareyFaerie** > Blue, sometimes tending towards grey, but mostly blue. Sorta this too. ---
**Author:** ![mhairi2222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mhairi2222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhairi2222)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/50 "2010-04-20T13:04:04Z")
I voted Heterochromia, within both eyes (partial). I’d never heard of heterochromia before, but now I have an explanation for the weird colouring of my eyes! I have central heterochromia in both eyes, exactly like the picture of the eye in the wiki article ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia)); brown/gold in the centre turning into blue in the outer ring. Thanks for fighting my ignorance! ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/51 "2010-04-20T14:14:51Z")
I have partial heterochromia, with a fleck of dark brown in one of my eyes; since [my eyes](http://picasaweb.google.com/nashiitashii/Natasha#5462221380753934610) are a greenish-brownish color, it’s not as noticeable. ---
**Author:** ![breaking-reality](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@breaking-reality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breaking-reality)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/52 "2010-04-20T14:16:12Z")
Hazel. I’ve been told by others they range from blue to grey to green, and they have a golden ring around the pupil that someone told me looked like a sunflower. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/53 "2010-04-20T14:25:22Z")
Mine a geen, with a bit of brown around the pupil. Unfortunately my kids both got mom’s brown eyes. Nothing wrong with brown eyes; but I just think light-colored eyes are more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/54 "2010-04-20T14:36:10Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Mine a geen, with a bit of brown around the pupil. Unfortunately my kids both got mom’s brown eyes. Nothing wrong with brown eyes; but I just think light-colored eyes are more interesting. Reminds me of when my cousin came home to visit and told her mother she was seeing seriously two men, and could not make up her mind which one she would possibly want to marry. One guy was brown/brown, the other was blond/blue. My aunt spoke her mind: “Pick the blond guy! Your babies will be adorable. Every cow in the barn has brown eyes!” Going on that, and all other things being equal, she did, and they are! ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/55 "2010-04-20T15:22:14Z")
My eyes are hazel; a brown green mix with flecks of gold. Seems like they’re getting browner as I get older, which is sad because they’ve always been my best feature. Now I’m like every other cow in the barn. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/56 "2010-04-20T16:00:28Z")
Mine are blue, with a darker blue ring around the outside and each eye has a small brown spot in them. I have been complimented on them before but to me they’re just kind of meh. ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/57 "2010-04-20T16:04:33Z")
They’re still green on my driver’s license, so that’s what I put, but they’ve been gradually going more hazel, just like my dad’s. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/58 "2010-04-20T17:14:31Z")
> [@mhairi2222](#): > > I voted Heterochromia, within both eyes (partial). I’d never heard of heterochromia before, but now I have an explanation for the weird colouring of my eyes! I have central heterochromia in both eyes, exactly like the picture of the eye in the wiki article ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia)); brown/gold in the centre turning into blue in the outer ring. Thanks for fighting my ignorance! I just skimmed over that in the OP’s article because I didn’t think it applied to me but that’s what my eyes look like, yellow-gold in the center and green on the outside with flecks of brown. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/59 "2010-04-20T17:22:04Z")
Not just blue, but glacial blue. Hey, it’s gotten me laid. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/60 "2010-04-20T18:03:45Z")
??? What color is the top right example in the linked Wikipedia article section titled “Spectrum of Eye Color”? That’s me. Is that hazel or green? I’m between their specific Green and Hazel examples. I guess I should say hazel, but mostly because the definition is vague and variable. ??? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696.md?page=4)