# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Drygon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Drygon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drygon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/101 "2010-04-21T19:46:35Z")
Normally they are bluish-gray with little hints of green and yellow. When I’m sick they often turn steel-gray with no green or yellow at all. They will occasionally decide to be bright blue for a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/102 "2010-04-21T20:28:37Z")
[U RL=“[http://wazzup-playjar-ism.blogspot.com/2008/04/rarest-eye-colors.html](http://wazzup-playjar-ism.blogspot.com/2008/04/rarest-eye-colors.html)”]Saw this article a long time ago claiming black eyes existed. The eyes on that picture are certainly gorgeous. Does that color actually exist, or is it just a Photoshop? ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/103 "2010-04-22T01:48:44Z")
Brown, so dark I can’t wear colored contacts. Drat! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/104 "2010-04-22T06:46:39Z")
Mine are green, with a little hazel mixed in. And one eye is very slightly bluer than the other. And in the chart, I like how the bars match the colors. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/105 "2010-04-22T15:53:57Z")
I always answer “gray” but they can be blue or green depending. Really they’re almost a khaki color. I once did an eyedropper tool sample of a photo of my iris in Photoshop and then clicked on the color swatch to see what the main hue was, and it was ORANGE. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/106 "2010-04-24T01:37:37Z")
Mine used to be a medium-brown-amber-hazel-green. People would ask me sometimes what color my eyes were because sometimes they took on a different hue depending on what I was wearing or my mood. Now they’re just dark brown from a glaucoma medication I used for a year that I ended up not really needing. Not happy about it, but nothing to be done. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/107 "2010-04-24T04:11:37Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > Add me to the list of people boggled by the fact that blue is beating brown. Blue is beating brown because it’s one category, wheres “brown” is divided into brown, hazel, and amber. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/108 "2010-04-27T02:20:02Z")
Speaking of eyes, does anyone know how to take a good picture of your eyes? I’ve tried, and while you can see how they’re grayish blue-green the pictures are awfully fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/109 "2010-04-28T14:45:40Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Speaking of eyes, does anyone know how to take a good picture of your eyes? I’ve tried, and while you can see how they’re grayish blue-green the pictures are awfully fuzzy. Set your camera to macro mode, get good strong lighting from above and behind the camera (sunlight is ideal), and either keep your hand as steady as possible or use a tripod and a timer. I’ve taken excellent photos of my eyes using a camera phone in sunlight. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/megabee/2611290483](http://www.flickr.com/photos/megabee/2611290483) ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696/110 "2010-04-28T23:43:56Z")
Mine are [grey](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/timeliketears/Sarah/000_0891.jpg), tending toward [green](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/timeliketears/Sarah/100_0444.jpg) in certain light. I call them grey-hazel if asked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696.md?page=5)