# What colour are your eyes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260 "2012-02-09T01:53:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ahoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@Ahoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ahoy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/61 "2012-02-10T07:08:40Z")
Green. My wife says that’s why she married me, because of my fatty eyes. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/62 "2012-02-10T09:45:38Z")
Mine vary pretty widely, and don’t exactly fit into any of the descriptions listed on that Wiki page. They look most like [this photo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Humaniris.jpg) most of the time, but sometimes are all grey, or all light green, or green/brown hazel. It depends entirely on the kind of light I am in and the surrounding colors. ---
**Author:** ![misling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@misling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misling)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/63 "2012-02-10T16:24:02Z")
I put grey and green - they are about half way between. They only look strongly green if I wear green or turqoise, but they always look somewhat green. Some people have told me that they occasionally look blue, when at their greyest. I expect that’s reflection. ---
**Author:** ![Oldeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@Oldeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oldeb)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/64 "2012-02-10T17:22:41Z")
Another heterochromatic here. My left eye is a vertical split blue/brown. I marked other, but I’ve always just used blue any time I have to fill out a form asking for eye color. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/65 "2012-02-10T17:28:38Z")
> [@Ahoy](#): > > Green. My wife says that’s why she married me, because of my fatty eyes. Heh - my husband has green eyes, too, and I try not to call him “Fat Eyes” too much. 🙂 I missed the second part of the question, if I would change my eye colour if I could. I think I’d make mine a more true brown, too. ETA: Although pansy purple irises might be cool! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/66 "2012-02-10T18:37:09Z")
There are more blue eyed than brown eyed people? I’m shocked. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/67 "2012-02-10T19:07:49Z")
Green with gold flecks. I’ve been told a few times they’re “hazel”. For the life of me, I do not grasp what “hazel” means, there’s no picture on the wiki page. Maybe I DO have hazel eyes, I dunno. ---
**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:** [February 10, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/68 "2012-02-10T19:10:04Z")
My eyes are green, and most of my family (siblings/parents/grandparents) are green or blue, so I was hoping to pass them along to my kids. But unfortunately my wife comes from Eastern European stock and her deep brown eyes were inherited by both children. I’ll have to hold out hope for the next generation. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/69 "2012-02-10T19:12:28Z")
Blue, fairly dark. I’d love to have green eyes though. My mom has green eyes and they’re beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/70 "2012-02-10T20:07:24Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > My eyes started out blue/gray but are getting bluer and bluer the older I get. Mine are the opposite. They were quite vivid blue when I was a child, but the older I get the lighter/grayer they seem to get. No desire to change. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/71 "2012-02-11T00:06:18Z")
blue grey in person, battleship grey in pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/72 "2012-02-11T00:51:42Z")
Both my husband and I have very similar green eyes. I can’t wait to see if our baby does too. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/73 "2012-02-11T04:05:25Z")
I voted hazel, but when i was a kid they were brown. Today they are more green than brown, but there’s enough brown to make them hazel. And the brown and green areas do not mix. They are separate. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/74 "2012-02-11T04:14:07Z")
I voted both hazel and brown, for I mourn for my hazel eyes that are now very dark brown due to medication I used for about a year. People used to ask me what the heck color my eyes were, because they sometimes were light brown, sometimes amber, sometimes olive green. Now, they’re just uniform dark brown, and have been for more than 10 years. I wish I could have my old eye color back, but have to resign myself to old pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/75 "2012-02-11T04:25:40Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > There are more blue eyed than brown eyed people? I’m shocked. Good question. What’s with the Nordic Doper bias? ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/76 "2012-02-11T05:02:15Z")
Almost black, deep dark pools from hell. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/77 "2012-02-11T05:40:29Z")
I think my eyes are green, but one former boyfriend & my new husband think they’re blue … I got my face done by bare essentials for the wedding & they discreetly put gray/blue shadow on my lids … maybe my eyes change with the light? 😕 :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/78 "2012-02-11T05:46:59Z")
I think my eyes are green, but one former boyfriend & my new husband think they’re blue … I got my face done by bare essentials for the wedding & they discreetly put gray/blue shadow on my lids … maybe my eyes change with the light? 😕 :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/79 "2012-02-11T05:51:33Z")
Blue. [Cite.](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/chrisln/sniff.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260/80 "2012-02-11T06:12:20Z")
Dark green shot through with amber and brown. You can’t tell from a distance, and it just looks dark green/brown. Nothing outstanding. But, they apparently get really green when I am irritated. I have seen others here describe that phenomenon. I wonder how it works? Contraction of some ocular muscle complex? Causing the iris to be constricted might cause some prismatic effect. Certainly someone somewhere has done work on this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-colour-are-your-eyes/612260.md?page=5)