# What's your eye color? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664 "2007-02-26T01:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/41 "2007-02-26T11:14:08Z")
Brown around the iris, blending out to a dark, almost bottle-green, with a thick black outer rim, and with a lot of nearly black freckling. [Pic](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h234/wisdomy/IMG_5685.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/42 "2007-02-26T12:09:59Z")
Mine are like the colour of the ocean on an overcast winter morning šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/43 "2007-02-26T12:17:44Z")
Mine are green. Very green. And I wear just a touch of lavender eye shadow at the lash line to bring out the green even more. ---
**Author:** ![goldenmean1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@goldenmean1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldenmean1975)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/44 "2007-02-26T12:53:00Z")
[QUOTE=sunstone] Really a nice green, but because of my squinty little eyes, most folks donā€™t see them. I am amazed at the number of green eyed folks here, as they only found in about 2% (as I recall) of humanity. Of course there was that National Geographic picture with the Afghan woman with green eyesā€¦there are pockets of green eyed folks scattered here and thereā€¦ and Northwest Europe is a hot spot too, so apparently there are a lot of Afghanis and NW european heritage folks here! [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=8297234#](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=8297234#) Wink [/QUOTE] I was thinking the same thing. I have very green eyes, and donā€™t know many others with green eyesā€¦canā€™t believe the number of folkā€™s here with eyes similiar to mineā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/45 "2007-02-26T13:00:15Z")
Brown. If you look closely you see a ring of green around them, but only if you look closely. ---
**Author:** ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/46 "2007-02-26T13:59:40Z")
Very blue. Just for referenceā€¦ [![](https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/Malletgirl316/sarahswedding007.jpg) ](https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c312/Malletgirl316/sarahswedding007.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/47 "2007-02-26T14:35:18Z")
[QUOTE=goldenmean1975] I was thinking the same thing. I have very green eyes, and donā€™t know many others with green eyesā€¦canā€™t believe the number of folkā€™s here with eyes similiar to mineā€¦ [/QUOTE] Indeed. A lot of [fat eyes](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a971205.html) in this thread! > [@](#): > > Eye color is mainly a function of the pigment melanin. If your eyes have a lot of it, theyā€™re brown. If they donā€™t, theyā€™re blue. (Some details of this explanation are in dispute, but donā€™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 sheā€™s got fat eyes. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/48 "2007-02-26T14:47:14Z")
Mine are olive drab ([crappy old work photo as cite](http://www.unc.edu/~nbeach/me.jpg)). They can look lighter in photos where thereā€™s a lot of natural light. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/49 "2007-02-26T14:56:23Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] Mine donā€™t match. [left eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter03/Stuff/Left%20Eye.JPG) [right eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter03/Stuff/Right%20Eye.JPG) [/QUOTE] A trippy guy, how cool! A friend of mine is a trippy guy. His are blue and brown, more noticeable. One of my daughters has medium light brown, but one of her eyes has a vertical line with one half being very dark brown. Not really noticeable, but there. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/50 "2007-02-26T15:34:25Z")
[Unmistakably](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/403488596_8a4f528c7a.jpg?v=0) [green](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/403488604_65e4090749.jpg?v=0). ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/51 "2007-02-26T15:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] Mine donā€™t match. [left eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter03/Stuff/Left%20Eye.JPG) [right eye](http://home.earthlink.net/~ahunter03/Stuff/Right%20Eye.JPG) [/QUOTE] My sisterā€™s donā€™t either. Sheā€™s got one blue and one green. [QUOTE=DrDeth] Shit Brown. ā˜¹ [/QUOTE] Aw, come on now. You sounds just like my husband. Donā€™t you know brown eyes are the sexiest? Iā€™m a sucker for men with brown eyes. Mine are pale green, with darker green rings around the edges. Sometimes they look blue though, depending on what Iā€™m wearing. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/52 "2007-02-26T17:44:13Z")
Mine are light turquoise-ish blue with gold flecks. Sorry, no cite at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/53 "2007-02-26T19:24:55Z")
Blue in most lights, but green under fluorescents. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/54 "2007-02-26T19:58:12Z")
[Greenish](http://www.mortalwombat.com/Special/eyes.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/55 "2007-02-26T20:24:44Z")
Mine are light blue. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/56 "2007-02-26T20:41:46Z")
:: runs off to washroom, looks in mirror :: Mine are open! I mean, ā€œblueā€. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/57 "2007-02-28T08:13:00Z")
Used to be bright blue, faded to grey-blue, now have flecks of green. My wife often complains that my eyes change color depending on light conditions and what Iā€™m wearing. She has dark brown eyes and envies me. I obviously donā€™t have a problem with brown eyes, I married her after all šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/58 "2007-02-28T12:53:22Z")
Mine are blue and like **WhyNot** Iā€™ve been quizzed about my nonexistent contacts before. To which I said, ā€œIā€™m wearing glasses!ā€ I actually do have contacts now which I wear on occasion, but theyā€™re clear. Exhibit A - [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v459/rinniroo/halloween%2006/IM000663.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v459/rinniroo/halloween%2006/IM000663.jpg) (This is on Halloween and the dirt on my face is makeup) ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/59 "2007-02-28T19:24:17Z")
Blue mostly, with some green. If my eyes are bloodshot, the green is much more obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664/60 "2007-02-28T20:09:34Z")
Grey-blue with teeny gold flecks. Hey all you brown-eyed folks, I _love_ that eye color. It makes me feel warm and cozy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-eye-color/393664.md?page=4)