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Let Your Light Shine.. Matt 5:16
Or the Terminator?if you do that makes you albino....
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Or the Terminator?if you do that makes you albino....
My eyes are yellow green, heavy on the yellow.
Babies are usually born with blue-ish eyes which may change over the first couple of years as melanin levels cut in
Mine are brown with some green -which isn't on the poll but I don't think that falls under weird lol.
I'd say mine's green, but I think it's hazel on my expired driver's permit (yeah, I'm sad). Nvm, says green, I'll take it.Thought it was time to make an eye color thread.
The color of my eye depends on the lighting. Although for the most part I would say they are dark green. Wish they were a lighter shade of green but that is the way it goes.
I know I have blue eyes and am left-handed
My eyes are yellow green, heavy on the yellow.
Technically you're probably hazel. Hazel can be a mix including different proportions of brown, green and amber.
Technically you're probably hazel. Hazel can be a mix including different proportions of brown, green and amber.
OB
The World's Population By Eye Color - WorldAtlas
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Interesting. Looks similar to my eyes. Although the part surrounding my pupil is dark green beyond that there is a band of brown (not noticeable unless up close) then more green with a little blue.
I might be more hazel?
That is definitely hazel but I see no amber or grey in mine.
I know I must carry blue/grey since my son has grey blue eyes. My husband has blue eyes so all he must carry is blue.
Yep me too. The green shows up more in natural light.Mine are brown with some green -which isn't on the poll but I don't think that falls under weird lol.
Interesting. Looks similar to my eyes. Although the part surrounding my pupil is dark green beyond that there is a band of brown (not noticeable unless up close) then more green with a little blue.
I might be more hazel?
That is definitely hazel but I see no amber or grey in mine.
I know I must carry blue/grey since my son has grey blue eyes. My husband has blue eyes so all he must carry is blue.
Looking at a range of photos of eyes it seems that they vary on a continuum rather than as a set of discrete colours. Apart from the amount of melanin there are two or three other chemicals which affect colour. The type a of light, it's intensity or direction can also change the perceived colour. Even brown eyes come in two recognised variants (light and dark).
Hazel seems to be the most difficult colour to pin down because it has at least 3 colours (brown, green, amber) but may include a bit of blue.
OB
I thought this was an Old Wife's Tale but apparently it's true. Lovely blue-eyed folk (like me) have better night vision. Less melanin means more light gets in. The downside is we may be more susceptible to certain eye conditions like macular degeneration. I suppose that's the price of being beautiful.
OB
I've also read that blue eyes are better at dealing with the blinding snow since lighter colors bounce light off better than darker colors. I do find it interesting from an evolutionary point of view. From what I've googled scientists are not quite sure the purpose of blue eyes. It may more just be a sexual selection thing.
If the 'blue eyes are better in low light' theory is true - then an increase in blue eyed people as you go north makes sense.I do find it curious how the more north you get in Europe the higher prevalence of blue eyes you find. Wonder if this is also true for the local wild life. Of course blue eyes being a recessive thing them being cut off from darker eye populations also matter too.
Blue eyes can occur in lots of places. There is no fixed link, for instance, between blue eyes and light skin. People with dark skin can, and do, have blue eyes.I've also read some ethnic groups within china have blue eyes as well.
I initially thought hazel was more akin to solid amber, lol.
I doubt this. I've seen suggestions that blue eyes work better in low light and less well in glare. If this is right blue eyes may be a disadvantage in glarey snow but a general advantage in a dark winter.
There are also theories about sexual selection. One study I recall showed that a blue eyed population is more likely to find brown eyed people more attractive and vice versa. The attractiveness seems to lie in being different. You can imagine the first blue-eyed people being highly desirable 5,000 to 10,000 years ago when they first occurred. (We still are. )
Yet another proposition relates to seasonal affective disorder, a major depressive illness that occurs when there are long periods of low light. Blue eyes may be better at detecting blue light which in turn moderates circadian rhythms minimising the depressive effects of a long dark winter.