Eye Color Is Not Black and White

in #science6 years ago

If you look at your friends’ eyes, you might find it hard to figure out exactly what color they are. Many eyes look like they have different colors toward the middle versus towards the edge, or have small variations around the iris.

This is especially true for people with lighter colored eyes. You might also notice flecks of color in them. Each of this is part of what makes each eye extremely unique. Irises (like fingerprints) are highly unique. Even genetically identical people, like twins, have different iris textures.

The more you look at eyes, the more you'll notice how unique each and every one is. So just remember that your eyes are special, no matter what color they are!

Sources
From Wikipedia:

Article on Rayleigh Scattering
Article on the Iris
Article on Eye Color
From The Tech Museum of Innovation:

Are Gray Eyes the Same as Blue in Terms of Genetics
From Ask a Mathematician:

Are Colors Real?
So, what is the rarest eye color in humans?
Unfortunately, there is no eye color that has been fully agreed upon as the rarest, though green-eyed and amber-eyed people are both extremely rare. In fact, the rarest eye color is different in different geographical locations. In some parts of the world, green eyes are rarer than amber eyes or vice versa.

Most people consider green to be the rarest eye color in the world, though many others consider amber to be even more unusual. Therefore, it’s safe to say that either green or amber is the rarest color in the world.

However, If you look at the eye as a whole and not only the color given off by the iris, then violet eye color with little dispute is probably even rarer than green or amber eye colors.

Eye Color Poll
What is the color of your eye?
Amber
Blue
Brown
Green
Gray
Hazel
Red
Violet
Black
Yellow
Other
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