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To think blue eyes are both a blessing and a curse

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Lewishamsally · 27/05/2015 18:36

Blessing: Nations and western worlds favourite eye colour. Grin

Curse: I forgot my sunglasses on a day out with dc and I could barely see in the sun. (Probably added about a million wrinkles around the eye Grin).

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CrohnicallyInflexible · 27/05/2015 18:37

Does eye colour affect how well you can see in the sun then? I have dark eyes and still struggle, my eyes are very sensitive to bright light.

EatShitDerek · 27/05/2015 18:37

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CurlsLDN · 27/05/2015 18:39

Surely that's nothing to do with eye colour? It's to do with how the muscles contract/pupils dilate, no?

maroonedwithfour · 27/05/2015 18:39

Ive never heard either of those things before. There is a really clever invention, sunglasses.Wink

fatlazymummy · 27/05/2015 18:39

I've never considered it to be either a blessing or a curse, tbh. Never really thought of it.

Hassled · 27/05/2015 18:41

I don't think eye colour makes any difference to how well you see in the sun.

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 27/05/2015 18:41

The things you read on mumsnet Wink, never given this any thought at all.

Lewishamsally · 27/05/2015 18:42

I think its because blue eyes take in more light than darker colours. Same with skin pale skin burns quicker/easier.

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MsJudgyPants · 27/05/2015 18:42

I don't think it is anything to do with eyecolour.

My mother has blue eyes, mine are brown. Neither of us are able to stare directly into the sun, nor do we walk around blinded like moles on a sunny day - we both seem pretty much the same in the eye department.

PourquoiTuGachesTaVie · 27/05/2015 18:43

As a brown eyed person who squints in the sun, all I can say is huh? What on earth are you on about op? Is this a wind up?

306235388 · 27/05/2015 18:44

Oh I've never really considered it. Who says it's nations favourite eye colour? Ds and I have blue eyes but we get LOADS of comments on dd's eyes which are dark brown / black

TwartFaceBeetj · 27/05/2015 18:44

Whaaaaaaaat?

AnyFucker · 27/05/2015 18:44

The colour of your eyes has no effect on how much sun your eyes "take in"

everybody's pupils are black....The colour round the edge is just "decoration" if you like

DidoTheDodo · 27/05/2015 18:45

Ah how sweet and gorgeous. I love a good stereotype. Are you connected with Disney in any way?

Lewishamsally · 27/05/2015 18:45

"It is well known that people with lighter eyes tend to be more sensitive to light, a result of having less pigment in the iris to protect them from sunlight"

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iwantgin · 27/05/2015 18:45

I don't think eye colour affects how well you tolerate the sun in your eyes?

UmiSays · 27/05/2015 18:46

Optician told me that light coloured eyes are more easily damaged by sunlight. I swear. This was a Boots optometrist, about a month ago.

Have I been lied to?

tinyboxtim · 27/05/2015 18:46

Blue eyes are scientificly more light sensitive, but not noticeably. Lower pigment and all that.

scarletforya · 27/05/2015 18:46

It's the pupil that allows the light in. Is like a camera aperture. The colour of the iris is irrelevant.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 27/05/2015 18:47

So where does 'blue' come into it then?

Who is the author of that latest statement, Lewis?

PourquoiTuGachesTaVie · 27/05/2015 18:47

The light comes through the pupil, not the iris. The iris contains muscles which contract to let light in via the pupil. It doesn't matter what colour they are.

scarletforya · 27/05/2015 18:47

Oh!

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geekymommy · 27/05/2015 18:47

Light coloured eyes are more sensitive to sunlight than darker coloured eyes.

In cats, there are even more disadvantages. Blue eyes in white cats are associated with deafness. I have a Siamese mix with blue eyes. Siamese blue eyes are from a different gene than the blue eyes associated with deafness. Cats with Siamese blue eyes don't have as good night vision as cats with other eye colours, instead.

TheoriginalLEM · 27/05/2015 18:48

i knew someone from lewisham called Sally. Can't see her as a mnetter though :)

Lewishamsally · 27/05/2015 18:48
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