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I'm 40 and I don't know what colour my eyes are! Photos

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Cullher · 28/02/2023 13:20

What do you think?

I've always thought green, but a thread last night made me think grey.

Or are they both?

Good job I've not had to give a formal description of myself to anyone - I'd sound a right numpty not knowing!

I'm 40 and I don't know what colour my eyes are! Photos
I'm 40 and I don't know what colour my eyes are! Photos
I'm 40 and I don't know what colour my eyes are! Photos
I'm 40 and I don't know what colour my eyes are! Photos
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Igenix4 · 28/02/2023 13:22

Blue

myteethwerefine · 28/02/2023 13:24

They look blue to me too

SquashPenguin · 28/02/2023 13:24

Grey

vestanesta · 28/02/2023 13:25

Not dissimilar to mine although I don't have brown ring around the pupil. I say grey.

Mine look different according to what I wear - they look very green if I wear red lipstick and bluer if I wear coral. Grey if I wear pink/most of the time.

Disydoll12 · 28/02/2023 13:25

I see them as grey!

BodGaoithe · 28/02/2023 13:25

Grey

FuckeNell · 28/02/2023 13:26

Yip grey

catfunk · 28/02/2023 13:28

I would call them dark grey.
They're mainly blue but with the bit of a brown ring they appear grey.

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Cullher · 28/02/2023 13:31

No one for green then?!

I can't believe I've not looked that closely before 😂

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GrowingPains3 · 28/02/2023 14:11

Blue grey! Definitely not green

ShakinSteven · 28/02/2023 14:12

GrowingPains3 · 28/02/2023 14:11

Blue grey! Definitely not green

This

Inastatus · 28/02/2023 14:13

Definitely bluey grey.

MidnightMeltdown · 28/02/2023 14:14

Grey

Odilon · 28/02/2023 14:16

They’re a bit like mine. Greyish blue with brown circles but look green under artificial light. I discovered fairly recently that Americans have a term for it - ‘blue hazel’ - so that’s what I go with now.

It works for me because my mum had what I was always taught were ‘hazel’ eyes (brown with green rings in) while my dad’s were pure bright blue. His mum’s eyes were grey with green rings and his dad’s a darker blue. I seem to have got everyone’s colours all mixed together. I loved it when younger because it meant I could use almost any shade of eye makeup and it’d pick out one colour or another from my eyes.

WhimBarWhey · 28/02/2023 14:17

Grey. Definitely not green!

funnyoldonion · 28/02/2023 14:19

I thought I had grey eyes but I’m not sure now! Yours do look more grey than mine but mine are described as sometimes grey and sometimes blue! I’m 40 too btw!

I'm 40 and I don't know what colour my eyes are! Photos
Littleflowerseverywhere · 28/02/2023 14:20

Definenely blue grey so I would say officially blue. There is no green in there.

Bluesheep8 · 28/02/2023 14:28

Blue.

Hullse · 28/02/2023 14:30

They are grey and absolutely gorgeous. Pretty unusual!

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Cullher · 28/02/2023 17:42

Well, not quite a consensus, as people are saying grey or grey/blue.

But you are all in agreement that my eyes are NOT in fact green, as I have believed for FORTY years. Madness!

I shall from now on consider myself in possession of rare/unusual and gorgeous grey eyes. Thank you lovely MNetters 💐

I'm now going to get my tweezers and the magnifying mirror for those stray brow lashes 😎

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Peonies84 · 28/02/2023 17:47

Dark grey.
My sons have grey eyes (one dark one light).
The inner bit did look green to me.
I love looking at people's eyes.

Viviennemary · 28/02/2023 17:49

Greenish grey.

Cece92 · 28/02/2023 17:50

My dad and sister have the same colour and I always say bluey/gray xx

rhowton · 28/02/2023 19:41

Definitely not blue, otherwise someone would have commented on them in the last 40 years. My DDs have blue eyes and they are commented on 3 times a day at least at the weekend.

Inastatus · 28/02/2023 21:12

rhowton · 28/02/2023 19:41

Definitely not blue, otherwise someone would have commented on them in the last 40 years. My DDs have blue eyes and they are commented on 3 times a day at least at the weekend.

😂 my DD has blue eyes but they don’t get commented on 3 times a day. Blue eyes are fairly common if you live in the UK.