What colour are your eyes and do you like them?

[BreezyMintDog]

Mine are interesting. There blue-green and have been since I was 1. I’m 63 now. Most people think there green until they get up close. I get a compliment once a week on my eye colour. Some people put blue on my ID others put Green.

hazel

but look like dirty dishwater to me, I hate them

Thought I’d post some stats for you MNs
I added pics of amber eyes and I have never heard of that eye colour before but I think a few people on here have described it.

Hazel. I think it makes a nice contrast with my blond hair and pale skin :).

Mine are brown. I really like blue eyes and sometimes wish I had them, but I'm content with my brown eyes. It's what God gave me. I know you can have the brown lasered off to reveal the blue underneath, but I'm not interested in such a vain body modification. When I'm in a particularly low, depressive and self-deprecating mood, I say "I'm so full of shit, my eyes are brown." It raises a smile or two.

You can do what now??!

@TheCoffeeNebula the brown pigment in hair, eyes and skin is melanin. The more melanin you have, the darker you are. For the iris, the brown pigment is made by a layer of pigment producing cells in the iris itself. Laser depigmentation surgery disrupts the layer and then in a few weeks, the brown pigment slowly disappears as the body's immune system clears away the damaged cells, then the blue or green colours underneath will slowly appear. It's a very permanent change, hence why there are colour contacts.

No, I understand that it's possible, and how it would work, I'm just trying to understand why anyone would risk doing that to their EYES for the sake of iris colour, and why any professional would be willing to carry that out on someone. Blargh.

Edit: I could maybe understand it for someone who had one brown eye and one blue and was very distressed about it for some reason and wanted to have eyes the same colour. But just to change both your eyes from brown to blue? Dear God.

@TheCoffeeNebula Exactly. Worse surgeries are carried out, but I agree it's frightening what people do sometimes.

Mine are light brown.

Hazel and yes. Sometimes more brown, sometimes more green. My husband says I have mood ring eyes.

Hazel, at the murky green end.

Yes, I like them.

Mine are amber /orange) gold with a very brown almost black ring.

They do look quite striking

I'd swap them for a pair of more 'ordinary' colored eyes that worked properly though! (if you could ever call anyone's eye colour). I can see, but I've needed glasses since I was a small child.

So I like the colour, minus points for actual functionality. 7/10

Hazel. They’re more of a moss green colour now I’m older. I like them.

Blue and I like them

Amazing how many people have green or hazel eyes considering it's not that common

Mine are brown.

I've experimented with contact lenses in various different colours and none of them suited me - after a day I was desperate for my brown eyes back!

I think it's because brown eyes have depth and the darker colour stands out more, whereas when they were lighter they just seemed to disappear into my face (if that makes any kind of sense!).

DP has blue eyes and I like them on him, but I would kind of like to try some brown contacts on him to see whether or not I prefer them! 😂

When it comes to eyes, I lean towards extreme risk aversion

Absolutely, me too. Your eyes are the most precious thing you have.

Hazel. I have no strong feelings about them one way or the other tbh!

Mine are blue and I love them.

Bet they are very rare & unusual 😊

Mine are green. I like them, and they work very well indeed.

Blue and I like them.

I have blue eyes - they tend to change their shade from a deep almost navy blue to a pale blue.
I love my eyes - they're literally my only feature that I like.

Mine are blue-green and I really like them, but I think all eyes are nice. There’s no such thing as a bad eye colour. They look especially good if you know what colours to wear to make your specific eye colour ‘pop’.