GREEN EYES ARE UNUSUAL IN PEOPLE
Green eyes are beautiful to look at. They are also extremely unique and very rare! It has been estimated that only 2% of the world’s population have true green eyes. To give you an idea of just how special green eyes are, consider this factoid. Currently, it is estimated that around 7 billion people live on the planet.
Going by the math, this means only 140 million people have some shade of green as an eye color. There are only a handful of celebrities who have green eyes and even a smaller number who are male.
If you are one of these people – consider yourself lucky!
FYI: green eyes can express in several shades, including hazel, emerald, jade and blue-green. In super rare cases, they can even appear amber. When you take into account the different variations of this color, including some people with hues of brown, the number of people who can be classified as having green eyes jumps from 2% to 8%.
MOST ATTRACTIVE EYE COLOR
Guy Counseling recently asked nearly 90,000 website visitors which eye color they considered most attractive (as of 7/4/17). Here are the responses, broken down for each by percentages.
Green: 42.8 %
Light blue: 22.59 %
Hazel: 17.33
Dark Blue: 10.2
Grey: 2%
Amber 1%
Amethyst: 2%
Brown 5%
Keep in mind that we are collecting new data from a poll appearing on the bottom of this page. You can still vote if you would like.
Open green eye with shades of hazel gold
GREEN EYES: A PRIMER
This article will explore everything you ever wanted to know about green eyes. We will examine how you got your eye color, assess how eye color can be changed and identify a number of famous male celebrities with green eyes.
We will also check out some green eyed myths! Other information about various shades of green eye color will be touched upon, including popular hues.
Are you ready? Let’s jump right in!
What is the science of Green Eyes?
Male Green Eyes
WHAT IS THE SCIENCE OF GREEN EYES?
Many people want to know where green eyes come from. Ultimately, eye color is a function of genetics and is determined by two factors: (1) the pigmentation of the iris and (2) the way light scatters around the iris itself. Let’s take a quick look at both.
Pigmentation of a person’s iris can run the gamut from the darkest color, black to lightest, blue. Largely influencing pigmentation is something called melanin, a complex polymer made from the amino acid tyrosine.
The appearance of green and shades of green (i.e. jade, hazel eyes and emerald) are the result of a phenomenon known as Rayleigh scattering; which is a 25 cent term used to describe the way light scatters after riding its spectrum wavelength.
Most people mistakenly believe that colors like green and blue are in the iris – but they’re not. Your eye color is a function of how light diffuses across the melanin base, which again is genetically determined.
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GREEN EYES: ORIGINS AND GENES
Old theory
Prior to 2008, scientists thought eye color was determined by one dominant gene. It was postulated that an eye color hierarchy existed with brown being at the top of the ladder and blue resting at the bottom.
Under the old way of thinking, this meant if your dad had brown eyes and your mom had blue eyes, you would likely be born with brown colored eyes. A parental combination of two green eyes would translate into you having green eyes. Recessive genes were also thought to partially influence eye color.
New theory
New research, presented in a 2008 publication of the American Journal of Human Genetics washed the old way of thinking about eyes and color. The new research suggests that as many as 16 genes may influence the way color is expressed in the iris.
The unscientific translation means that a baby can be born with just about any eye color, regardless of what their parents have. It is important to note, however, that hereditary variables need to be factored into the equation.
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