Can Your Eyes Change Color?

What's the secret behind those blue eyes? Heidi Mitchell discusses the science behind eye color on Lunch Break. Photo: AP

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[everywhere]

Cool, my eyes change color too. From Brown to brown.

[minxnoir]

she didn't even answer the question wow

[viqiid]

Since she didn’t answer the question, yes. Yes your eye colour can change, and I have proof since I’ve experienced this.

[jimmysagastume]

"We have a lot of melanin" omg black queens 😍😍😍

[syedgaffar]

My eyes colour change when I put a shampoos it turns to red😂😂😂😂

[bellawoods]

When I was born I had dark brown eyes, when I was in preschool I had brown eyes, in 3rd grade they were still brown, then in 4th grade and 5th grade they started to change to hazel, and sometimes green. Once I was crying and had brown eyes, I stopped crying, and had greenish and hazel eyes

[BD]

My eyes on my passport pic as a toddler were light green-brown, over time they got darker to medium brown and no green visible. During puberty, my eyes started to slowly change back to the ones I had when I was a toddler. They're still not the same colour but my eyes are still changing. Really cool in my opinion.

[angrypanda]

I have one green eye and one blue eye so I'm good

[Whatsayoutuber]

My mom, my brother, and I have all seen our eyes get greener over time! (The green shade is a bright grassy green, not a pale or blue-green). My mom was born with brown/darkish hazel eyes but now hers are firmly medium brown mixed with green. My brother was born with deep chocolate eyes and now has fully fledged hazel eyes. I was born with dark hazel/brownish eyes and now mine are at least half green. In full light they look completely green, and in pictures they often look distinctively lighter than my pupil (around the depth of a light brown, earthy yellow, or a medium green). Mine have changed the fastest. It’s funny because I always wished for green eyes and now I have them!

[bebaramos]

my eyes are Hazel right now but they change to green when I cry and when I'm in the sunlight

[BoKoBay]

My eyes change naturally from green to blue at any given time of the day. It has been like that ever since I was born

[DrWoodyII]

Eye color change is a real phenomenon. My family is noted for blond hair and blue or green eyes, Irish-German descent. My older brother and sister, and a first cousin had brown eyes and dark hair. In their 40s to 50s their eye color changed to bright green with dark halos. Beautiful eyes. I have no idea how to explain this color change, appears genetic but may be linked to something else. Remember babies are born with blue eyes, then change as their bodies begin taking in outside nourishment. No one has researched this yet.

[JameerthekiDD]

my dad eyes changed from brown to green and yellow and my eyes are getting lighter so it is real and they change with his mood

[taelephont_]

When my grandma was a child he has a brown eyes and when she's old it's begin to grey blue eyes

[miameow]

In Bowie's case, the enlarged pupil in one eye was perceived to be brown but was also blue.

[redphoenix]

i got hazel eyes but one time i went swimming for like 5 hours and when i got out of the pool my eyes were BURNING so i yelled at my sister to go get me a glass of fresh water to rinse my eyes

when she gave me the glass she looked at me and said "woah your eyes are really green"

in conclusion, yes, your eyes can change color (under certain circumstancea)

[moonchild]

It can change color! My best friend used to have green eyes when she was a baby but as she aged they turned into a beautiful light brown :) ♡ btw stay safe guys

[sobahhabib]

My mom says that l was born with grey eyes.After few months my eyes changed to green colour.when l was three years old they turned to hazel and now I'm 15 years old and my eyes are goldenish hazel.😊😊👩👩

[clashgamerlabique]

*WHEN I WAS A NEW BORN*
*MY EYE COLOUR OLIVE GREEN*

*4 MONTHS OLD ICE BLUE*

*1 YEAR LIGHT BROWN*

THANKS TO UV RAYS

[christisrisen]

Mine are Naturally Dark Brown And Change to Hazel green.! And it's not AN ILLUSION..OR TRIP I'm having They Change Color!