7 Uncommon Eye Colors That Some People Can Have

Keep your eyes open or you might miss it. the seven most uncommon eye hues that a person can have Hey, keep an eye out for this.

One will definitely open your eyes, all right. The eyes aren't just a source of all kinds of cliche expressions; have you ever seen someone actually peel their eyes? Okay, just kidding, but it's very awful.

Your eyes are your windows to the world and the window to your soul, according to legend, so how special are yours? Perhaps they're a super rare color before you learn about some of the hardest to find eye colors and people. So what colors are your eyes? Brown, blue, green, or hazel and which of those do you think is the rarest? It might seem like an easy question to answer, but the truth is that it's not so cut and dried. For one thing, it's difficult to define what constitutes a rare eye color, so one eye color might be extremely rare in one region of the world while being extremely common in another.

Okay, but what about your own eye color? Why do you have, say, hazel eyes while your sibling has blue eyes? Here's where the science enters: Melanin, the substance that gives you that lovely tan in the summer, those adorable freckles on your nose, and even your hair color, is what gives your skin and hair their color. However, melanin only has the colors red, yellow, brown, and black. What about green and blue eyes? How are they successfully produced? It's an interesting combination of various things. The amount and kind of melanin in your iris—the colored area of your eye—as well as your makeup, the thickness of the stroma, a thin tissue in your iris, and lighting—especially for those with light-hued eyes—determine your eye color.

The most common eye colors are brown, blue, and hazel brown, which have the most melanin. They are the most common eye color in the world, representing just over half of the world's population. Blue eyes are much rarer, as they represent roughly 8% of the world's population. As for how they're formed, it's all to do with light and a lack of melanin. You see, as light passes through blue eyes, it hits the back of the iris and then reflects back out as it bounces back. It gets scattered through some proteins present in the eye, creating that blue color. And here's a fun fact, this phenomenon that scatters the light and creates the blue color in the eye is called Rayleigh scattering, and it's the same reason the sky appears below. So next time a kid asks you why the sky is blue, here's your answer.

Finally, hazel eyes are a little bit brighter than brown eyes. They have more of a green or yellow tint and represent about five to eight percent of the world's population. So you know now that the amount and type of melanin that are present in your eyes affect the color of your iris. But what determines how much pigment you get? Well, you can thank genetics for that. So, again, if your sibling is blue-eyed and you ended up with hazel eyes, it just means that genetics decided to give your eyes more melanin.

So in short, the more melanin you have in your eyes, the browner they'll be as far as the types of melanin they have. Iron oxide (FeO) melanin, which has reddish and yellow pigments, and your melanin, which has brown and black pigments. Now, what's really cool is that some people's eyes can change depending on what they're wearing at that time of day. This is also known as lighting," even with the makeup they have on, Are you one of these people?

Some people have a different colored or darker limbal ring, which is the ring around the outer edge of the iris. The limbal ring usually fades as we age, so this is something that's indicative of young eyes. With that said, since even genetically identical individuals, such as twins, have distinct irises, it is important to understand the science underlying eye color.

With that in mind, let's count down some of the most unusual eye colors, starting with number seven: amber eyes. Even though amber eyes are one of the rarest colors in the world, occurring in less than 5% of eyes globally, there are specific regions where amber eyes are more typical, such as South America and Asia. Amber eyes can range in color from a very strong copper to gold to russet to almost yellow. They differ from hazel eyes in that there isn't any brown, green, or hazel present. Some experts believe that the iris's ubiquitous lipochrome, a yellow pigment, is what gives it its color. Although some people have compared them to wolves, wolves aren't the only animals with golden eyes. Other members of the Amber Eyed Club include cats, owls, eagles, and even certain fish. Nicole Richey is one of these prominent members. There are the green eyes belonging to Evangeline Lilly and Nikki Reed the reality stars.

Some of you might be surprised to learn that green eyes are rare, but keep in mind that while some people mistake their hazel eyes for greens, there is actually a significant distinction between the two. Although green eyes are more uniform in color than hazel eyes, with shades ranging from jade to olive to bright grass green in some northern and central European regions and a higher percentage of the population in Western Asia, green eyes are still incredibly rare, making this eye color one of the rarest in the world. Green eyes make up only 2% of the world's population. Light scattering causes a blue hue to emit from the front of the iris, which is typically red or yellowish pheomelanin. This blue color combines with the yellowish color to produce the appearance of a green eye.

It's fascinating to note that people of any ethnicity can have green eyes and that women are more likely than men to have them. Animals with green eyes include house cats, alligators, owls, and even large cats like panthers. Famous members of the ultra-exclusive Green-Eyed Club include Emma Stone, Adele, Clive Owen, and Gael Garcia Bernal.

Some people think that silver eyes are a variation of the blue eye color, and this is kind of accurate because silver eyes are similar to blue eyes in some ways. The silver eye color is also fairly distinctive and is more prevalent in Eastern Europe.

Fourth, black eyes: Our black eyes, which aren't really black at all because truly black eyes don't exist, are actually just really, really dark brown eyes, giving off a grayish-silver appearance. A very low level of pigmentation in the eye is what causes silver eyes. Number three red or pink eyes are one of the rarest and typically accompany a medical condition like albinism. There is very little to no melanin in the eyes, which causes red or pink eyes.

The red color you see is actually the blood vessels of the eye. Overproduction of the pigment is what causes violet eyes. Black eyes are the result. Have you ever heard someone wax lyrical about Elizabeth Taylor's violet eyes? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but it's simply not possible to be born with amethyst colored peepers. Instead, it's lighting or makeup that gives the appearance of purple eyes, which can also be seen in people who have albinism.

Number one is multicolored eyes. If people have blueish eyes that are sun-damaged, adding red to the blue will make them appear purplish. Yes, there is such a thing as heterochromia, a condition that results in a person's eyes having various colors. Actually, this illness comes in a variety of forms.

Complete heterochromia refers to completely dissimilar colors in both irises. When the iris has partial heterochromia, only a portion of it has a different color. The term "central heterochromia" refers to a condition where the inner and outer rings of the eye are different colors. Because of the wide range of eye colors and combinations that can result from this disorder, it is the rarest eye color in the world.

Some animals, primarily white cats and canines like Huskies and Australian Shepherds, can have heterochromia. Kate Bosworth and Mila Kunis are notable figures with heterochromia, and of course Bette Davis' eyes will turn the music on you without a second thought, but that may be a whole other story.

Which of these eye colors do you wish you had?