Can u have black eyes?

A black eye is caused by bleeding under the skin around the eye. Most injuries that cause a black eye aren't serious. But a black eye may indicate a more serious injury, such as an internal injury to the eye or a fracture of the thin bones around the eye.
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Is there such a thing as black eyes?

A black eye is bruising and swelling around your eye, usually caused by a blow to the area, such as a punch or fall. It should get better within 2 to 3 weeks.
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Can you have black as an eye color?

While some people may appear to have irises that are black, they don't technically exist. People with black-colored eyes instead have very dark brown eyes that are almost indistinguishable from the pupil. In fact, brown eyes are even the most common eye color in newborn babies.
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What is the prettiest eye color?

While hazel was found to be the most attractive eye color in females. When it came to the most attractive eye color in females, the results were very different. Hazel eyes topped the list as the most popular, with 65 out of 322 total matches—or 20.19 percent.
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Can you have grey eyes?

Less than 1 percent of people have gray eyes. Gray eyes are very rare. Gray eyes are most common in Northern and Eastern Europe. Scientists think gray eyes have even less melanin than blue eyes.
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Is Black Iris rare?

The black iris is one of the rarest flowers in the world, and displays a very unique mix of colours, it is characterised by a dark purple almost black colour' with a mesmerizing Lilac hue and a white spot in the middle of the flower.
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Do red eyes exist?

Red/Pink Eyes

Two major conditions cause a red or pinkish eye color: albinism and blood leaking into the iris. Although albinos tend to have very, very light blue eyes due to a lack of pigment, some forms of albinism can cause eyes to appear red or pink. Amber eyes are a beautiful honey color!
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Do violet eyes exist?

While rare, purple or violet eyes can naturally occur, due to a mutation, inflammation inside the eye, or a condition called albinism.
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Are eyes black or brown?

A person's eye color results from pigmentation of a structure called the iris, which surrounds the small black hole in the center of the eye (the pupil) and helps control how much light can enter the eye. The color of the iris ranges on a continuum from very light blue to dark brown.
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Can you have white eyes?

White Eye in Adults

White pupil can appear in adult eyes as well as in children. This is most often caused by normal optic disc reflection, and is particularly common in smartphone photographs. Leukocoria in adults may indicate an eye condition such as cataract.
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Why do I look like I have black eyes?

Allergic shiners, also called allergic facies or periorbital venous congestion, are a symptom of allergies. They appear as dark circles under the eyes and resemble bruises or “black eyes.” Allergic shiners are caused by the pooling of blood under the eyes, due to the swelling of the tissue in the nasal cavities.
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What are gray eyes?

Gray eyes may be called “blue” at first glance, but they tend to have flecks of gold and brown. And they may appear to “change color” from gray to blue to green depending on clothing, lighting, and mood (which may change the size of the pupil, compressing the colors of the iris).
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Are turquoise eyes real?

Blue green eyes are amazing to look at. Part of the reason they hold our attention is because they are extremely rare. While the science is somewhat scattered, the current research suggests that only around 3-5% of the human population has true blue green eyes.
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Can you be born with red eyes?

People with albinism usually have eyes that are very light blue. Rarely, they have pink or red eyes. Without melanin, their irises are clear, which makes blood vessels inside the eye visible. The blood vessels give eyes their pink or red color.
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Can humans have gold eyes?

Amber or golden eyes can often be found in animals, such as cats, owls, and especially wolves, but a human containing this pigment is extremely rare. Only about 5 percent of the world's population can say they have true amber-colored eyes.
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Where do grey eyes come from?

People with gray eyes have little or no melanin in their irises, but they have more collagen in a part of the eye called the stroma. The light scatters off the collagen in a way that makes the eyes appear gray.
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Is Honey brown eyes rare?

In the United States, an estimated 41% of the population has brown eyes — including dark brown eyes, light brown eyes and honey brown eyes. If you include hazel eyes (sometimes called hazel brown eyes), the prevalence is even higher.
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Is grey the rarest eye color?

Grey eyes are amongst the rarest eye colours and while many associate grey eyes with being blue, they are not quite the same despite them both having low levels of melanin. Pink and pale red eyes are also incredibly unusual eye colours and occur in people who have albinism.
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Did Elizabeth Taylor have violet eyes?

Widely known for having the most striking eyes in Hollywood, Taylor had what appeared to be rare natural purple eyes.
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Can eyes be green?

Green eyes are the most rare eye color in the world. Only about 2 percent of people in the world have naturally green eyes. Green eyes are a genetic mutation that results in low levels of melanin, though more melanin than in blue eyes. Green eyes don't actually have any color.
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Can 2 brown eyes make blue?

The only way to present blue eyes is to inherit two copies of the blue-eyed gene. However, brown-eyed parents can pass a recessive blue-eyed gene. Therefore, two brown-eyed partners can birth a blue-eyed baby.
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Can eyes change color with mood?

Emotions. According to the Fort Lauderdale Eye Institute, extreme emotions can change your eye color. When you experience a strong emotion, your body releases a hormone that causes your pupils to expand or contract. This hormone, combined with the sudden change in pupil size, can change the hue of your eyes.
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Can brown eyes turn green?

If the color of one or both eyes changes suddenly and significantly, see an eye doctor as soon as possible. It is particularly dangerous for eyes to change from brown to green, or from blue to brown. Major changes in the iris' pigment can indicate illness, such as: Horner's syndrome.
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Are brown eyes pretty?

One of the study's main findings was that gray eyes are both the rarest and the statistically most attractive eye color, with hazel and green following closely behind. Conversely, brown eyes are the most common color yet the least attractive to the survey's respondents.
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