Warm or Cool - Does it matter? Yes, it does! At least for women it does.
If you're wearing the wrong make-up, hair color or clothing colors, you will look older than your age, washed out, sick, tired and drained. Knowing your colors makes a world of difference in your appearance!
Here's how you could tell your skin tone:
If the viens on your inner wrist are blue, you're a cool. If they are green, you are a warm.
You could also pull your hair off your face, remove your make up and examine your skin tone by putting a white towel or piece of paper close to it. If it reflects blue or red, you're a cool. If it reflects yellow, you're a warm.
Most people are cools. Cool skin tones are pale, pale pink, ruddy white, brown with pink undertones, olive (Asian/Hispanic), bronze or black. Cools can have light blond, ash blond, light to dark ash and natural browns and black hair. Their eyes are blue, grey, dark brown or black. Scandinavians and many other Europeans, Africans, Asians and Hispanics are cools. Their coloring could match exclusively or show drastic differences. Examples would be an Asian woman with olive skin, black hair and eyes matching exclusively or a Norwegian woman with very dark hair, pale skin and light blue eyes which reflects a drastic color difference (between hair and eyes).
Warm skin tones could be pale porcelain with invisible golden untones, peach or a golden brown appearance. Warms are nearly exclusively of European descent. Natural hair colors for warms are golden blonde, red, auburn and light to dark golden brown. Warm eye colors are green, amber, hazel and golden browns.
For Cools - Use a pink-based foundation with dramatic, jewel colors for eyes and clothing that runs close to your face. You look great in basic black and white. Stay away from gold, auburn or red for hair color and gold jewelry. Stay with the ash blonds and brunetts, blacks and platiums for hair and silver jewelry! It may be a good idea to have your colors done professionally to determine whether you're a Cool Winter or Cool Summer.
For Warms - Use a yellow-based foundation with lots of red, green and gold clothing that runs close to your face. You look great in deep browns and creamy whites. Stay away from ash tones for the hair and silver jewelry. Stay with golden blond/brunette shades and orange-based reds and auburns for the hair and gold jewelry! It may be a good idea to have your colors done professionally to determine whether you're a Warm Spring or Warm Autumn.
Cool Celebrities - Oprah, Michelle Pfieffer, Gloria Estefan, Michele Kwan, Cher, Jacklyn Smith, Marlo Thomas, Cindy Crawford, Catherine-Zeta Jones, Winona Ryder, Demi Moore
Warm Celebrities - Molly Ringwald, Nicole Kidman, Sara Furgeson
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Eye Myths
Debunking the Myths:
Myth #1 - Brown is the most common eye color.
Untrue! Contrary to popular belief, black is a real eye color and most of the world's population has black colored eyes. Asians and Africans do as well as many from their shoot-off races. Brown eyes are visible in color, solid with golden or red specks (remaining solid) and originated in Europe with the white race. For anyone other than European to have brown eyes, they must have European admixture in their ancestry.
Myth #2 - Only white people can have blue eyes.
Untrue! There are many Africans and Asians with blue eyes. (See pictures under "blue eyes".) They appear to be fully black or Asian with bright blue eyes. There are entire tribes in Africa and South America with black skin, blond hair and blue eyes. Many argue this is a natural occurance in these people. I believe, from my study, that it's due to European admixture in their ancestry.
Myth #3 - Blue eyes see better than brown eyes.
Quite the contrary. Brown eyes see better at night and at a distance than blue eyes. However, blue eyes tend to see colors better than brown eyes.
Myth #4 - Wearing glasses all the time will make you dependent upon them.
Wearing glasses constantly will not make you dependent upon them. Refractive errors may increase with time but that is not due to wearing glasses. It may be just a natural occurance with age.
Myth #5 - There are no such thing as black eyes.
There certainly are black eyes, and they are the world's most common eye color. Asians and Africans possess this beautiful color.
Myth #6 - Reading in dim light causing poor vision.
Untrue! It could cause temporary eyes strain that is completely reversed after your eyes are rested.
Myth # 7 - Eating carrots will increase your vision.
This is based upon Vitamin A in carrots. Your source doesn't have to be carrots per se. It could be any source of Vitamin A. However, too much could cause damage.
Myth #8 - Sitting too close to the TV or computer screen could cause eye damage.
Untrue! Neither has been known to cause any eye damage.
Myth #9 - Looking at a total eclipse of the sun is safe with protective devices.
Untrue! You should never, ever look directly at an eclipse or the sun itself. That could cause eye damage.
Myth #10 - There's nothing you could do to prevent vision loss.
Maybe not a few centuries ago but certainly now there is. See a doctor whether you're having problems or not. You should have a yearly exam as a preventative measure. You would be surprised at how much could be avoided with proper care.
Myth #1 - Brown is the most common eye color.
Untrue! Contrary to popular belief, black is a real eye color and most of the world's population has black colored eyes. Asians and Africans do as well as many from their shoot-off races. Brown eyes are visible in color, solid with golden or red specks (remaining solid) and originated in Europe with the white race. For anyone other than European to have brown eyes, they must have European admixture in their ancestry.
Myth #2 - Only white people can have blue eyes.
Untrue! There are many Africans and Asians with blue eyes. (See pictures under "blue eyes".) They appear to be fully black or Asian with bright blue eyes. There are entire tribes in Africa and South America with black skin, blond hair and blue eyes. Many argue this is a natural occurance in these people. I believe, from my study, that it's due to European admixture in their ancestry.
Myth #3 - Blue eyes see better than brown eyes.
Quite the contrary. Brown eyes see better at night and at a distance than blue eyes. However, blue eyes tend to see colors better than brown eyes.
Myth #4 - Wearing glasses all the time will make you dependent upon them.
Wearing glasses constantly will not make you dependent upon them. Refractive errors may increase with time but that is not due to wearing glasses. It may be just a natural occurance with age.
Myth #5 - There are no such thing as black eyes.
There certainly are black eyes, and they are the world's most common eye color. Asians and Africans possess this beautiful color.
Myth #6 - Reading in dim light causing poor vision.
Untrue! It could cause temporary eyes strain that is completely reversed after your eyes are rested.
Myth # 7 - Eating carrots will increase your vision.
This is based upon Vitamin A in carrots. Your source doesn't have to be carrots per se. It could be any source of Vitamin A. However, too much could cause damage.
Myth #8 - Sitting too close to the TV or computer screen could cause eye damage.
Untrue! Neither has been known to cause any eye damage.
Myth #9 - Looking at a total eclipse of the sun is safe with protective devices.
Untrue! You should never, ever look directly at an eclipse or the sun itself. That could cause eye damage.
Myth #10 - There's nothing you could do to prevent vision loss.
Maybe not a few centuries ago but certainly now there is. See a doctor whether you're having problems or not. You should have a yearly exam as a preventative measure. You would be surprised at how much could be avoided with proper care.
Mixed Eyes
This may be tricky for some so I'll try to keep it simple. I in no way mean to insult you. Just dealing with the public on eyes an eye color on a daily basis, I'm quite aware that the average person believes he knows much more than he does and is usually wrong. So here it goes regarding mixed eye color:
Very Light Mixed Eyes - Any of the following combinations: blue, green and/or grey. The colors must be mixed together for it to be a true mix. The eyes appear to change colors according to lighting.
Light Mixed Eyes - Any of the above combinations mixed with brown. This could be blue and brown; blue, green and brown; green, gray and brown; etc. The eyes appear to change color according to lighting.
For Very Light Mixed or Light Mixed Eyes, you may call them a "blue mix", a "green mix", a "grey mix" and even a "brown mix" if you'd like. However, these particular mixes are never, ever properly called "hazel" because hazel is a color of its own.
Mixed Eyes - Mixed Eyes are the above with a balance of both light brown and dark brown pigment. In other words, green eyes with an equal balance of light brown and dark brown mixed or blue, grey and green eyes with an equal balance of light brown and dark brown mixed. The eyes appear to change color according to lighting.
Hazel Eyes - Hazel Eyes are the only Medium Mixed Eye Color, and they are in the middle between blue eyes and black eyes on the Scale. Hazel eyes are usually light to deep brown with a small or signifcant admixture of golden, red and/or green pigment that becomes well seen and prominate in brighter lighting conditions such as sunlight. Looking closely at a hazel eye, you could see the lighter colors throughout. However, from a distance, they appear to be brown.
In conclusion, everyone's eyes look darker from a distance. To know your true eye color or the true eye color of another, you should look at their eyes in direct sunlight - Not just sunlight but direct sunlight.
If your eyes are blue, green and brown, you could call them a "blue mix" or a "green mix". If your eyes are grey, green and brown, you could call them a "grey mix" or a "green mix". If your eyes two-tone green and brown, that is a "green mix". BUT if your eyes are gold and brown, your eyes are hazel. If your eyes are red and brown, your eyes are hazel. If your eyes are gold, red and brown, your eyes are hazel. And if your eyes are gold, red, green and brown, your eyes are hazel. What hazel eyes could never be is any mixed shade of blue, grey or two-tone green.
PLEASE SEE MY POSTINGS ON HAZEL EYES AS WELL AS THE OTHERS.
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Very Light Mixed Eyes - Any of the following combinations: blue, green and/or grey. The colors must be mixed together for it to be a true mix. The eyes appear to change colors according to lighting.
Light Mixed Eyes - Any of the above combinations mixed with brown. This could be blue and brown; blue, green and brown; green, gray and brown; etc. The eyes appear to change color according to lighting.
For Very Light Mixed or Light Mixed Eyes, you may call them a "blue mix", a "green mix", a "grey mix" and even a "brown mix" if you'd like. However, these particular mixes are never, ever properly called "hazel" because hazel is a color of its own.
Mixed Eyes - Mixed Eyes are the above with a balance of both light brown and dark brown pigment. In other words, green eyes with an equal balance of light brown and dark brown mixed or blue, grey and green eyes with an equal balance of light brown and dark brown mixed. The eyes appear to change color according to lighting.
Hazel Eyes - Hazel Eyes are the only Medium Mixed Eye Color, and they are in the middle between blue eyes and black eyes on the Scale. Hazel eyes are usually light to deep brown with a small or signifcant admixture of golden, red and/or green pigment that becomes well seen and prominate in brighter lighting conditions such as sunlight. Looking closely at a hazel eye, you could see the lighter colors throughout. However, from a distance, they appear to be brown.
In conclusion, everyone's eyes look darker from a distance. To know your true eye color or the true eye color of another, you should look at their eyes in direct sunlight - Not just sunlight but direct sunlight.
If your eyes are blue, green and brown, you could call them a "blue mix" or a "green mix". If your eyes are grey, green and brown, you could call them a "grey mix" or a "green mix". If your eyes two-tone green and brown, that is a "green mix". BUT if your eyes are gold and brown, your eyes are hazel. If your eyes are red and brown, your eyes are hazel. If your eyes are gold, red and brown, your eyes are hazel. And if your eyes are gold, red, green and brown, your eyes are hazel. What hazel eyes could never be is any mixed shade of blue, grey or two-tone green.
PLEASE SEE MY POSTINGS ON HAZEL EYES AS WELL AS THE OTHERS.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Black Eyes
For as many years as I've worked in the eye profession, I've heard people say, "there's no such thing as black eyes." That's false, untrue and ridiculous. Of course there are black eyes. And black eye color is the majority in the world. Those of the Sub-saharan African and Asian races (and their shoot-off races that have NO European admixture) possess black eyes.
Black eyes are just that - black. They show no coloring other than pure black. There is no visible brown, gold, red, blue, green, yellow or grey. They do not change according to lighting as they are solid in color. There are no highlights to that coloring. To look into a dark brown eye, you could see visible brown coloring. To look into a dark brown eye, you could see highlights of other colors such as some gold or red specks or a "cherry" tone to the dark brown. To look into a black eye, you see none of that.
Black eyes, although common, are quite pretty. We have sold several pairs of black contacts over the last few months. There's an interest in this coloring. However, many people with black eyes do approach us for all shades of brown and hazel contact lenses.
The only way a white European could have dark eyes is if they are brown, not black. Black eye coloring is preserved for those of African and Asian races only.
Black-Eyed Gentleman
Black-Eyed Woman
Black-Eyed Child
Black-Eyes
Black-Eyed Girl
Black-Eyed Man
Black eyes are just that - black. They show no coloring other than pure black. There is no visible brown, gold, red, blue, green, yellow or grey. They do not change according to lighting as they are solid in color. There are no highlights to that coloring. To look into a dark brown eye, you could see visible brown coloring. To look into a dark brown eye, you could see highlights of other colors such as some gold or red specks or a "cherry" tone to the dark brown. To look into a black eye, you see none of that.
Black eyes, although common, are quite pretty. We have sold several pairs of black contacts over the last few months. There's an interest in this coloring. However, many people with black eyes do approach us for all shades of brown and hazel contact lenses.
The only way a white European could have dark eyes is if they are brown, not black. Black eye coloring is preserved for those of African and Asian races only.
Black-Eyed Gentleman
Black-Eyed Woman
Black-Eyed Child
Black-Eyes
Black-Eyed Girl
Black-Eyed Man
Brown Eyes
Deep, mysterious, intriguing, hypnotic, enticing, striking and sexy . . . Big, deep brown eyes. Angelina Jolie covers her blue eyes with brown contacts. Davina Requal does the same. Kristin Stewart had to cover her green eyes with chocolate brown contacts every day while filming Twilight. The lucky ones already have them! There is nothing more interesting in terms of eye color than brown eyes.
Brown eyes range in color from light, chestnut, chocolate, honey, golden, amber to dark. Hazel eyes are considered brown eyes as well but they have siginifcant gold and red specks as well as some green specks and some have green circling around the iris. Hazel eyes are brown eyes with a twist that appear to change color according to the lighting. But true brown eyes are a solid color with visible brown (even in dark brown eyes). They may have visible golden and/or red specks, but the color stays solid in all lighting conditions.
Brown eyes originated in Europe. They were the very first mutation for the white race in European coloring, along with light skin tones and brown hair. "Old Europeans" all had brown eyes. Similar looks are today in Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sean Connery.
Contrary to popular belief, most of the world's population does not have brown eyes but black eyes. (And yes, there is "such a thing" as black eyes being totally black color with no other visible color whatsoever.) In Europe, brown eyes are dominate in parts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France and Britain. They are considered a real thing of beauty in Ireland where many people have green or blue eyes but wish for chestnut or chocolate brown instead.
Brown eyes are also found in the Middle East, North Africa and South American popluations. However, this is only from white European admixture. It's impossible for an African or Asian to have brown eyes without such admixture as they naturally have black eyes and brown eyes are exclusively European in nature.
Note:
Recently, there has been a change with regards to colored contacts. In the eye industry, we call it "brown-eyed desire". When colored contacts first came out, we were bombarded with people wishing to change their brown eye color to green or blue. However, over the last several years, we have been bombarded even harder with people wishing to change their blue, grey or green eye colors to a gorgeous shade of brown. I happen to be one of them. I own a pair of chestnut brown eye contact lenses to cover my dull grey eye color. Even movie stars have picked up on this craze. When asked why, I've received so many answers from wanting a mysterious look to wanting their eyes to stand out more to wanting the depth that brown eyes creates. Brown eyes are also associated with sex appeal, loyalty and sheer excitement. Do a search for brown eyes, and you will find that most people prefer them to any other eye color.
Brown Color Contacts
True Brown Eye
For your Brown Eyes
Brown-Eyed European Girl
Reddish-Brown Eyes
Brown-Eyed Little European Girl
Celebrities of Full European Descent w/Brown Eyes:
Brown-Eyed Stevie Nicks
Brown-Eyed George Clooney
Brown-Eyed Jessica Simpson
Brown-Eyed Elle McPherson
Brown-Eyed Antonio Banderas
Brown-Eyed John Morrison
Brown-Eyed Jeff Corwin
Brown-Eyed Nathan Kress
Brown-Eyed Sara Evans
Brown-Eyed Catherine Zeta-Jones
Brown-Eyed Cindy Crawford
Brown-Eyed Natalie Wood
Brown-Eyed Josh Duamel
Brown-Eyed Rudolf Martin
Brown-Eyed Josh Hutcherson
Brown-Eyed Jaclyn Smith
Brown-Eyed Jennifer Love Hewitt
Brown-Eyed Sandra Bullock
Brown-Eyed Kate Moberly
Brown-Eyed Marie Osmond
Brown-Eyed Donnie Osmond
Brown-Eyed James Doohan
Brown-Eyed Molly Ringwald
Brown-Eyed Ellen Page
Brown-Eyed Sean Connery
Brown-Eyed Lea Thompson
Brown-Eyed Jennifer Garner
Brown-Eyed Susan Lucci
Brown-Eyed Ashton Kutcher
Brown-Eyed Lori Laughlin
Brown-Eyed Miss Norway
Brown-Eyed Lindsey Shaw
Brown-Eyed Jennifer Esposito
Brown-Eyed Diane Lane
Brown-Eyed Mary-Louise Parker
Brown-Eyed Leighton Meester
Brown-Eyed Drake Bell
Brown-Eyed Kate Jackson
Brown-Eyed Qwen Stafani
Brown-Eyed Candace Cameron
Brown-Eyed Lindsay Davenport
Brown-Eyed Katie Holmes
Brown-Eyed Katija Pevec
Brown-Eyed Danielle Panabaker
Brown-Eyed Roddy McDowall
Brown-Eyed Judy Garland
Brown-Eyed Mary Stuart Masterson
Brown-Eyed Emma Watson
Brown-Eyed Chelsea Cooley
Brown-Eyed Jared Padalecki
Brown-Eyed Britney Spears
Brown-Eyed Jamie Lynn Spears
Brown-Eyed Lisa Jakub
Brown-Eyed Princess Victoria (of Sweden)
Brown-Eyed Prince Carl Philip (of Sweden)
Brown-Eyed Queen Sonja (of Norway)
Brown-Eyed Prince Hakon (of Norway)
Brown-Eyed Ari Behn (Danish Member of Royal Family of Norway)
Brown-Eyed Princess Ingrid Alexander (of Norway)
Brown-Eyed Danica McKellar
Brown-Eyed Jim Carrey
Brown-Eyed Rachel Bilson
Brown-Eyed Valerie Bertinelli
Brown-Eyed Alyssa Milano
Brown-Eyed Judy Garland
Brown-Eyed Matthew Lawrence
Brown-Eyed Joey Lawrence
Brown-Eyed Masiela Lusha
Brown-Eyed Chyler Leigh
Brown-Eyed Joan Jett
Brown-Eyed Julia Roberts
Brown-Eyed Minka Kelly
Brown-Eyed Sergio Castellitto
Brown-Eyed Wrestler Steven Borden
Brown-Eyed Jerry Trainor
Brown-Eyed Burt Reynolds
Brown-Eyed Jackie Kennedy
Brown-Eyed Ann Wilson
Brown-Eyed Joyce DeWitt
Brown-Eyed Paul Michael Levesque
Brown-Eyed Kevin Rowland
Brown-Eyed Matt Hardy
Brown-Eyed Brigette Nielson
Brown-Eyed Loni Anderson
Brown-Eyed John Cusack
Brown-Eyed Sally Fields
Brown-Eyed Sandra Bullock
Brown-Eyed Christina Ricci
Brown-Eyed Renate Cerljen (2009 Miss Sweden)
Brown-Eyed Georgia Karabinis
Brown-Eyed Sandra Bergenstrahle
Brown-Eyed Chevy Chase
Brown-Eyed Kristin Davis
Brown-Eyed Brittany Ashton Holmes
Brown-Eyed Sarah Palin
Brown-Eyed Keira Knightly
Brown-Eyed Thomas Sangster
Brown-Eyed Snow White :)
Brown-Eyed Victoria Stilwell
Brown-Eyed Slavena Vatova (Miss Bulgaria)
Brown-Eyed Penelope Cruz
Brown-Eyed Ben Barnes
Brown-Eyed Giovanni Ribisi
Brown-Eyed EurAsian (white admixture)
Brown-Eyed Mixed-Race Woman
Brown eyes range in color from light, chestnut, chocolate, honey, golden, amber to dark. Hazel eyes are considered brown eyes as well but they have siginifcant gold and red specks as well as some green specks and some have green circling around the iris. Hazel eyes are brown eyes with a twist that appear to change color according to the lighting. But true brown eyes are a solid color with visible brown (even in dark brown eyes). They may have visible golden and/or red specks, but the color stays solid in all lighting conditions.
Brown eyes originated in Europe. They were the very first mutation for the white race in European coloring, along with light skin tones and brown hair. "Old Europeans" all had brown eyes. Similar looks are today in Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sean Connery.
Contrary to popular belief, most of the world's population does not have brown eyes but black eyes. (And yes, there is "such a thing" as black eyes being totally black color with no other visible color whatsoever.) In Europe, brown eyes are dominate in parts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France and Britain. They are considered a real thing of beauty in Ireland where many people have green or blue eyes but wish for chestnut or chocolate brown instead.
Brown eyes are also found in the Middle East, North Africa and South American popluations. However, this is only from white European admixture. It's impossible for an African or Asian to have brown eyes without such admixture as they naturally have black eyes and brown eyes are exclusively European in nature.
Note:
Recently, there has been a change with regards to colored contacts. In the eye industry, we call it "brown-eyed desire". When colored contacts first came out, we were bombarded with people wishing to change their brown eye color to green or blue. However, over the last several years, we have been bombarded even harder with people wishing to change their blue, grey or green eye colors to a gorgeous shade of brown. I happen to be one of them. I own a pair of chestnut brown eye contact lenses to cover my dull grey eye color. Even movie stars have picked up on this craze. When asked why, I've received so many answers from wanting a mysterious look to wanting their eyes to stand out more to wanting the depth that brown eyes creates. Brown eyes are also associated with sex appeal, loyalty and sheer excitement. Do a search for brown eyes, and you will find that most people prefer them to any other eye color.
Brown Color Contacts
True Brown Eye
For your Brown Eyes
Brown-Eyed European Girl
Reddish-Brown Eyes
Brown-Eyed Little European Girl
Celebrities of Full European Descent w/Brown Eyes:
Brown-Eyed Stevie Nicks
Brown-Eyed George Clooney
Brown-Eyed Jessica Simpson
Brown-Eyed Elle McPherson
Brown-Eyed Antonio Banderas
Brown-Eyed John Morrison
Brown-Eyed Jeff Corwin
Brown-Eyed Nathan Kress
Brown-Eyed Sara Evans
Brown-Eyed Catherine Zeta-Jones
Brown-Eyed Cindy Crawford
Brown-Eyed Natalie Wood
Brown-Eyed Josh Duamel
Brown-Eyed Rudolf Martin
Brown-Eyed Josh Hutcherson
Brown-Eyed Jaclyn Smith
Brown-Eyed Jennifer Love Hewitt
Brown-Eyed Sandra Bullock
Brown-Eyed Kate Moberly
Brown-Eyed Marie Osmond
Brown-Eyed Donnie Osmond
Brown-Eyed James Doohan
Brown-Eyed Molly Ringwald
Brown-Eyed Ellen Page
Brown-Eyed Sean Connery
Brown-Eyed Lea Thompson
Brown-Eyed Jennifer Garner
Brown-Eyed Susan Lucci
Brown-Eyed Ashton Kutcher
Brown-Eyed Lori Laughlin
Brown-Eyed Miss Norway
Brown-Eyed Lindsey Shaw
Brown-Eyed Jennifer Esposito
Brown-Eyed Diane Lane
Brown-Eyed Mary-Louise Parker
Brown-Eyed Leighton Meester
Brown-Eyed Drake Bell
Brown-Eyed Kate Jackson
Brown-Eyed Qwen Stafani
Brown-Eyed Candace Cameron
Brown-Eyed Lindsay Davenport
Brown-Eyed Katie Holmes
Brown-Eyed Katija Pevec
Brown-Eyed Danielle Panabaker
Brown-Eyed Roddy McDowall
Brown-Eyed Judy Garland
Brown-Eyed Mary Stuart Masterson
Brown-Eyed Emma Watson
Brown-Eyed Chelsea Cooley
Brown-Eyed Jared Padalecki
Brown-Eyed Britney Spears
Brown-Eyed Jamie Lynn Spears
Brown-Eyed Lisa Jakub
Brown-Eyed Princess Victoria (of Sweden)
Brown-Eyed Prince Carl Philip (of Sweden)
Brown-Eyed Queen Sonja (of Norway)
Brown-Eyed Prince Hakon (of Norway)
Brown-Eyed Ari Behn (Danish Member of Royal Family of Norway)
Brown-Eyed Princess Ingrid Alexander (of Norway)
Brown-Eyed Danica McKellar
Brown-Eyed Jim Carrey
Brown-Eyed Rachel Bilson
Brown-Eyed Valerie Bertinelli
Brown-Eyed Alyssa Milano
Brown-Eyed Judy Garland
Brown-Eyed Matthew Lawrence
Brown-Eyed Joey Lawrence
Brown-Eyed Masiela Lusha
Brown-Eyed Chyler Leigh
Brown-Eyed Joan Jett
Brown-Eyed Julia Roberts
Brown-Eyed Minka Kelly
Brown-Eyed Sergio Castellitto
Brown-Eyed Wrestler Steven Borden
Brown-Eyed Jerry Trainor
Brown-Eyed Burt Reynolds
Brown-Eyed Jackie Kennedy
Brown-Eyed Ann Wilson
Brown-Eyed Joyce DeWitt
Brown-Eyed Paul Michael Levesque
Brown-Eyed Kevin Rowland
Brown-Eyed Matt Hardy
Brown-Eyed Brigette Nielson
Brown-Eyed Loni Anderson
Brown-Eyed John Cusack
Brown-Eyed Sally Fields
Brown-Eyed Sandra Bullock
Brown-Eyed Christina Ricci
Brown-Eyed Renate Cerljen (2009 Miss Sweden)
Brown-Eyed Georgia Karabinis
Brown-Eyed Sandra Bergenstrahle
Brown-Eyed Chevy Chase
Brown-Eyed Kristin Davis
Brown-Eyed Brittany Ashton Holmes
Brown-Eyed Sarah Palin
Brown-Eyed Keira Knightly
Brown-Eyed Thomas Sangster
Brown-Eyed Snow White :)
Brown-Eyed Victoria Stilwell
Brown-Eyed Slavena Vatova (Miss Bulgaria)
Brown-Eyed Penelope Cruz
Brown-Eyed Ben Barnes
Brown-Eyed Giovanni Ribisi
Brown-Eyed EurAsian (white admixture)
Brown-Eyed Mixed-Race Woman
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Hazel Eyes
Hazel eyes are actually the most misunderstood eye color. First of all, they are a medium mixed color - brown with small lighter admixtures but only certain admixture, not just any. They fall on the Scale right down the middle between the lightest blue to cole black. And hazel eyes are light to deep brown in color. If you've ever seen a "brown-eyed person" "claim" to have hazel eyes and reacted with, "they look brown to me" that's because hazel eyes ARE brown eyes . . . with a twist . . . a golden, reddish twist.
There's a modern North American misconception about hazel eyes. Pure hazel eyes are only golden brown and/or reddish brown. Pure hazel eyes have a deep brown iris with small or significant gold amber and/or red/orange specks throughout the iris with some eyes having slight green specks and/or a dark green outline (circle) around the iris. Also there may be a gold amber and/or red/orange ring around the pupil. What hazel eyes could never be is a blue, grey or significant green mix with brown. This has been known for centuries in Europe and its colonies. However, over the last century, people in North America began misusing the term "hazel" by inaccurately calling any mixed eye color hazel.
Hazel eyes are of indo-European origins and appear to shift in color from deep, chocolate brown to a light gold, amber or honey color depending upon lighting conditions. There may be a green tinting as well for those with green specks. However, green is in no way a requirement for hazel eyes as pure hazel is only brown, red and gold.
It's possible for those of Middle East and Central Asia to have hazel eyes. However, it is due to white admixture in their ancestry as hazel eyes are dominate in Europe and those of European ancestry exclusively.
True Hazel Eyes coloring in regular lighting.
True Hazel Eyes in bright lighting.
True Hazel Eye coloring in direct sunlight.
Pure Hazel colored contacts. (Click "pure hazel" and "green" on left side to see the difference.)
Pure Hazel colored contact chart.
Hazel Eyed teenager.
Hazel Eyed little girl.
Hazel Eye in normal lighting.
Hazel Eye in sunlight.
Hazel Eyes in song.
Reddish Hazel Eye.
Make-Up on a Hazel-Eyed Woman
Hazel Contact Lense Live.
Kelly Clarkson's Hazel Eye.
Hazel Eyed woman.
Pretty Hazel Contact Lenses.
Hazel Contacts - bottom left.
European Hazel Contacts.
Definition of Hazel Eyes Explained.
Reddish Brown is Hazel Eyes - Explained.
Hazel Eyes and Brown Eyes - Discussion
Hazel Eyes defined as Golden Brown.
Another Hazel Eyes defined as Golden Brown (under "Eyes")
Pure Hazel Eyes as opposed to "Green Hazel" Eyes (properly called a "green-mix).
European Heritage Celebrities With Hazel Eyes:
Hazel-Eyed Anna Paquin
Hazel-Eyed Kelly Clarkson
Hazel-Eyed Pat Benatar
Hazel-Eyed Alice Joyce
Hazel-Eyed Alissa Jung
Hazel-Eyed Gabe Nevins
Hazel-Eyed Sela Ward
Hazel-Eyed Hilary Duff
Hazel-Eyed Gale Robbins
Hazel-Eyed Harrison Ford
Hazel-Eyed Glenne Headly
Hazel-Eyed Lindsay Wagner
Hazel-Eyed Heidi Klum
Hazel-Eyed Melissa Gilbert
So, in conclusion, hazel eyes are deep brown in dim or regular lighting. They are golden/amber and/or reddish/orange in direct sunlight. And sometimes, there may be a slight green tint. What hazel eyes NEVER are is a grey, green or blue mix! See, hazel eyes are named after the HAZELNUT!
A hazelnut could be brown!
A hazelnut could be gold!
A hazelnut could be red!
And a hazelnut could even be a little bit green!
But what a hazelnut could NEVER be is blue or grey!
If your eyes are a blue-brown, they are a blue mix. If they are grey-brown, they are a grey mix. If they are a green-brown, they are a green mix. If they are blue, grey, green and brown, you could take your pick. If they are gold and brown, they are hazel. If they are red and brown, they are hazel. If they are gold and red and brown, they are hazel. If they are gold and red and green and brown, they are hazel.
Hazel is a color of its own. And you could see your true eye color by looking at your eyes in direct sunlight.
There's a modern North American misconception about hazel eyes. Pure hazel eyes are only golden brown and/or reddish brown. Pure hazel eyes have a deep brown iris with small or significant gold amber and/or red/orange specks throughout the iris with some eyes having slight green specks and/or a dark green outline (circle) around the iris. Also there may be a gold amber and/or red/orange ring around the pupil. What hazel eyes could never be is a blue, grey or significant green mix with brown. This has been known for centuries in Europe and its colonies. However, over the last century, people in North America began misusing the term "hazel" by inaccurately calling any mixed eye color hazel.
Hazel eyes are of indo-European origins and appear to shift in color from deep, chocolate brown to a light gold, amber or honey color depending upon lighting conditions. There may be a green tinting as well for those with green specks. However, green is in no way a requirement for hazel eyes as pure hazel is only brown, red and gold.
It's possible for those of Middle East and Central Asia to have hazel eyes. However, it is due to white admixture in their ancestry as hazel eyes are dominate in Europe and those of European ancestry exclusively.
True Hazel Eyes coloring in regular lighting.
True Hazel Eyes in bright lighting.
True Hazel Eye coloring in direct sunlight.
Pure Hazel colored contacts. (Click "pure hazel" and "green" on left side to see the difference.)
Pure Hazel colored contact chart.
Hazel Eyed teenager.
Hazel Eyed little girl.
Hazel Eye in normal lighting.
Hazel Eye in sunlight.
Hazel Eyes in song.
Reddish Hazel Eye.
Make-Up on a Hazel-Eyed Woman
Hazel Contact Lense Live.
Kelly Clarkson's Hazel Eye.
Hazel Eyed woman.
Pretty Hazel Contact Lenses.
Hazel Contacts - bottom left.
European Hazel Contacts.
Definition of Hazel Eyes Explained.
Reddish Brown is Hazel Eyes - Explained.
Hazel Eyes and Brown Eyes - Discussion
Hazel Eyes defined as Golden Brown.
Another Hazel Eyes defined as Golden Brown (under "Eyes")
Pure Hazel Eyes as opposed to "Green Hazel" Eyes (properly called a "green-mix).
European Heritage Celebrities With Hazel Eyes:
Hazel-Eyed Anna Paquin
Hazel-Eyed Kelly Clarkson
Hazel-Eyed Pat Benatar
Hazel-Eyed Alice Joyce
Hazel-Eyed Alissa Jung
Hazel-Eyed Gabe Nevins
Hazel-Eyed Sela Ward
Hazel-Eyed Hilary Duff
Hazel-Eyed Gale Robbins
Hazel-Eyed Harrison Ford
Hazel-Eyed Glenne Headly
Hazel-Eyed Lindsay Wagner
Hazel-Eyed Heidi Klum
Hazel-Eyed Melissa Gilbert
So, in conclusion, hazel eyes are deep brown in dim or regular lighting. They are golden/amber and/or reddish/orange in direct sunlight. And sometimes, there may be a slight green tint. What hazel eyes NEVER are is a grey, green or blue mix! See, hazel eyes are named after the HAZELNUT!
A hazelnut could be brown!
A hazelnut could be gold!
A hazelnut could be red!
And a hazelnut could even be a little bit green!
But what a hazelnut could NEVER be is blue or grey!
If your eyes are a blue-brown, they are a blue mix. If they are grey-brown, they are a grey mix. If they are a green-brown, they are a green mix. If they are blue, grey, green and brown, you could take your pick. If they are gold and brown, they are hazel. If they are red and brown, they are hazel. If they are gold and red and brown, they are hazel. If they are gold and red and green and brown, they are hazel.
Hazel is a color of its own. And you could see your true eye color by looking at your eyes in direct sunlight.
Amber Eyes
Gray eyes are the lightest of all human eye colors and amber is the rarest human eye color. It's even more rare than green color. Amber eyes were the second mutation from black color eyes with the appearance of white Europeans. The first mutation from black-color eyes was brown eyes, then amber, then so on. Therefore, amber eyes obviously originated in Europe and are found, mainly, in Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
Amber eyes should not be confused with hazel eyes as amber is a solid gold color that does not shift in appearance to any other color.
This color is more common in animals and rarely seen in people of any race other than white.
Amber-eyed woman.
Amber-eyed wolf.
Amber eyes should not be confused with hazel eyes as amber is a solid gold color that does not shift in appearance to any other color.
This color is more common in animals and rarely seen in people of any race other than white.
Amber-eyed woman.
Amber-eyed wolf.
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