Eyes lightening with age?

[svin]

Recently one guy on our university forum posted picture of his eyes and he said that he had darker eyes before (brown, to be precise). Current colour you can see on this photo:




I wonder how common is lightening of eyes with age?

[Der]

Originally Posted by svin

I wonder how common is lightening of eyes with age?

It could be, although eye colour varies some times with the lighting.
Shame he didn’t take a picture of his eyes when they were brown, that way we could appreciate this phenomenon better.

[Vincent]

I never heard of such a case
So what does this mean? I can still hope that my eyes will turn blue?

[Leland Gaunt]

lawl, I have similar case with one girl at my work . She said that her brown eyes suddenly turned green, and she was so pissed because she liked brown colour better.

[Galaico]

A cousin of mine used to have hazel eyes (greenish brown), until she was about 20, when her eyes turned green.

Hazel eyes and green ones are very close to each other, so a slight loss of eye pigmentation may turn hazel eyes (greenish brown) into green(rather brownish green) eyes. I even know two girls whose hazel eyes turn green in summer.

[Señor Malo]

It is common in childhood maybe that colours turn sudenly to another colour ; Mines were blue till 9 months then turned to dark brown, suddenly (accursed by pigmentation as Gunthy would say )


Eyes changing with age happens, is not the norm but happens

Nikola Tesla used to say that once his eyes used to be darker, and then became very light blue

[Kernunnos]

Originally Posted by ProduSlav

I never heard of such a case
So what does this mean? I can still hope that my eyes will turn blue?

Who cares? Btw, mine are light brown but after an hour in a swimpool with a good chlorine rate they get like the ones you see above: green. It is an impressive phenomenon and the first time I saw it I was really scared (Mengeleian swimpols ???).

[Vincent]

Originally Posted by Breha

Who cares? Btw, mine are light brown but after an hour in a swimpool with a good chlorine rate they get like the ones you see above: green. It is an impressive phenomenon and the first time I saw it I was really scared (Mengeleian swimpols ???).

This swimingpool is the stuff from wich Aryans are made of.
I wonder what would happen if you throw a negroid person in...

[Dux]

Eyes may vary in tone throughout age, not in colour.

Not so long ago, scientists thought that there were only 2 colours: Blue x Brown. Green was thought to be an aberration.

Later genome investigation proved that there are (in europid/indo-caucasian races) 3 base colours Blue, Green and Brown. Brown is dominant. Green is dominant on blue but recessive against brown. Blue is always recessive.

Grey is a tonal variation of blue; golden is a tonal variation of brown in its lighter form.

Mixed colour eyes are due to small recombination errors during embryonic development, namely Nitrogenous Bases random swaps

Tests showed that there is no significant difference in sensibility regarding colours or tones. A person with dark eyes may well have Photophobia. Nevertheless, the light of our habitat may influence tonal changes throughout life.

[Dux]

Eyes may vary in tone throughout age, not in colour.

Not so long ago, scientists thought that there were only 2 colours: Blue x Brown. Green was thought to be an aberration.

Later genome investigation proved that there are (in europid/indo-caucasian races) 3 base colours Blue, Green and Brown. Brown is dominant. Green is dominant on blue but recessive against brown. Blue is always recessive.

Grey is a tonal variation of blue; golden is a tonal variation of brown in its lighter form. Black are extremely dark brown eyes.

Mixed colour eyes are due to small recombination errors during embryonic development, namely Nitrogenous Bases random swaps

Tests showed that there is no significant difference in sensibility regarding colours or tones. A person with dark eyes may well have Photophobia. Nevertheless, the light of our habitat may influence tonal changes throughout life.

[svin]

Grey is a tonal variation of blue;

Lighter tone or darker? I think there are two types of grey eyes, in eastern Europe it's common to have grey eyes that are lighter than blue.

[Der]

Originally Posted by Dux

A person with dark eyes may well have Photophobia. Nevertheless, the light of our habitat may influence tonal changes throughout life.

Do you have any more information about this?

[Vincent]

Originally Posted by Der

Do you have any more information about this?

I have dark eyes, and I'm very sensitive to light.

[Susi]

*shines light on Produ*

[Nelles]

My eyes have gone from blue to teal

[Marcus Marulus]

I always thought the opposite.

[Nelles]

Originally Posted by Marulus

I always thought the opposite.

My aunt was a natural blue before turning brown at 11 months
I think it has been documented that eyes do change with age (although not always going lighter...)

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Vincent

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