The gray eye colour: blue eyes with a twist

Gray eye colour

The gray eye colour is a very unique one. We all know blue and brown eyes. Brown eyes are the most common of all colours known by human kind. Aprox. 90% of all humans have brown eyes. Of course, not all people have the same brown colour. Some eyes are more brown/yellow, other eyes are very dark, almost black.

Make your eye colour lighter with honey

How to make your eye colour lighter: honey

Can you make your eyes a little bit lighter with honey? Some people believe in the power of honey and use it on their eyes for a lighter eye colour. Of course, it is interesting to know how and why honey lightens up the eye colour. Is it true or just a myth? Let's find out if honey really lightens up your eye colour.

Famous Celebrities with Green eyes

Celebrities with green eyes

Green eyes are special eyes. We all know some people with brown and blue eyes but what about the green ones? Let's take a look in Hollywood and find some celebrities with green eyes. The first celebrity with green eyes we probably all know is Kirsten Stewart (Twilight). Also Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron and David Beckham all have green coloured eyes.

June guess: the right answer

Where is this person from?

In June we had a little guess about this guys nationality. As we have seen in previous posts, people living in the northern countries are ususally white, blond and light eyed. People from southern countries (in almost all continents) are dark, brown eyed and have brown or black hair. The guy on the picture is Sveinur Gaard Olsen. He starred in the Danish X-factor but he is orignially from the Faroe Islands (Tórshavn). What were your thoughts?

X-factor star: Sveinur (Faroese)

Eye colour and (sun)glasses: choose contrasting colors

Eye color and glasses

Sometimes it is really hard to choose, especially when you have a lot of options to choose from. Quite a lot of people have glasses and I know from own experience it's hard to find a nice frame. What a lot of people don't know is that eye color is also very important in selecting a nice frame.

What is the typical look of southern Europe?

Is there actually a typical look?

In my previous post(s) I described some typical traits of people from the Germanic countries. These Germanic countries are all in mid-north Europe and share some typical things. First, they all have a high percentage of blondes. Second, the most common eye colour is blue, green or grey. Germanic countries are for example The Netherlands, Sweden, Iceland and Germany.

How do Europeans look like? Does a typical look exist?

The typical European look

We all know Europeans are very divers when it comes to their looks. How do we recognize a typical European? Of course, we have to look at different countries when we are talking about specific looks. Here, we are going to find the tyical look in the Germanic world.

Eye colour in Europe

The most dominant eye colour in Europe

A lot of people are interested in eye colours. Why? Because it is one of the most unique features humans have. Also, it is the most interesting trait we can see directly. There are a lot of different eye colours and each colour seems to be a unique one. No colour is the same. There is always a small variation between different humans.

Eye colours around the world

What eye colours are there?

There are a lot of different eye colours. The colour you'll find most is brown. This colour is the dominant colour in the human species. Secondly, hazel and some other brownish variations are quite common. Blue, a recessive colour, is quite rare in most countries, though some areas have a lot of blue-eyed people. Green and amber are both also extremely rare.

Amber eye colour: twilight for real

Amber eye colour in humans

Have you ever heard of the amber eye colour? Do you know what it is? Only a small number of people know someone with these extremely special eye colour. Around the world, only less then 1% has the amber eye colour. Amber eyes may even be the rarest eye colour in the world!

Blue Eye Colour: sometimes unique

Blue eye colour in humans

The blue eye colour is a recessive trait in humans and is quite a unique thing in the world. In the US, only 1 out of 6 (some people think 1 out of 10!) have blue irises. In some other countries, especially those in Africa and Asia, the blue eye colour is almost non prevalent.

Green Eye Colour: a rare human eye colour

Rare green eyes in humans

There are a lot of different eye colours in humans but some are more rare than others. Just look around you and take a good look at peoples eye colour. There is a high chance you will notice a lot of people with brown eyes. Brown eyes are by far most common in humans. In some countries, the brown eye colour is the only colour there is.