Eyes (please view my
huge collection of pictures of eyes) have been known for centuries as the gateway to the soul.
The amount of people worldwide with blue eyes is estimated to be about 32% even surpassing brown which is estimated at about 25%.
People with blue eyes have lower amounts of melanin. They are usually fair skinned with lighter color hair but not always.
According to some scientists, people with eye color other than brown have a mutation in one of their genes. Ten-thousand years ago, no-one had any eye color other then brown. All people start out with blue eyes, but the color changes to brown shortly before birth or soon after birth provided there are no mutations that stop the color change to brown.
Blue eyes are more common with people that are either European or have ancestors originating from Europe.
The country Finland as the highest amount of people with blue eyes and China has the lowest.
Statistically men with blue eyes chose women with blue eyes as being more attractive and women with brown eyes chose men with blue eyes as being more attractive.
One study conducted a survey and asked if you could change or keep your color which would you do and what would it be. Well, nearly 60% of those people either said they would keep their blue eyes and the majority that said they would change their eye color picked blue.
The hereditary and genetic factor says that if a mother and father of a child has blue eyes, then too will the baby.
It is estimated that millions of people try to cosmetically change their eye color to blue with contact lenses.
Just to keep things into perspective, the author of this article is male with blue eyes and prefers women with brown eyes. My girlfriend of 6 years has beautiful brown eyes. So in our couple what is statistically stated above only reflects about 50% accuracy. She is statistically correct, and prefers blue eyed men, and I am statistically incorrect and prefer brown eyed women.
There are also some myths about blue eyed people: blue eyed people are said to see worse, this is a myth; blue eyed people are said to see color better, this is a myth; blue eyed people are suppose to have a higher rate of infidelity, this is a myth, and finally, my favorite - blue eyed people are suppose to live longer, yes this is a myth; one I wish was true!
Elton John is known for his hit song "Blue eyes", Frank Sinatra was known as "Old Blue eyes".
Some famous people with blue eyes include: Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, Cameron Diaz, Carmen Electra, Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Christina Aguilera, Brad Pitt, John Travolta, Daniel Craig, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen.
Eye color is a matter of personal preference. There are many beautiful and intelligent people with many different eye colors. Whatever your preference for eye color, for yourself, a potential mate, or a child, eye color plays no part in the person that is deep within us.
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