Heterochromia: Eyes of Different Colors
Heterochromia is an eye condition in which each iris is a different color. It occurs when an iris has either excess or deficient pigmentation. The condition is hereditary, but it can also manifest after an injury or disease. Because the effect is rather striking, some people without the condition use differently colored contact lenses to simulate heterochromia.
Famous people with the condition include English singer/songwriter David Bowie, American actor Christopher Walken, English actress Jane Seymour, American baseball pitcher Max Scherzer, Israeli basketball coach Oded Kattash, American actress Kate Bosworth, American singer Tim McIlrath, American actor Dan Aykroyd, and the Greek king Alexander the Great.
Two different iris colors can inspire some eye-catching palettes. Consider the following side-by-side colors from the COLOURlovers library:
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About the Guest Author, Craig ConleyWebsite: http://www.OneLetterWords.comCraig is an independent scholar and author of dozens of strange and unusual books, including a unicorn field guide and a dictionary of magic words. He also loves color: Prof. Oddfellow
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i had a friend who had this. it was very cool.
great colours! but alexander the great wasn`t greek. he was from macedonia.
David Bowie's eyes are both blue. One eye was injured when he was a teenager, leaving the pupil permanently dilated, creating a heterochromia-like look to Bowie's eyes.
At university I had a friend with one green eye and one blue. I thought it was quite striking and rather envied it. However, it was embarassed by it.
I don't understand your explanation of insufficient pigmentation though. If there was one eye with colour and one that lacked colour, it would make sense. However, green and blue are completely different colours and one can't say that one is simply more pigmentation than another.
I don't understand your explanation of insufficient pigmentation though. If there was one eye with colour and one that lacked colour, it would make sense. However, green and blue are completely different colours and one can't say that one is simply more pigmentation than another.
I knew someone with two yellow eyes, but that would be just weak brown...
My sister-in-law has one brown eye and the other is part brown and part green.
Amazing, completely. I even know a peron who has a blue eye and a half blue/ half brown eye. Crazy cool!
My uncle was born with one blue eye and one blue/brown eye!
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my lab partner in biology has this condition. it's fascinating.