Mergath Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Obviously, my dh and I have far too much free time. :tongue_smilie: But please help us settle this minor debate we have going. Dh says that dd's eyes are hazel, and mine are brown. I say that my eyes are closer to hazel, and dd's are... er... I'm not entirely sure, really. I spent the better part of the morning getting pictures. :D Here's mine: And here's dds: What I can never get to show up in a picture is that dd's eyes have a sort of green tint- so they're like gray with a greenish hue. So what says the Hive? ETA: And feel free to add your own giant eyeball pictures for Hive clarification. Edited February 14, 2012 by Mergath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) I think yours are a brown/green hazel and your dd's are a blue/green hazel. ETA: Hmm. I thought hazel meant that the color varied but apparently it means varying from light green to gray brown. Don't know what a blue/green would actually be, but that's still my vote for your DD. My eyes are very similar to yours and DH has often referred to them as brown. Don't know why it bothers me, but it does. (OK, I know why. Because he is wrong! :lol:) My three kids all have DH's blue eyes but I'm starting to wonder if a bit of green is creeping into them slowly and hazeling them up. :tongue_smilie: Edited February 14, 2012 by Alte Veste Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funschooler5 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would say yours are hazel and your daughter's are green (maybe blue-green?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MominIN Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Your eyes look very similar to my daughter's eyes ... and I'm never sure whether her eyes are brown or hazel. Most people say she has brown eyes, but I think they are more hazel. Your daughter's eyes I think are green-blue. They are very pretty and unique! They are similar to my green-eyed boy, with just more blue in them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think yours are a brown/green hazel and your dd's are a blue/green hazel. ETA: Hmm. I thought hazel meant that the color varied but apparently it means varying from light green to gray brown. Don't know what a blue/green would actually be, but that's still my vote for your DD. :iagree: What she said. As far as I know (which may not be much :tongue_smilie:) there is more than one type of hazel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Your daughter's eyes I think are green-blue. They are very pretty and unique! They are similar to my green-eyed boy, with just more blue in them! Thanks! On the rare occasion I have to write down her eye color, I'm always like, "Err..." :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think yours are a brown/green hazel and your dd's are a blue/green hazel. : :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 :iagree: What she said. As far as I know (which may not be much :tongue_smilie:) there is more than one type of hazel. That would explain why dh and I keep debating it. We're both right. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Eye 1: hazel Eye 2: Do they turn more green when she cries or is mad? If so, then I vote green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Eye 1: hazel Eye 2: Do they turn more green when she cries or is mad? If so, then I vote green. Hmm, I'm not sure. In brighter light, though, they look quite green. But in indoor light, they look more blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Amanda~ Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 See, I always called my eyes hazel. because they change colors; greyish greenish bluish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think yours are hazel and your DD's are green-blue. I have the same color eyes as your DD. They look either more green or more blue according to what I'm wearing. I say I have green eyes. Some people say I have blue, but it's just because what I'm wearing at the time brings the blue out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 That would explain why dh and I keep debating it. We're both right. :tongue_smilie: Yep! Go celebrate that you were both right. (when I was a Mary Kay consultant and we were doing makeovers, I'd always have to ask if it was brown/green hazel or blue/green hazel. That's the extent of my "knowledge" :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Without reading everyone else's replies - generally I would call yours hazel and your dds blueish-greenish-grey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would say yours are hazel and your daughter's are green (maybe blue-green?). :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 DH and DS1 have eyes like yours. I think of them as hazel. They are kind of brown with some green. I would say yours are hazel and your DD's are green, but I don't know if I'm describing them accurately. My mom has green eyes and they look like your DD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'd call yours hazel and hers gray. Gray is a legitimate eye color. :) wiki Gray A steel blue-gray iris True gray eyes Like blue eyes, gray eyes have a dark epithelium at the back of the iris and a relatively clear stroma at the front. One possible explanation for the difference in the appearance of gray and blue eyes is that gray eyes have larger deposits of collagen in the stroma, so that the light that is reflected from the epithelium undergoes Mie scattering (which is not strongly frequency-dependent) rather than Rayleigh scattering (in which shorter wavelengths of light are scattered more). This would be analogous to the change in the color of the sky, from the blue given by the Rayleigh scattering of sunlight by small gas molecules when the sky is clear, to the gray caused by Mie scattering off large water droplets when the sky is cloudy.[46] Alternatively, it has been suggested that gray and blue eyes might differ in the concentration of melanin at the front of the stroma.[46] Gray eyes are most common in Northern and Eastern Europe.[47] Gray eyes can also be found in parts of North West Africa (Aurès Mountains) among the Algerian Shawia people[48] and in the Middle East, most notably in Iran, Afghanistan (the Indo-Iranian Nuristani people), and Pakistan (the Kalasha, another Indo-Iranian people).[29][30][31] Under magnification, gray eyes exhibit small amounts of yellow and brown color in the iris. A gray iris may indicate the presence of a uveitis. However, other visual signs make a uveitis obvious. Gray iris color, as well as blue, are at increased risk of uveal melanoma.[49] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 My eye color is the same as yours and I usually say I have brown eyes but they are really hazel. I would say your dd's eye are blue/green hazel. Clear as mud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think yours are hazel and your dd's are greeny-gray. My dd has greeny-gray eyes, they used to be blue then changed a couple of years ago. I have green eyes and they are nowhere near as green as mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 My seven year old and I both say yours are brown and dd's are green. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusksAngel Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 My brother has your color and I have your daughter's. We both label them hazel. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Dh's eyes are similar to your daughter's. His turn either blue, green, or grey depending on what he is wearing. Neither of us ever knew he might be considered hazel-eyed. I just call them magic eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would say yours are hazel and your daughter's are green (maybe blue-green?). :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) According to wiki, your eyes are a light brown or amber and your dd's eyes are blue with perhaps some yellow around the iris which gives it a greenish hue. Hazel eyes are predominately a mixure of brown and green and often appear to shift between the two. Generally speaking there is more than one color present and often flakes, spokes or spots of different colors. Sometimes amber or gold eyes are referred to as hazel especially if not a uniform color. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color Edited February 14, 2012 by KidsHappen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tress Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Heee, your eyes are exactly like mine :D! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Okay, is it weird that we just had fun with this? I took a picture (webcam) of each person's eye (minus dh and minus baby who will not stay still long enough for the cam to adjust). Our family runs the gamut on eye colour...from gray/blue to green to darker honey brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think yours are hazel and your DD's are green-blue. I have the same color eyes as your DD. They look either more green or more blue according to what I'm wearing. I say I have green eyes. Some people say I have blue, but it's just because what I'm wearing at the time brings the blue out. :iagree: You both have pretty eyes :001_smile:. I'd call yours hazel and hers gray. Gray is a legitimate eye color. :) wiki Huh. I've always said (and will probably continue to do so :D) I have blue eyes, but it never seemed quite right. My husband just calls them "stormy, cold, sea blue" :001_wub:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 You and I (and my middle dd) have the same eyes, except mine have a really dark gray ring around them and my brown is more gold/lighter. They are definitely textbook hazel. Your dd's look green to me. I might even say green-gray. They are absolutely gorgeous, btw. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I am oddly fascinated by eyes. I think your eyes are more brown, your dd's run more blue. And Amanda your eyes look like a gemstone. I love these pictures, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenvneck Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think yours are hazel and your daughter's are green. Hazel eyes have flecks of brown in them, green eyes do not. I can't remember where I read that, but it helped when I was trying to narrow down one of my own kid's eyes, which are remarkably like your daughters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would say yours are hazel and your daughter's are green (maybe blue-green?). :iagree: My eyes are like your dd's but a little more blue. I have a dd with your eye color. I say hazel for her, blue/green for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 The dictionary definition of hazel is "light golden or greenish-brown," not a mixture of any colors. At least that's what dictionary.com says and what I've always known. Mine look likeyours and they're hazel. ODS has es like your daughter. I call them greenish-blue or bluish-green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I say yours are hazel. They don't have as much green as mine do which I consider hazel. Hazel is, as other have posted, light brown with green. Your dd's eyes are green. I wouldn't call hers hazel. At least your dh claims there is a such thing as hazel eye color. My dh vehemently states that there are only TWO possible eye colors....blue or brown. Drives me insane! Especially considering that his eyes are so very green, and he calls them blue. My eyes are mostly green with light brown flecks and he calls them brown. My oldest has my eyes, my red head has gray/amber eyes ( I really don't know how else to describe them....they are gray with flecks of color the same shade of red as his hair), and my youngest has deep brown eyes without a trace of any other color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 See, I always called my eyes hazel. because they change colors; greyish greenish bluish. That's green if I ever saw a green eye! Your eyes are not hazel. Those babies are green, and that's probably the best eyeball picture ever! Hazel is brown mixed with green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 So the overall consensus for mine seems to be some variant of hazel, and for dd... er.... yeah. Bluish-greenish-grayish. :D And thanks to everyone who said dd's eyes are pretty. I think so too. :001_smile: Oh, and I'd love to see other people's eye pictures. I'm fascinated by eyes. So much variation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 That's green if I ever saw a green eye! Your eyes are not hazel. Those babies are green, and that's probably the best eyeball picture ever! Hazel is brown mixed with green. :iagree: That is an awesome picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) I'd call yours hazel. I call all of the amber-colored variants hazel, though, so I may not have my facts straight. My eyes are like your daughter's. I have no idea what to put on forms. I tend to say they are green because my brothers have these very blue eyes. However, they're really bluish, greenish, grayish and what color gets picked up depends upon lighting, make-up, and what I'm wearing. If a person is filling in information about my eye color and they ask me, I tell THEM to decide. The results are split, but I have this theory that people with blue eyes think mine are green and everyone else considers them blue :D ETA: the pic. Be kind. A redhead with a cold and no make-up makes for one scary naked eyeball photo Edited February 14, 2012 by KungFuPanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'd go with hazel for photo 1, and blue-green for photo 2. My DH and 1st kid have hazel eyes like that. My daughter and I have true brown eyes which really are quite different side by side than their hazel eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Your dd's eyes are like my dh and ds eyes. Ds was born with blue eyes and they changed to look like your dd's. Ds and Dh consider their eyes hazel. Your eyes are close to brown to me, but true brown eyes are much darker. My eyes are blue, but not a deep blue. The lady at the Clinique counter said my eyes were gray....... and my darker blonde hair "light brown." I think I like blonde hair, blue eyes better! Thanks to the hive I have been educated about hazel eyes today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 That's green if I ever saw a green eye! Your eyes are not hazel. Those babies are green, and that's probably the best eyeball picture ever! Hazel is brown mixed with green. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would call your eyes hazel, and Amanda's eyes green. Your dd's eyes look greenish gray. I have never seen gray eyes before. I learn something new every day on this board. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) My eyes look like the fourth one over in the top row of the spectrum of color list only the outer color is decidedly more blue. Sometimes my eyes look green, sometimes they look blue and sometimes they look teal. Two of my dd's have brown eyes like the one that is the third one in on the bottom row. I always call those rosy brown. The rest of them have various shades of blue, very light blue, medium blue, dark sparkly blue - just blue though. No other colors. My hubby has olives eyes, most similar to the first one in the second row only leaning more towards an olive color. I have seen very few people with bright green eyes but I have seen one person with gold eyes (like cat eyes) and one with violet eyes like Elizabeth Taylor. I find eyes fascinating. Edited February 16, 2012 by KidsHappen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLBMom Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Yours are hazel and dd are green/blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would say yours are hazel and your daughter's are green (maybe blue-green?). I agree, yours are hazel and dd's are green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teachin'Mine Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 You both have beautiful eyes! I agree that yours are hazel, but I'm seeing more blue than green in your daughter's eyes - it may just be how it's appearing on my screen. Her eyes look like a striking slate blue to me. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) I would calls yours hazel and your dd's are green but they do have some blue in them too. Hazel is between green and brown to me and not a mix of blue and green. Edited February 14, 2012 by MistyMountain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma23peas Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Your eyes are NOT Brown, Brown is BROWN, meaning no other colors other than light brown/dark brown, just brown maybe some goldy color...but yours are definitely HAZEL! Your daughter's eyes are the exact color of my daughter's! We actually call them blue, because they were clearly blue at ages 1-9...when she hit around 10 they started getting the color flecks your daughter's has in the center..but the outer color is still bluish..I actually tell her it looks like a stone blue....really pretty....so until that outer color turns, I'd say blue eyed...if your outer color was brown, I'd call you brown eyed, but it's more greenish/hazel :) Both beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I've never known what hazel meant. Your dd's eyes are similar to mine (mine have slightly more blue) and I call them blueish-green. I guess along the same lines your would be called greenish-brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I would say yours are hazel and your daughter's are green (maybe blue-green?). Agreed. Hazel is a brown mixture and your daughter's eyes are pretty blueish gray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Since "hazel" is a mix of browns, blues, and greens, you both could be variations of hazel.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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