Your Blue Eyes Aren't Actually Blue After All, Scientists Make Shocking Revelation

Yes, yes, you've read the headline and you're shocked and so was I. Your blue eyes aren't actually blue, according to scientists.

We apologize if this surprises those who take pride in their peepers, but facts and science are indisputable. Many people find that their eye color is one of their most distinctive traits.

They can choose to wear colored contact lenses or even get surgery to get the shade they want. According to research, blue eyes may have developed in Europe between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago as a result of a genetic abnormality.

Many people adore the color of their eyes, but for others who prefer the shade, scientists have discovered something startling. Researchers have found that blue eyes aren't actually blue.

This proves that we have been living a deception but what color are they, exactly? As it happens, it is comparable to the phenomena that causes the sea and sky to appear blue when they are actually clear.

The phrase "clear eyes" doesn't sound quite as poetic, does it? It's known as the Tyndall effect, and the light scattering is what gives the iris its blue hue.

Melanin, or the absence of it in blue eyes, is what gives them their color, according to Dr. Davinia Beaver, a biological scientist at Bond University in Australia.

Blue eyes aren't truly blue, did you know that?

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"Brown eyes contain a high concentration of melanin, which absorbs light and creates their darker appearance," she wrote for The Conversation.

"Blue eyes contain very little melanin, and in blue eyes, the shorter wavelengths of light - such as blue - are scattered more effectively than longer wavelengths like red or yellow."

The ring of clear eyes isn't exactly the same

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Dr Beaver added: "Due to the low concentration of melanin, less light is absorbed, allowing the scattered blue light to dominate what we perceive." According to her, melanin levels also affect hazel and green eyes.

"Green eyes, on the other hand, are rare because they are the result of a genetic quirk that lowers levels of melanin - but not as low as in blue eyes," the scientist explained.

"Hazel eyes are even more complex - as uneven melanin distribution in the iris creates a 'mosaic' of colour that can shift depending on the light."

"Due to the low concentration of melanin, less light is absorbed"

More recently, it has been discovered that eye color is determined by several genes.

"This explains why children in the same family can have dramatically different eye colours, and why two blue-eyed parents can sometimes have a child with green or even light brown eyes," Dr Beaver added.

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Additionally, when a child grows older, their blue eyes may become green or brown due to the accumulation of melanin. As an adult, the colors look only slightly different depending on the light or the clothing you're wearing.

About 48% of people in the UK have blue eyes, making it the most common eye color, according to studies. On the other hand, brown eyes are said to be the most prevalent eye color worldwide.