Green eyes may just be more enigmatic than any othereye color.
Green eyes have become a mainstay in literature,music, paintings, andphotographs.
Yes, green eyes are indeed captivating.
Perhaps because of their mystique, though, legends and outright misconceptions about this eye color abound.
Enter:the green-eyed monster.
Curious to know the truth?
We should warn you: it’s even stranger than fiction.
You’re at the top of the list.
Green even beat out gray and amethyst eye colors.
Those of you with this attractive eye color also share something in common withsome of the coolest celebs.
We’re just saying you’re in good company.
And we’re jealous.
That is, irises onlyappearto be that color.
According toEyesite.co.uk, green eyes don’t actually contain the color green.
In an article forOwlcation, biostatistician Edmund Custers broke down this strange phenomenon.
Basically, “green” eyes only contain a small amount of the brown pigment called melanin.
In the absence of a lot of melanin, Rayleigh scattering happens.
Brown eyes, on the other hand, absorb light because they contain more melanin.
When first born, a baby has one of two eye colors: gray or blue.
However, this process isn’t like glow-in-the-dark technology.
Melanocytes can take up to ayearto finish producing pigment.
An additionalstudypublished inNature Genetics in 2008 also revealed comparable results.
Over twice as many Icelandic female participants than Icelandic males were discovered to have green eyes.
This was also true in the Netherlands.
Three times as many Dutch women than men were revealed to have green eyes.
Though rare, green eyes may just be found across theentireglobe.
It can be found in Texas, Costa Rica, and Venezuela.
Oh, and on the internet.
But it’s not just this pretty butterfly that has green eyes.
Man’s best friend is also capable of having this eye color.
“Cats especially ones with mostly white or all white coats can also have green eyes.
A few years later, the famous playwright again referenced the eye color in relation to envy.
Did Shakespeare have it out for someone with green eyes?
Did he just hate the color?
Hmm, perhaps it is those who do not have green eyes that are actually the green-eyed monsters.
Ophthalmologist and researcher Hamadi Kallel agrees that people with green eyes do share some similar personality traits.
[They are] often unpredictable, but slow to anger.”
She continued, “They are original, creative and perform well under great pressure.”
This is because, asEveryday Healthexplained, blue and green eyes contain less pigment than brown eyes.
Additionally, those with green eyes may also experience light sensitivity.
Unfortunately, researchers don’t yet know why this unique correlation between pain tolerance and eye color exists.
And their liquor?
It’s long been a stereotype that those of Irish descent can drink more than their non-Irish buddies.
But like many stereotypes, this hasn’t exactly been proven.
In fact, experts don’t think this has anything to do with genetics.
“In this case, it’s very culturally dictated.”
However, there might be more to the story.
The researchers found that people with light eyes “consumed significantly more alcohol than individuals with dark eyes.
Whatever the reason, seems like green-eyed people can indeed out-drink their brown-eyed cohorts.
