Are blue eyes sensative to light?

Question

People have always told me that blue eyes are sensative to light- but mine aren't. My eyes also change from blue to green on occassion. is this normal?

Answer 1

no all eyes have the same light sensitivity

im not sure if thats normal, do you mean they are haze-y, or they actually change color fully?

Heres some info on blue eyes:

"Blue eyes came with time, through millennia of environment adaptation to colder climates. See History of eye colors.

Blue eyes contain low amounts of melanin within the iris stroma; longer wavelengths of light tend to be absorbed by the underlying iris pigment epithelium and shorter wavelengths are reflected and undergo Rayleigh scattering.[5] The type of melanin present is eumelanin.[19] The inheritance pattern followed by blue eyes is thought to be similar to that of a recessive trait.[7]

Blue eyes are relatively common throughout Europe and other areas with populations of European descent, such as Canada, the United States, Australia and some countries of South America, like Argentina, Uruguay or Brazil. Throughout the rest of the world they are relatively rare. Around 8% of the world's population has blue eyes.

Finland and Lithuania have the highest proportions of blue-eyed people; they are also very common in other countries around the Baltic Sea.[citation needed] One survey estimated that nearly 90% of Icelanders have blue or green eyes.[42] A 2002 study found the prevalence of blue eye color among non-Hispanic whites in the United States to be 33.8% for those born between 1936 and 1951 compared to 57.4% for those born between 1899 and 1905[7].

As melanin production generally increases during the first few years of life, the blue eyes of some babies may darken as they get older."

also about the changing colors:

""Hazel eyes are due to a combination of a Rayleigh scattering and a moderate amount of melanin in the iris' anterior border layer.[25][5] A number of studies using three-point scales have assigned "hazel" to be the medium-color between brown and dark brown.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32] This can sometimes produce a multicolored iris, i.e., an eye that is brown near the pupil and charcoal or amber on the outer part of the iris when it is open to the elements of the sun/shined in the sunlight. Hazel is mostly found in the regions of South and East European nations and Britain."

This basically means that the pigments in your eyes reflect different types of light differently, so in one light they might look bluish and in another type of light they may look more green. does that make sense?

Answer 2

A lot of times people with light eyes tend to be more sensitive to bright lights. Mine definitely are. I also heard that lighter eyes have better night vision than dark ones.....but I'm not sure if that's a fact. As for the changing colors, your eyes probably look like they are a different color depending on the lighting and what you're wearing. But the actual pigment in your eyes can't change. Eyes can lighten or darken over time on some people, though.

Answer 3

Who is telling you this? It is perfectly normal to have blue eyes that are healthy and have no sensitivity to light. Perhaps you are young, and your eyes are good. It is normal to have blue eyes that change color to green and sometimes also to light gray. It is not very common. Therefore it may be somewhat unusual. I also have blue eyes and they change color from light gray to green and light blue. I like being in the sun and have no sensitivity to light, there may be other that do have that problem. Consider yourself normal, and ignore such comments they should not affect you. The majority of humans have brown eyes, in that way light eyes are somewhat unusual

Answer 4

Yes blue eyes are sensitive to light. At least once a day when you go outside you will snezze. In second grade everyday after lunch my friend and i would walk outside and she would always snezze because of her blue eyes. (That was a long time ago though) Same thing happens when i walk with my friend to our next class during school, we always wait for her to snezze. It has to do with the UV rays. Hope that answers your question!

Answer 5

I'm sure everyone's eyes aren't the same. Mine are green & are not sensitive to the light either

Answer 6

my eyes are green and theyve always been sensitive to the light and water even at the computer screen. they also change from bright green to dark brown so id say its pretty normal :]

Answer 7

no
not true

Answer 8

mine are