Can the eye color change?

What you need:

• Ophthalmologist

How the eye color is created

If you talk about the color of the eyes, you tend to deviate from the white color in the background of the iris. She is also often called the iris - "Iris, the goddess of the rainbow".

• The iris is not really very colorful, but it has some gradations and is inherited. How the eye color can change is quite complicated.
• When a person is born, the iris is more blue-white or colorless. This is due to the so-called pigment epithelium. This is the coating on the back of the iris. Daylight does not yet penetrate. It is still spread too irregularly. There are so-called short-wave blue light components that are reflected well. That is why the babies initially have blue eyes. The iris can only achieve the specified color from the sixth month onwards.
• How can the eye color change? This is done by the producing cells, the melanin. It is a pigment with a brown dye and can also determine the color of hair and skin. In infants, it forms brown to yellowish coatings. The blue is darkened in this way: from light to dark brown, blue to light blue and greenish.
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• If the pigment increases as a result of the light, the organ of vision can also look different.


Determine eye color - that's how it works

A child's eye color will in most cases change in the course of life ...

• The different colors also depend on the origin. In Africa, the iris is brown in most people.
• Experts assume that the copper content in the melanin plays a role in the color shade. However, the stroma density and the amount of melanin also play a role.

How the organ of vision can change color

A unique feature in the identity card is the color of the eyes. Doesn't that assume that it cannot change? So how does it work?

• Everyone has a basic color. This can change.
• This is explained quite simply: it is due to the pigments. These are present in the front wall of the iris and in the stroma (connective tissue of an organ). Since these coloring substances consist of the protein melanin, they can act like a yellow filter. If blue light is added, the organ of vision appears green. If there are many pigments, the iris is brown in color.
• There is a phenomenon that both eyes have different eye color. That's because it can be a freak of nature.
• The iris can also change due to hormonal influences. It usually starts after puberty.
• Are there also, for example, inflammations in the body before and if you take medication (hormone tablets), these things can also change the color of the organ of vision. They then usually become lighter.
• The pupil diameter also has a certain effect on the change in color. The colors can vary between light and dark.

Are you with your eyes Not satisfied with the color, there are contact lenses that can strengthen the iris.