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Egyptians and westerners have differnet ideas of beautiful eyes, I have realized this since being married. we have different ideas of beauty in general, I find egyptians focus mostly on eyes while we tend to look at facial features as a whole, possibly because we are used to different eye colors, etc. this amy lee is a cute girl but I don't see anything special in her eyes myself, in fact they seem to be quite a dull blue, not much to me. I have green eyes and was shocked (still am) at how people respond here to my eyes, and I'm like, 'they aren't that special where I'm from', I guess everyone likes what they like. Posts: 13440 | Registered: Feb 2006
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I agree with Smuckers it's more of the face. However Ramesses asked us what we consider to be 'the best eyes in the world'. I'd have to say Ms. Knightley and Ms.Lohan are up there with the best of them.
watched an old film last week and fell head over heals in love with him all over again
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i agree with you ayisha he is and was the most handsome man i have ever seen and he is egyptian Posts: 9443 | From: USA...... | Registered: Jun 2006
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The best eyes in the world belong to my husband. The rest of him is pretty good too. Apologies to those that have just groaned at my corny comments. Yes, I said, 'Corny'. Posts: 2953 | From: Slightly south of Azkaban. | Registered: Aug 2006
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Who the heck is Amy Lee? Sorry, but she's got bags under her eyes, see original post pic #3 and the huge close up. Not my idea of nice eyes. If I want to see dark circles and bags under eyes I can go to Dunkin Donuts and look at the people who work there. Hahaha! She actually looks like she should work at Dunkie's. She also looks like the kind of person who is into Wicca and astrology and snakes. Blech! I have no vote, as beauty is in the EYE of the beholder. Actually, I vote for myself. Thanks.
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Are those youe own eye? If so a little bias don't you think?! Some of you have nice eyes though Posts: 2079 | From: 'by any means necessary' - Malcom X | Registered: Mar 2007
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Those are my eyes that I posted, I don't think they are the best eyes, just thought it would be fun to post them. You know what they say, the eyes are the windows to the soul. Posts: 1879 | From: Going to Graceland | Registered: Nov 2006
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quote:Originally posted by Alchemist: Those are my eyes that I posted, I don't think they are the best eyes, just thought it would be fun to post them. You know what they say, the eyes are the windows to the soul.
Your eyes have a beautiful shade of blue. So tell me were you high on weed when you took that pic.
Actually I love squinty looking eyes I think they’re sexy Posts: 2079 | From: 'by any means necessary' - Malcom X | Registered: Mar 2007
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I just wanted to see what would be said about all different kinds of eyes.
I can not tell which picture is of your eyes. Your daughter certainly has beautiful eyes and beautiful color hair too. They compliment each other very nicely, i think she'll grow up to be a stunner.
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quote:Lol, I think ramesses has a crush on amy lee
holy true
i like her SO MUCH
Go to Mansourah, near any ter3ah, and pick up your future bride. She would probably be standing up to her knees in the water with the tip of the galabeyya between her teeth and washing the cow's ass or the mawa3een.
Many Mansourah ladies look exactly like this type you prefer. Posts: 8756 | From: Tax-Free Zone | Registered: Jul 2005
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i am so not a bragger but i have actually developed a complex because when i look at people in the eye, esp. men, they get all locked up and stutter, lol. my eyes are cat shaped and green and my right eye has a brown pattern in it that looks just like a peace sign. then my daughter comes out with eyes that are just like that afghani girl on the cover of national geographic. our eyes really blaze like emeralds when the sun shines on them. my one doctor friend from lebanon always sings, 'her eyes are green like the spring' in arabic to me. for some reason it seems arab men are struck by green eyes.
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quote:Originally posted by mi feng: Who the heck is Amy Lee? Sorry, but she's got bags under her eyes, see original post pic #3 and the huge close up. Not my idea of nice eyes. If I want to see dark circles and bags under eyes I can go to Dunkin Donuts and look at the people who work there. Hahaha! She actually looks like she should work at Dunkie's. She also looks like the kind of person who is into Wicca and astrology and snakes. Blech! I have no vote, as beauty is in the EYE of the beholder. Actually, I vote for myself. Thanks.
Anybody including yourslef can have bags under theirryes or dark circles or wrinkles. exhaustion, make-up, exessive ligting, a bad night's sleep can do just that to the most beautiful eyes in the world
Thst's a sily comment
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quote:Go to Mansourah, near any ter3ah, and pick up your future bride. She would probably be standing up to her knees in the water with the tip of the galabeyya between her teeth and washing the cow's ass or the mawa3een.
Many Mansourah ladies look exactly like this type you prefer.
but are they professionals in hard rock ? the good face is not every thing
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Yes, it`s true, people from Mansoura often have light coloured eyes. But do you know why? It isn`t the usual light eyes colour like Western people use to have. When you "mix" Mediterrean races with Western ones, usually they have a kind of light eyes, with shades of blue/green/grey.You can`t define the real colour, actually. Somebody once named it the colour of the sea right there.(Portugal) But, it is the result of mixed races. The French used to live in Mansoura and that`s why the people still have this coloured eyes. Besides, even right now there is a tribe living in the mountains of Iran, who all have light eyes and light hair. It is because of the ancient army`s of Alexander the Great. They were left there, and continued their lives over there in a rather isolated community. They`re still white...
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im always told your eyes follow mostly from your father .Im find my brothers eyes are blue with specs of green and mine are green dads eyes were blue with specsof green im got no blue what so ever ,i dont want to go down that road ... We are of mixed race origen
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It hasn`t anything to do with father or mother, it is just the result of a genetic mix between hereditary properties and the dominanced factor.
Eye Color When someone asks, "What color are your eyes?" he should really be asking "What color are your irises?" because it is the iris that contains the pigment that determines the color of your eyes. Despite the fascination eye color holds for us, the genes responsible for it in humans are not well-known and are more complex than most people think.
Iris Structure
The iris is the most visible portion of the uveal tract, which is the middle compartment of the eye. The iris is made up of blood vessels and connective tissue, in addition to melanocytes and other pigmented cells that are responsible for its distinctive color.
The iris contains muscles that control its movement and allow for changes in the size of the pupil, controlling the amount of light that enters the eye and that ultimately reaches the retina. Though its function is easily observed and obvious to any who look at it under varying lighting conditions, it is the appearance of the iris—specifically, its color—that is most striking and apparent. The structure itself takes its name from Iris, the Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.
The iris consists of two layers of different embryological origin. The anterior border of the iris consists of the stroma, a loose and interrupted layer of connective tissue. It is composed of melanocytes and nonpigmented cells, as well as other types of cells and tissues. Melanocytes contain melanin, a brown or black pigment. The overall structure of the stroma is similar in irises of all colors. The iris pigment epithelium forms the densely pigmented posterior layer of the iris. It consists of two layers of tightly fused, pigmented cells.
Differences in iris color depends on the amount of pigmentation in the deep stroma, especially the anterior border layer, and on the density of the stroma, both of which influence how much light, and what wavelengths, are absorbed and reflected. As with other objects, the color we see is the result of reflected light. The stroma of brown irises is densely pigmented with melanin and absorbs much of the light that enters it. In many human populations, brown is the only eye color. Blue irises have lightly pigmented stroma, and light of longer wavelengths (red to yellow) readily penetrates the iris and is absorbed, while some light of shorter wavelength (blue) is reflected back and scattered by the iris stroma; hence the blue color.
The inability to make melanin, as in albinism, leaves the iris without any pigment. The iris appears pink from the color of the blood flowing through it. Albinism is a recessive condition, requiring two defective alleles for melanin production, one inherited from each parent. Albinism also prevents pigment production in the hair and skin.
Genetics of Eye Color
Differences in iris color have been attributed to such causes as the temperature of the brain and eyes. Some people have stressed differences between dark-eyed and light-eyed populations and have suggested that eye color is related to general traits such as temperament or intellect. But, toward the middle of the nineteenth century, it had become clear that iris color was due to iris pigment, that this pigment developed soon after birth, and that the final quantity and distribution of the pigment was a hereditary trait.
Originally, iris color was thought to be a simple trait—one governed by a single gene with multiple forms, or alleles, corresponding to each color. In this scheme, blue was thought to be recessive, requiring two copies of the blue allele in order to be displayed. Therefore, two blue-eyed parents could have only blue-eyed children, since each parent had only blue alleles. However, repeated observation of brown-eyed offspring from two blue-eyed parents showed this view to be wrong. Iris color is likely to be a polygenic trait—one governed by at least two genes and possibly more.
Brown versus blue eye color is believed to be controlled by two genes on chromosome 15, called BEY1 and BEY2. Green versus blue eye color is believed to be controlled by a gene on chromosome 15, called GEY. In this system, blue is believed to be recessive to both brown and green. The protein products of these genes are unknown, however, as is the number of alleles possible for each. Furthermore, these three do not fully explain inheritance of all eye colors. More genes, which likely modify the action of these three, are probably involved.
Traditionally, iris color was felt to be stable throughout adulthood. However, iris color may change in response to disease. For example, there is a gradual unilateral (one-sided) loss of pigmentation in Horner's syndrome and in Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis. There is also evidence for pigment loss in the iris as a result of aging, and changes in iris color may also occur spontaneously in normal people after adolescence. In addition, some commonly used drugs such as latanoprost (which lowers intraocular pressure) have caused hyperpigmentation in some irises.
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Marine Lingo Library > Military > Marine Lingo Green Eye Starlight Scope. The first generation of night vision equipment. First used in Vietnam it was very large and very heavy.
Wikipedia Library > Reference > Wikipedia eye color Eye color is a polygenic trait and is determined primarily by the amount and type of pigments present in the eye's iris.[1][2] Humans and animals have many phenotypic variations in eye color.[3] In humans, these variations in color are attributed to varying ratios of the two types of melanin produced by melanocytes in the iris: eumelanin and pheomelanin.[2] The brightly colored eyes of many bird species are largely determined by other pigments, such as pteridines, purines, and carotenoids.[4]
Three main elements within the iris contribute to its color: the melanin content of the iris pigment epithelium, the melanin content within the iris stroma, and the cellular density of the iris stroma.[5] In eyes of all colors, the iris pigment epithelium contains the black pigment, eumelanin.[2][5] Color variations among different irises are typically attributed to the melanin content within the iris stroma.[5] The density of cells within the stroma affects how much light is absorbed by the underlying pigment epithelium.[5]
Determination of eye color
Light Eye Color Distribution Map of indigenous populationsaccording to anthropologist Peter Frost
1-19% light eye colorno light eye color20-49% light eye color
50-79% light colored eyes80%+ light colored eyesEye color is an inherited trait influenced by more than one gene.[6][7] In humans, three loci associated with eye color are currently known: EYCL1, EYCL2, and EYCL3.[8][9] These genes account for three phenotypic eye colors (brown, green, and blue) in humans.[3] Eye color is demanding, as all four genes must determine the same color for the eye color to be pure; otherwise a mixed color such as blue-green will result.[6][10] Eye color usually stabilizes when an infant is around 6 months old. [11]
The map that shows eye color with its respective geographical regions is subject to constant change; eye color cannot be stationed with geographical region. However the blue and green colors represent regions where sun light is weak and less intense and brown regions mark the regions where sunlight has higher intensity.
In 2006, the molecular basis of the EYCL3 locus was resolved. [12] In a study of 3839 people, researchers reported that 74% of total variation in eye color was explained by a number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near the OCA2 gene (OMIM: 203200). OCA2 was previously known because, when mutated, the gene can result in a type of albinism. The recent study showed that different SNPs strongly associate with blue and green eyes as well as variations in freckling, mole counts, hair and skin tone. The authors speculate that the SNPs may be in an OCA2 regulatory sequence and thus influence the expression of the gene product, which in turn effects pigmentation. [13]
Classification of colors The perception of color depends upon various factors. These are the same eyes; however, depending on the light and surrounding hues, the eye color can appear quite different.Iris color can provide a large amount of information about an individual, and a classification of various colors may be useful in documenting pathological changes or determining how a person may respond to various ocular pharmaceuticals.[14] Various classification systems have ranged from a basic "light" or "dark" description to detailed gradings employing photographic standards for comparison.[14] Others have attempted to set objective standards of color comparison.[15]
As the perception of color is dependent upon the conditions in which color is viewed (e.g. the amount and type of illumination, as well as the hue of the surrounding environment), so is the perception of eye color.[16]
Eye color exists on a continuum from the darkest shades of brown to the lightest shades of blue.[6] Seeing the need for a standardized classification system that was simple, yet detailed enough for research purposes, Seddon et. al developed a graded one based on the predominant iris color (brown, light brown, green, grey, and blue) and the amount of brown or yellow pigment present. There are only 3 true colors of eyes; brown, blue, and green, because there are only 3 known genes that affect eye color. The other eye colors people see are just a result of slight variations in the amount of melanin in the iris. Brown is the most common, blue is second, and green is rarest. [17]
Brown Dark brown human iris. Brown human iris. The color was dropped from the image outside of the iris.In humans, brown eyes contain large amounts of melanin (primarily eumelanin) within the iris stroma which serves to absorb light, particularly at the shorter wavelengths.[5][18] Very dark brown irises may appear to be black.[19][20] People with light brown irises are sometimes said to have whiskey eyes. Brown eyes are also most commonly linked to those with dark brown or black hair colors.
Brown is very predominant[21] and, in many populations, it is (with few exceptions) the only iris color present.[22]
Those with both European and non-European ancestry generally have dark eyes and more variability in eye color within their families.[23] Inhabitants of Africa, Asia, and the Americas have brown eyes. Brown eyes are equally found in Europe, Oceania, and North America, though within some European populations they are not predominant to the same extent. Brown is considered to be the most dominant eye color in the world.
Hazel A hazel eye. A green-brown human iris displaying a dark brown center and a green outer area. This type of iris, although rare, is often also called hazel.Hazel eyes are due to a combination of a Rayleigh scattering and a moderate amount of melanin in the iris' anterior border layer.[24][5] A number of studies using three-point scales have assigned "hazel" to be the medium-color between brown and dark brown.[25][26][27][28][29][30][31] 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 founded in the regions of South and East European nations and places such as the Northern Arabian and Middle Eastern Peninsula but Rarely in Eastern Asia. [citation needed]
There is some difficulty in defining the eye color "hazel" as it is sometimes considered to be synonymous with brown and other times with green.[32][19][25][27][30][33] They have been described as light brown or yellowish brown,[34] or as a lighter shade of brown.[35] Hazel eyes have also been described as being equivalent to a dark black or charcoal-colored/light black eyes.[36] Hazel eyes particularly of the light brown variety are predominately found in the Middle East.
Amber and yellow A cat's iris which is amber colored. Human amber eyes displaying the milky greenish yellow and russet/coppery tint.Amber colored eyes are of a solid color and have a strong yellowish/golden and russet/coppery tint. This might be due to the deposition of the yellow pigment called "lipochrome" in the iris (which is also found in green and violet eyes).[37][38] Amber eyes are much more common in other animals than they are in humans.[citation needed] They are also nicknamed "cat eyes."[citation needed]
The yellow eyes of some pigeons contain yellow fluorescing pigments known as pteridines.[39] The bright yellow eyes of the Great Horned Owl are thought to be due to the presence of the pteridine pigment xanthopterin within certain chromatophores (called xanthophores) located in the iris stroma.[40] In humans, yellow specks or patches are thought to be due to the pigment lipofuscin, also known as lipochrome.[24]
Green Green eyes Sharbat Gula with her haunting green eyesGreen eyes are the product of moderate or low amounts of melanin. Green eye color has often been attributed to lighter hair colors, such as blond and red, and to peoples of Celtic, Germanic and Slavic descent. However, they can still be found in those with darker hair.
Green eyes are the rarest eye color, even in Europe. Green eyes are also found in Iran and Pakistan, Pashtuns are often called "Hare Ankheian Vaale": those with green eyes (Urdu translation).[citation needed] Deities in both Chinese and Greek mythology had green eyes, possibly because of their rarity.
One of the most famous photographs ever published by National Geographic was a close-up of Sharbat Gula, a Pashtun girl with startling green eyes, taken in western Afghanistan by Steve McCurry in 1984. Details of her irises captured by the photograph were used to confirm her identity after she was relocated in 2002.[41]
Gray Gray eyes. Steel blue-gray eyes.Grey eyes are a variant of blue eyes. They are the lightest eye color and rare. They have the least amount of melanin of any eye color. A grey iris may indicate the presence of a uveitis (caution: explicit image). However, other visual signs make a uveitis obvious. Athena, in the Greek mythology, was renowned for having "sea-grey" eyes.[42]
Blue A blue eye.Blue eyes are relatively common throughout Europe and other areas with populations of European descent, such as Canada, the United States, the Middle East, North Africa, Australia and some countries of South America, like Argentina, Uruguay or Brazil. Throughout the rest of the world they are relatively rare. Approximately 8% of the world's population has blue eyes.
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 primarily eumelanin.[18]
Blue eyes are found in people of European descent. Finland and Lithuania have the highest proportions of blue-eyed people, with at least 80% in both countries.[citation needed] The British Isles also have high proportions, with estimates of around 70% for Ireland and about 60% for Great Britain. One survey estimated that nearly 90% of Icelanders have blue or green eyes.[43] A 2002 study found the prevalence of blue eye color among non-Hispanic whites in the United States to be 57.4% for those born between 1899 and 1905 compared to 33.8% for those born between 1936 and 1951,[7] apparently due to high birth rates among Catholic Italian-Americans and other brown-eyed whites in the middle of the century.
A blue-green human eye.Blue is the color of the indole monomer that when polymerised forms melanin.[citation needed] If both alleles for brown eyes (a polymerase gene) are absent or damaged, the blue color remains.[citation needed] The inheritance pattern followed by blue eyes is thought to be similar to that of a recessive trait.[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.
Violet eyes The appearance of violet eyes is thought to occur due to the mixing of red and blue reflections.[44] Some albinos have eyes that appear to be violet.[45] Elizabeth Taylor's physical trademark is her violet eyes.[46]
Anomalous conditions
Aniridia Aniridia: Eyes wherein the irises are not present; the eyes appear to be two large pupils.Aniridia is a congenital condition characterized by an extremely underdeveloped iris which appears absent on superficial examination.[47]
Ocular albinism In those with albinism, the color of the irises is typically blue (but can vary from blue to brown); transillumination defects can almost always be observed during an eye examination due to lack of iridial pigmentation.[48]
Because of this lack of pigment, the blood vessels underneath may lend a reddish color to the eye enhancing the red eye effect in photographs. Edgar Winter's eyes are an example of this trait.
Heterochromia An example of heterochromia. The subject has one brown and one hazel eye.Main article: Heterochromia Heterochromia (also known as a heterochromia iridis or heterochromia iridium) is an ocular condition in which one iris is a different color from the other iris (complete heterochromia), or where the part of one iris is a different color from the remainder (partial heterochromia or sectoral heterochromia). It is a result of the relative excess or lack of pigment within an iris or part of an iris, which may be inherited or acquired by disease or injury.[49] This uncommon condition usually results due to uneven melanin content. A number of causes are responsible, including genetics such as chimerism and Waardenburg syndrome. Trauma and certain medications, such as latanoprost can also cause increased or decreased pigmentation in one eye. On occasion the condition of having two different colored eyes is caused by blood staining the iris after sustaining injury. Actress Kate Bosworth has one blue eye and one hazel eye. Contrary to popular belief, David Bowie does not have two different colored eyes. One only appears darker due to an enlarged pupil, the result of an accident. (Bowiestyle, 2000). Both eyes are blue. Actor/Rapper Young Rome (also known as Jerome Jones), has one hazel eye and one blue eye, though he wears contacts to cover them up.
Medical implications Those with lighter iris color have been found to have a higher prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) than those with darker iris color;[29] lighter eye color is also associated with an increased risk of ARMD progression.[50] An increased risk of uveal melanoma has been found in those with blue or grey iris color.[51]
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See also Iridology Hair color Human skin color Xanthophore
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