Question 1

do people with blue eyes generally have worse sight than people with brown eyes?

Accepted Answer

No: Generally, visual acuity is not dictated by or correlated with the color of someone's irises.  While patterns may be detected randomly in the population, there is no predilection to worse visual acuity in lighter colored eyes.

Question 2

is it true people with brown eyes see better than people with blue eyes?

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Possibly : In bright light.  Similar effect to that of athletes putting the black unde there eyes.

Question 3

can people with  blue eyes wear brown colored contacts?

Accepted Answer

Of course: If you would prefer brown eyes to blue eyes, not the usual desire, then by all means wear brown lenses fit by an ophthalmologist.

Question 4

does people with blue eyes wear glasses more than brown eyes?

Accepted Answer

No Known Assn.: Visual acuity that can be improved with glasses often relates to the shape of the eyeball which is, as far as is known, not associated with eye color.
 The genes which determine eye color are being worked out: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929707000407 and may have some weak association with risk of melanoma.

Question 5

what is considered hazel eyes because i have blue eyes by near my pupil its green and sometimes its brown?

Accepted Answer

Hazel eyes: I think this is I the the eyes of the beholder. I would Google for definitions of Hazel eyes and look at images and match up. But you may want another person to gaze into your eyes and help to compare matches. ;-)

Question 6

could blue eyes be dominate over brown?

Accepted Answer

Generally not: Brown eyes dominate over blue.  While eye color inheritance is somewhat mixed, if the only colors in question are strongly blue and strongly brown, then brown dominates.  This means of the two genes for any one characteristic, in this case brown, if you have one brown (the other can be either), your eyes will be brown.  You would require two blue genes to get blue eyes.

Question 7

are blue eyes more sensitive than brown eyes?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Blue eyes have less iris pigmentation and therefore let more light into the eye.

Question 8

are blue eyes or brown eyes more sensitive to sunlight?

Accepted Answer

Either: Patients with both blue and brown eyes can be  sensitive to light, although, in general, people with lighter eyes tend to be a bit more light sensitive.

Question 9

i learned that behind brown eyes are blue eyes. is that true?

Accepted Answer

No: Eye color is the result of a complex combination of the location and amounts of pigment in the iris.  The thickness of the iris has an effect as well.

Question 10

is it true brown eyed people actually have blue eyes underneath?

Accepted Answer

No: That's not how it works.

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