Is pink eye contagious?

Yes: Pink eye, whether bacterial or viral is highly contagious through hand to hand and usually respiratory means.

Pink eye: That depends. Viral or bacterial conjunctivitis can be very contagious. Pink eye caused by allergies, foreign body in the eye or chemical exposures would not be contagious.

Not likely: Usually when the eye is not longer red or pink, the infection is gone.

Yes: Any time an eye infection has discharge, it can be contagious.