Is there a natural eye color like amethyst 👁💜?

[Jxpxtxr]

I've heard people state the natural eye colours a human can have are brown, blue, green, hazel, grey and amethyst multiple times now so it got me wondering because I've never, knowingly, seen anyone with natural amethyst coloured eyes.

I hope I don't sound stupid lol I'm seriously wondering because that would be amazing although it would be extremely rare I guess!

[Paris13]

I Have Heard tell that when Elizabeth Taylor, the Infamous Actress was Alive, She had what Many Called... Purple Eyes.
If this Is the Color of what her Most Amazing eyes Looked Like, then Hands down, 'Amethyst, Has Gotten a Name for Not this Plain Jane.
Good luck and Great question, @Jxpxtxr xx

[LaVilaine]

Her eyes weren't actually violet. They just appeared that way in certain light. True violet eyes are only found in people with albinism.

[Paris13]

@LaVilaine Oh, okay, well, heard "Purple" but glad to know some more facts, thank you.. xxoo

[LaVilaine]

Her eyes were technically very deep blue.

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[Paris13]

Wow, really? I wonder why I have heard "violet" unless she wore contacts? lolxxoo

[Paris13]

Thank you for the Vote of Confidence. xxoo

[SweetHomicidalQueen]

Mainly in albinos but its possible.

www.beautyhows.com/.../...2%80%99s-Violet-Eyes.jpg

www.snopes.com/.../alexandriasgenesis.jpg

[Jxpxtxr]

That looks so awesome but I usually find it hard to believe those photos are not edited ahah ^^;

[SweetHomicidalQueen]

www.google.com/search

[Jxpxtxr]

www.sciencedump.com/.../does-alexandrias-genesis-exist

That disease not real lol
But I believe that it can be a very rare effect of albinism

[Jxpxtxr]

*is not real

[LaVilaine]

It's a possibility. I believe it's a mutation of the blue eye gene and only occurs in individuals with albinism.

[Jxpxtxr]

Oh my grandfather was an albino but his eyes were more like a red color.

[LaVilaine]

Red + Blue = Violet

[orphan]

blue eyes aren't blue persay, they are transparent.

[LaVilaine]

@orphan that's not strictly true either. They are without pigment (or with low levels of melanin in the stroma) and the blue colour appears as a result of Rayleigh scattering of light in the stroma.

[orphan]

do you know what that phenomena is.. without using google this time.

[LaVilaine]

@orphan Rayleigh scattering is the scattering of light on short wavelengths. This is why the sky appears blue on clear days, as it is scattered by gas particles. Mie scattering involves longer wavelengths as a result of light being scattered by water droplets.

[orphan]

quit plagiarizing and explain it to me in English.

[LaVilaine]

@orphan oh, but I'm not. I knew that off the top of my head. But if you want me to put it into plebeian terms for you, here it is:

Blue eyes appear blue because light is scattered in a particular way by a surface of the eye called the stroma.

[orphan]

that doesn't tell me why they appear blue in under sunlight.

[LaVilaine]

@orphan light is still scattered under sunlight. It's especially scattered under sunlight. Are you high right now or something?

[orphan]

but why blue and not... yellow?

[LaVilaine]

@orphan because of the wavelength.

[orphan]

a for effort

[Bandit74]

Supposedly it does exist but I have never seen a real example of it. All of the pictures I've seen online are photoshoped.

sites.psu.edu/.../

[Jxpxtxr]

That alexandria genesis is made up lol but apparently it's true that it can be a rare symptom of albinism. Though my grandpa was an albino and he had more light red-brownish eyes.

[Bandit74]

Yeah, they mentioned that it was just a legend. The name is cool tho.

[Jxpxtxr]

Yeah, sounds so epic lol

[Bandit74]

Exactly.

Even if there are people who are classified as having purple eyes, I doubt they would ever look as deep/rich as the photoshoped versions...

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[Jxpxtxr]

Yeah, very much so :P
The purple caused by albinism tends to be very dark apparently.

[Bandit74]

Really?
Where did you hear that?

and why are there no pictures :(

[Jxpxtxr]

I've just read that while reading articles that debunk the myth of this alexandria genesis somewhere but I can't manage to find the exact article that said it anymore..

[Miezko]

Naturally occurring pigment wise you can only have brown or green eyes.

[Jxpxtxr]

But aren't green eyes supposedly having even less pigmentation/melanin than blue eyes do?

[Miezko]

From my understanding, and I'm certainly no biologist, Brown eyes is the dominant allele and green is the recessive that determine eye pigment. Blue eyes occur as a result of a different chromosome altogether. And that blue eyes are the result of your eyes having no pigment. What you're seeing as blue is actually the liquid inside your eye. I could be wrong, but that's how my college bio professor explained it to me (but teachers have given me bad information before).

[Jxpxtxr]

But neither green and grey eyes have very little pigments present in the human iris or ocular fluid, the difference seems to solely be different concentrations of very little amounts of melanin (or collagen) so the scattering is different, so I don't quite understand how the two differ in terms of which is the "recessive allele".

I have never been taught about this before though, so I just read up on it a bit but it nowhere states about brown or green being the exclusive natural eye colours pigment wise.. there's still amber and hazel that are natural eye colours with a decent amount of pigmentation, too.

[Jxpxtxr]

*nor

[Jxpxtxr]

oops, I meant both green and grey

[Miezko]

I'm sorry, but I can only base my opinion on what little knowledge of the subject I have.

[Jxpxtxr]

Oh ok, no worries :D

[EllenVonWhiskers]

Actually it does happen. It's a very rare condition and the person will have faintly purple iris with extremely pale sensitive skin. It's supposedly where the tales of vampires being allergic to sunlight stem from.

[Omar5881]

I don't know but if it's real it must be rare but god its beautiful 😍lol

[Jxpxtxr]

Ikr! 😍

[Omar5881]

YES ! Purple is my favourite colour 😍😍😍

[Jxpxtxr]

Lol mine is red but then pure red eyes would be kinda creepy

[Omar5881]

Yes I love red too 😛 and dark blue

[Jxpxtxr]

Like sapphire!
That makes a very beautiful eye color btw!

[Omar5881]

Yesss 😍😍😍

[Afro-dite9]

I heard Liz Taylor had Purple Iris' around the time of her death.

[OrdinaryGentleman]

Hmm very few people, my grandma had them but she passed away in 2005.
Mine are turquoise-amber, dunno if that is rare or not but yeah.

[sixnineanon]

It usually occurs in albinos, but yeah it's a very rare eye color.

[OrangeBoy]

I never see it. Not even youtube as anyone showing their amethyst eyes.
But it's damn cute.

[Mustachekitteh]

I think there is but it's extremely rare.

[Jxpxtxr]

It's so beautiful though oO I hope I'll actually encounter someone with eyes like that in person someday just to compliment them on it haha

[MinjiC]

Elizabeth Taylor had bluey purple eyes.

[zombiebabe]

never heard of that tbh

[jamesdegod]

yep mine are that colour

[Jxpxtxr]

Proof or it didn't happen! :o

[jamesdegod]

na fam i dont need to prove anything

[Jxpxtxr]

*proof

Lol then it's okay if I don't believe you, right?
Bc I've read that those eyes only occur in some people with albinism and you don't look like an albino at all :P

[jamesdegod]

think of it like this, im at the traffic lights with someone that wants to race on green, i dont need to prove i have the faster car, i know i have the faster car. same thing here, u mad brah?

[Jxpxtxr]

Lol why do you get that impression?

[Jxpxtxr]

I know I have an invisible spaceship hidden in my backyard, too! ;D

[jamesdegod]

because i dont need to prove to you i have eyes this colour. lol pics of invisible space ship then?

[Jxpxtxr]

Exactly the same ;)

[jamesdegod]

aha i tought so

[Jxpxtxr]

Cool, you got me :D

[bcromartie]

Purple exists. Genetic deformity.

[starryeyedkitten]

Elizabeth Taylor had purple eyes

[RainbowFanGirl]

I don't think so. :o

[Jaded214]

I don't think so.

[jesusnicolas768]

I don't think so