Echo Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 I have this habit of looking at people's eye colors and noting whether they would be a lighteyes or a darkeyes. However, this has made me wonder something. Just how light do your eyes have to be for you to be considered a lighteyes? What if you are in between? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOUTAGOD he/him Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Well everyone but Those of European descent would be darkeyes... kinda sad really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrel she/her Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Hazel eyes. So no real idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted April 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 I have eyes that probably would be considered light, but they definitely are not as light as some people's eyes. I don't know what the in between would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arook he/him Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 My wife figures that to be considered light eyes you would need to be able to have a clear distinction in shade at 20 feet of iris and Pupil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybrandt he/him Posted April 27, 2015 Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 My wife jokingly gloats that she is a lighteyes and is above me as a lowly darkeyes. Her eyes are a blue/grey and I'm dark yellow/brown depending on the angle of light. All my kids are lighteyes except my youngest daughter. I imagine that those with a medium shade of eye color would be considered darkeyed, much like those in our society are considered black even if it's a very light shade of skin color. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted April 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2015 Alright, that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII he/him Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Im blue around the Pupil and Green around that. Mostly green in general though. I have been wondering about how light, light eyes actually are by Earth standard? Or if Alethi with their skin colouring merely make them seem unusually striking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheSeamonster he/him Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) I always assumed that if you had blue/grey/green eyes, you would be considered lighteyed, but if you had any variation of brown eyes, you would be darkeyed. So even though I have some green in my eyes because they're hazel, I would be darkened because they appear more brown and, well, dark. Edited May 13, 2015 by The Crooked Warden 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winds Alight she/her Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 I think I'd be lighteyed - my eyes are, depending on the light, greyish-blue-green. Thay can appear darker at times, but in general it's alight colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'd be a nightmare for the people of Roshar because my eyes change colour on their own from a very pale gray all the way to a dark brown. Eyecolour chart: http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v12/n3/images/nrg2952-f3.jpg I suspect that the far right column would be darkeyes, and the left 2 columns lighteyes. I suspect the remaining column does not exist on Roshar, as the entire original population all came from the 4th row... which would mean that lighteyed is a sDNA characteristic which is dominant over eyecolor DNA This leads into to some very interesting DNA vs sDNA genetics... Does anyone remember what eyecolor Vin, Kelsier, TLR, or the Elantrians had? Next time I reread those I'm going to watch for mention of eyes... (I didn't include Returned, because they have a variable form/appearance) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcasm she/her Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 (edited) I'd be a nightmare for the people of Roshar because my eyes change colour on their own from a very pale gray all the way to a dark brown. Eyecolour chart: http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v12/n3/images/nrg2952-f3.jpg I suspect that the far right column would be darkeyes, and the left 2 columns lighteyes. I suspect the remaining column does not exist on Roshar, as the entire original population all came from the 4th row... which would mean that lighteyed is a sDNA characteristic which is dominant over eyecolor DNA This leads into to some very interesting DNA vs sDNA genetics... Does anyone remember what eyecolor Vin, Kelsier, TLR, or the Elantrians had? Next time I reread those I'm going to watch for mention of eyes... (I didn't include Returned, because they have a variable form/appearance) That's an interesting question. I;m pretty sure that Vin has dark brown eyes, and I've always imagined Kelsier with green eyes. I think that the Lord Ruler would have lighter brown eyes, but one that would still qualify as a darkeyes. I think that Elantrians keep the same eye color which they had before the Shaod. It's been a while since I've read Mistborn and Elantris, so these are mainly my guesses, and how I've always imagined the characters. As for myself, I am, hands down, darkeyes. In fact, many people often comment that my eyes look black, and you can't distinguish the pupil. Edited May 16, 2015 by Sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhavaer Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 I don't think a real person could look light-eyed without coloured contacts. Rosharans don't seem to have any uncertainty as to whether someone is light or dark-eyed, the only exceptions being people who are in transition like Moash and Kaladin. I get the impression that light eyes are really bright and obvious, just short of actually shedding light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arook he/him Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 Remember there is a marked difference from kaladins light eyes and a normal light eyes. So I don't think that a normal human would be unable to qualify as a light eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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