Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD Eye color genetics is complex, with multiple genes from each parent determining a person's eye color. Scientists once believed a single gene controlled ...

A child’s eye color depends on the pairing of genes passed on from each parent, which is thought to involve at least three gene pairs. The two main gene pairs geneticists have focused on are ...

Discover how the genetics behind your eye color connects to various health conditions, from melanoma risk to pain tolerance—what your eye shade reveals.

Blue eyes have the least amount of pigment of all eye colors. When babies are born, their eyes may sometimes appear blue early on, while their melanin is still forming. Their eye color may then ...

They say the eyes are "the window to the soul" and there's certainly much to be told about the enigmatic complexity of their varied colors. Dr. Rupa Wong, a board-certified ophthalmologist who ...

Well, you may not have blue eyes, but many people do. The post below suggests that there is still a lot of confusion on how eye color is inherited, but now in 2007 we are coming close to clearing up ...

Blue, green, hazel—no matter what color your eyes are, you can make them sparkle with the right eye shadow. Dae Sik Son, celebrity makeup artist and co-founder of Korean beauty brand Son & Park ...

A treatment undergoing trials uses laser to alter pigmentation in the iris and permanently change one’s eye color from brown to blue. CNN values your feedback 1.

Brown is the world’s most common eye color. Blue eyes are a relatively new phenomenon. Researchers traced blue eyes to a single genetic mutation that occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago.

While some species boast only blue eyes, others have various eye colors due to dominant gene strains. In humans, blue eyes are a genetic mutation in the HERC2 gene, which inhibits OCA2 expression.