These are my green eyes.
I was born with green eyes, a trait that I took from my mother. At first, I never understood the constant compliments I received for my eye color. I’ve heard a lot of sayings from friends, family members, and even strangers: “Trae, you have really pretty eyes” or “You could kill someone with eyes like that.” People would even ask me to take off my glasses just to get a glimpse of what color my eyes were. I knew that my eye color was pretty unusual compared to my peers. Before I researched the origins of green eyes, I asked myself—are green eyes really attractive as people make it? Why are green eyes so rare?
One of the most common eye colors in the population is brown eyes. About 55% of people in the world have brown eyes. Brown eyes have dominant traits, and they are usually darker in color. The second common eye color is blue. However, green eyes are considered the rarest eye color. So, what makes green eyes rare? First of all, green eyes, in contrast to the common eye color, lack melanin (dark pigmentation that occurs in specific parts of the human body). Approximately 2% of people in the world have green eyes, and that’s a very small percentage.
Green eye color. Created by Catsastrific.
The most interesting thing about green eyes is that they are not naturally shown until a baby is at least 6 months old. Babies who eventually have green eyes are typically born with lighter eye colors, like gray or blue.
Because of these factors, green eyes prove to be an attractive trait. In fact, based on a study from All About Vision, a survey was created to determine which eye color is considered the most appealing to the person. The results demonstrated that 20.3% of the responses chose ‘green’ as their preference, while ‘light blue’ and ‘hazel’ eye colors have 3.4% less responses. The survey concluded that the majority appeal is due to the unusualness of the eye color.
The conclusion: Green eyes are considered attractive because it’s a rare color. Common eye colors like brown, blue, even black, are typically seen all around because of its pigmentation. Green eyes, however, are rarely seen and that’s what makes them appealing.
I’m pretty satisfied with my eye color. Not just because of the compliments, but my eye color makes me different. Perhaps that’s why people adore Channing Tatum so much?
Channing Tatum’s green eyes. From muscledudelife.com
Sources:
1. Eye Color Guide – The Most Common Eye Colors, AC Lens: http://www.aclens.com/Most-Common-Eye-Color-c323.html
2. The Genetics of Eye Color, EyeDoctorGuide.com: http://www.eyedoctorguide.com/eye_general/eye_color_genetics.html
3. Green Eyes, EyeDoctorGuide.com: http://www.eyedoctorguide.com/Eye-Color/green-eyes-eye-color.html
4. Hellem, Amy, “Green Eyes: The Most Attractive Eye Color?”, All About Vision: http://www.eyedoctorguide.com/Eye-Color/green-eyes-eye-color.html
This is really interesting! I have a feeling that this is something you can’t really boil down and address. The whole idea of the word “attractive” is that it applies to someone’s opinion and develops their interest more.
Green eyes are rare yes, but they could be present in anyone and be many different shades of green. How attractive someone with green eyes is depends on so many outside variables and opinions. I’m thinking that maybe this is too affected by chance and possibilities to be tackled logically. This is a fun link I found about green eyes and different things associated with them: https://owlcation.com/stem/The-Origins-of-Green-Eyes