https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 10 May 2026 07:21:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71357 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:32:21 +0000 marianne 71357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I actually used henna years ago - I did it myself and it was quite messy, but the color was rich and interesting. It's surprising that you can't find a place here that does it. It did make my hair very nice, but I also heard that it supposedly dries up your hair. Not sure if it's true. That was the only time I've done anything with my hair color!<br /> That's interesting that green eyes are a mutation of brown. It makes sense in my family, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71345 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:48:14 +0000 Kari 71345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is interesting (and wow, long - threads explore while I am at work!) I wonder how the different studies classify blonde and red hair? For example, does dark, dishwater blonde hair count as blonde or brown? Does strawberry blonde or dark auburn hair count as red?</p> <p>My eyes are greyish-blue but have a very faint brown ring around the pupil, which can make them appear green sometimes. (So would that be hazel even though the base color is blue, not brown?) Like Ana and Deborah's kids, my eyes look greener if they are irritated from crying or from allergies. Coloring my hair red &#38; wearing my red glasses frames brings out the green, too. (I kinda like the fact that green-ish eyes and pale skin make people assume that I'm a natural ("pukka") redhead. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71340 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:18:29 +0000 Ana 71340@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hadn't thought of that Angie but I agree, guys always have thick lovely eye lashes! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71336 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:10:30 +0000 Maya 71336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Niva, I don't mean Hispanic (that would be understandable and does happen a lot), but European Spanish! This is why I was surprised. I guess I am not familiar enough with the features of Spanish people, other than Penelope Cruz. My friend in Boston who I stayed with a few weeks ago lives in a very Armenian neighborhood, and I have been mistaken for being Armenian many times. Greek too. And both of these are mistakes made by natives of both countries! </p> <p>I can't believe you would be mistaken for Jamaican! That is wild. You're not THAT dark and you don't even have the features.</p> <p>Anyway, the henna was great because besides the color, it also made my hair so healthy and shiny. I am strongly considering getting a full head of henna, but maybe not leaving it on as long so it isn't as intense (to bring out the full color, you could end up leaving it in for as much as 8 hours!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71293 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:41:31 +0000 Lena 71293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Becky, I had blue eyes until I was 4-5yrs old. Now I have green with amber specks (with blue-grey ring on the outside). And I just noticed that one of my eyes has a deeper color. </p> <p>Angie, good question, what is it with men and eyelashes? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71284 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:09:09 +0000 shiny 71284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>(slapping hand to forehead) NOW I know why I've always thought I was hazel-eyed - my dad is COLOR BLIND!! He confuses blue and green. We had a station wagon he insisted was green, but it was blue. </p> <p>He always told me "your eyes are hazel, just like your Aunt Hazel." And it is on my driver's license and my passport and birth certificate that I have hazel eyes. But there is no brown in my eyes at all and never has been. Not even flecks!</p> <p>I tried to take a pic of my eye today and have been seeing spots ever since (note to self: don't use the flash when taking a close-up pic of your eye!). I fear I'm having some sort of identity crisis, always believing I was hazel but with age simply turned green-eyed, and now reading that hazel is green + brown, and knowing I've NEVER had any brown in my eyes at all.... well, it's been bugging me all day!!! </p> <p>At any rate, I didn't get a good pic but my DH and DD's confirmed for me tonight that my eyes are indeed green - a light green - with a navy blue ring around the outside, and no brown at all. My DD's can't believe they've ever looked blue at all, and neither can my DH. I am sure they use to change blue or green or blue-green, like a chameleon, when I was younger. Maybe my blue-eyed beauties sapped all the blue out of me while I was pregnant with them?</p> <p>This has been an interesting and fun thread! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71282 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:05:56 +0000 Vani 71282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, I've never tried henna highlights. Maybe next time I'm in India. The last 3 years its been somebody or the other's wedding and before I know it, it is time to leave. I've tried, old fashioned home grown henna leaves ground to a paste, but without steeping in coffee or tea, that gives you a bright orange sheen. </p> <p>My hair is one of the things I love. I know that there isn't much I can do about the color, so I like to play around with different style. Right now I've been thinking about going shorter than usual. It is actually overgrown by about 3-4 inches. I've been getting plenty long layers lately. Maybe something more dramatic and edgy. If its awful, I know I can depend on my hair to grow back rater quickly I adore your hairstyle and I think it looks fabulous on you.</p> <p>Tats such a coincidence people assume you are Hispanic! I'm a few shades darker than you but I still get that all the time. Sometimes I'm asked if I'm Jamaican if I have my hair pulled back. Go figure! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71278 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:56:10 +0000 Angie 71278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good grief, this thread is on page 3. </p> <p>Taylor, that’s a great fact about redheads. </p> <p>Chris, that’s interesting about hubby and his brother! </p> <p>Laura, I knew a lass with that exact same colouring too. Very unique. </p> <p>San, you are on! </p> <p>Becky, apparently I’ve had green eyes all my life. But my dear old Dad is a little color blind so he still thinks I have blue eyes. Hilarious. </p> <p>I wish I could say that my eyes become prettier when I cry. Trust me, I’m one big blotchy red mess when I cry. Absolutely nothing pretty about it. </p> <p>On a brighter note, I absolutely LOVE all hair colours with all eye colour combinations. There is beauty in every variance. But why is it that blokes end up with the longest eyelashes? I guess a little birdie knew that they wouldn’t want to fuss with mascara. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/3#post-71249 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:23:35 +0000 taylor 71249@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have one blue eyed child and one brown eyed child. My son had bright blue eyes the moment he was born, my daughter was born with deep brown eyes, they were never blue... and 26 and 24 years later ,son has bright blue, daughter has deep brown...same parents...go figure. I was told the 6 month rule...If a baby has blue eyes at 6 mo. they will likely keep...was true for my son.</p> <p>Did you all know that red heads have more hair on thier heads ...per square inch than anyother color...blondes are next and then brunette's and black.<br /> Theory is they need the hair to protect the scalp and skin from the elements. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71246 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:11:08 +0000 Chi-TownLove 71246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here’s an interesting one for you. I have a thin honey-colored ring around my pupil in both eyes. BUT, the rest of my right eye is blue while the rest of my left eye is a greenish-gray color. People don’t usually notice unless they spend a lot time close to my face (my dentist noticed once!) OR if I cry, at which point it becomes obvious. I usually say my eyes are blue. I have sometimes wondered if they are hazel, but I don't know what hazel means. Based on what Patience said above re: the ring around the iris, maybe I do? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71240 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:39:21 +0000 Becky 71240@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this discussion! I find genetics fascinating. I guess I'm one of the "rare" ones with blonde hair and green eyes. I have always loved my eye color; I find it to be one of my best features. Out of curiosity, when did those of you with green eyes develop your eye color? I've read that babies' eye color becomes their permanent color by about 12 months. I, however, had blue eyes until I was about 5 or 6 years old, and then they turned green. My mom still mourns the loss of my bright blue eyes! My sibs both have blue eyes, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71226 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:32:10 +0000 Maya 71226@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's how I meant it too Shana. I think you have ideal coloring Ana, since you like to experiment so much with your hair color. If you had black hair that would not be an option. People with black hair usually don't look good with any other color. The only thing I don't like about having black hair is that it is very flat, and really can't be any other way. I would like to have some variation, but it's not really possible.</p> <p>When I was in Sweden I stood out like a sore thumb among all the blonde heads. I was surprised at how, um, enthusiastic people were about my hair, but it really was a very rare sight there to even see brown hair, let alone black. And it was a weird experience for me because most people I know are not natural blondes so seeing them everywhere was unusual. I got lots of compliments! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71202 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:07:06 +0000 Ana 71202@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh good, Shana. I was worried that people were starting to feel bad. I always had sort of non-descript light brown/dark blonde hair. Where I grew up, hardly anyone had black hair, so it was very exotic and unusual to me as a preteen and teenager. </p> <p>That's funny how your MIL preferred dark hair so your FIL dyed his. I guess everyone has their different things they like, don't they? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71199 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:55:07 +0000 shana 71199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ana, I meant boring in terms of not much to discuss - I mean what can you really say about black hair (I guess there is the blue black vs red black). I love my black hair and have never wished for it to be any other color than what it is. </p> <p>Funny story - I found out not too long ago that my green-eyed black haired father-in-law (well his hair is all white now but in his younger days his hair appeared in photos to be a very dark brown/black) actually colored his hair dark! Apparently, my mother-in-law preferred her men with black hair! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71198 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:52:27 +0000 taylor 71198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting, I have always had green eyes, never hazel, and nowhere near blue or brown. They have never changed one way or the other.</p> <p>Rare,? I always wished they would pick a team..blue or brown. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71190 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:22:36 +0000 Ana 71190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't think black hair and brown eyes are boring at all. Common does not mean boring. When I was younger, all I wanted was black hair. I wished wished wished for it. I think it is so striking. There is still a small part of me that wishes I could dye my hair black, but I would look ridiculous and fake, not striking at all. Oh well, the grass is always greener.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71160 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:06:45 +0000 Chris 71160@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting!<br /> My husband and his brother are mixed European-Arab (Iraqi) heritage and polar opposites. My husband has light brown hair with blue blue eyes and his brother got the "classic" Arab coloring. You never know! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71152 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:50:56 +0000 shana 71152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, another boring non-caucasian here with dark brown eyes and black hair (and no desire whatsoever to change that except to cover gray at some point!). My husband is a blue-eyed blonde and both our children have brown hair with coppery highlights and brown eyes (though much lighter than mine). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71151 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:42:41 +0000 Maya 71151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think my brother's coloring is actually darker than any of us San. Or maybe it just looks that way because he has dark hair all over :p I have my mom's eyes and body shape, and my dad's nose. </p> <p>Well the fun thing about my very medium skin tone and nondescript eye and hair color is that I am always amused to hear where people *think* I am from. When I was in France, I was surprised to hear so many people think I was Spanish! I have never been to Spain and I haven't known a whole lot of Spanish people in my life to really know what they look like, but I have always assumed they wouldn't look too different from their neighbors, which would mean nothing at all like me.</p> <p>Oh, Patience, I like having brown eyes. I would not really feel like me with any other color. I went through a phase as a kid where I wanted colored contacts, but I'm over it. I'd take my brown doe eyes over any other shape and color any day! They are probably my best feature. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71150 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:36:35 +0000 Patience 71150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I looked over the web a very little and got a bit of information. All light colored eyes (pretty much everything but brown) will reflect other colors so they can all appear to change colors based on what you're wearing etc. Concerning hazel, I couldn't really get a precise definition or a definition of green to compare for that matter, but I think the idea is that hazel will have a variation of colors within the eye-- it's just that there can be a wide variation. I also read that it's often accepted that hazel eyes means you have a brown or blue ring (or both) at the very outer edge of the iris. This makes me suspect that even though I say I have green eyes, they may technically be hazel. Maybe green is rarer because a lot of people who think they have green eyes have a green hazel color. I got my green eyes from my grandfather and everyone else in my family has brown eyes. (Brown eyes are beautiful, Maya, so soulful.) But one thing I always thought was interesting is that my grandmother and my mother as she gets older have a dark blue ring on the outer edge of their iris that seems to grow with age.</p> <p>Edit: I never knew about amber eyes. My husband's eyes are definitely amber. All eyes and colors are so beautiful... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71148 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:24:34 +0000 Ariadne 71148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have grey-green eyes that sometimes look bluish, and blonde hair, so I gues I have that rare combination too!</p> <p>I can't wait to see what colour of eyes the Chickadee will have. Right now they're just that generic Caucasian newborn blue. I do know they won't be brown because the combination of her birth mother's eye colour and her birth father's eye colour (blue and hazel) scientifically cannot produce brown eyes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71147 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:21:51 +0000 Laura 71147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread is so much fun!</p> <p>The most unusual coloring I've ever seen was on a high school friend who was 100% Finnish by heritage. Wavy yellow-blond hair, ruddy pink skin, and black eyes. At least, they were such dark grey that they appeared black. She was very striking!</p> <p>No one has mentioned people with eyes of two different colors. That's also striking! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71145 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:13:35 +0000 Anonymous 71145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How about your brother Maya, does he look pukka Indian?<br /> When I saw a pic of your Mom and Dad my instant thought was, Maya looks just like her Mom and her Dad. Very interesting how someone can look just like both. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71142 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:08:34 +0000 Maya 71142@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Niva, have you ever had henna in your hair? Last time I was in India, I had red henna highlights put in and loved them. No one this side of the Atlantic does this service though, so I could not maintain it. Lots of places do henna rinses but if I ask about henna highlights, people look at me like I have two heads. Anyway, normally I would not touch my hair color as I think highlights look a bit fake in black hair, but the henna allowed my natural color to come through and had a nice subtlety. If there is one thing I just don't like, it's chunky/stripey highlights.</p> <p>There are certain traits in my family that give away our Persian-ness. My grandpa's blue eyes are one of them, but I also have cousins with natural reddish-brown hair (auburn I guess) and lots of relatives with very fair coloring. My mother does not look Indian at all. When she tells people she is Indian, they usually assume she must be north Indian because she is so light. Somehow I ended up looking pukka Indian too though. I do not know how this happened, as both my parents do not look very Indian...maybe I was adopted :p </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71137 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:57:34 +0000 Anonymous 71137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My eyes are a honey color circle around the pupil and then green out from there. I always thought they were called hazel.<br /> In my life I have found hazel/green eyes like mine to be rare, except on this forum where it seems they are more common!<br /> Angie, we'll have to compare green eye color when we see each other. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71135 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:49:35 +0000 Vani 71135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, you just echoed my thoughts My ancestry going back atleast a few generations is pukka Indian. Black hair and brown eyes all the way. The eyes go darker or lighter but always a brown. Explains my fascination with colored contacts when they first came out. And I have this tiny desire to add red highlights to my hair </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71133 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:37:19 +0000 Maya 71133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I guess I am the most "boring" person here (along with the many other Indian ladies). I have black hair and brown eyes and they don't change colors or anything special. I can't even dye my hair because anything other than black would look weird.</p> <p>My grandpa has blue-gray eyes and is the only one in my family to have any color other than brown. Not sure where it comes from but it certainly points to my mom's side of the family being something other than Indian.</p> <p>I'm also going to have to insist that red hair is the least common. Blonde is not limited to northern Europe. Natural blonde hair can be found all over Europe, even in northern Italy and some parts of the Middle East. Red hair OTOH is much scarcer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71132 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:35:40 +0000 Ana 71132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Debora, my eyes are green and I've noticed they do the same thing when I cry! I think it's the fact that when you cry your eyes become red, and red is opposite on the color wheel from green. Red makes the green appear more vibrant/deeper, and vice/versa. That's my theory, anyway. It's possible the eyes really do change color. Could have something to do with the eye tissue being irritated when you cry, and it changes how the tissue reflects the light. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71131 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:30:37 +0000 Ele 71131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, this thread has really become interesting. So cool to read about all the genetic patterns going on in everyone's families. </p> <p>I'm afraid there are no such mysteries in mine, however. You can see the split, straight down the middle. My Mum and sister have blue/grey eyes, and my Dad and I have hazel (though his are lighter). Our hair is interesting, though. My sister and I are both much fairer than our parents, who have dark brown (well, now mostly grey) hair. I know they were both blonde as children, but by they time they were adults they definitely had dark brown hair, while my sister and I have hung on to quite a bit of our blonde. We have a bit of Swedish ancestry and lot of German, so it's not really surprising, but it's still strange compared to our parents. </p> <p>Out of my whole family (and I have a huge family) only myself, my sister and one of our uncles have curly hair. Everyone else has straight. </p> <p>Also interesting how so many people find green eyes more common than blue. For me it's definitely the opposite- I've known scores of blue-eyed people in my lifetime, but can only think of two with true green eyes, my high school best friend, and my boyfriend. Weird. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/for-fun-test-your-eye-and-hair-colour-knowledge/page/2#post-71130 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:57:23 +0000 Debora 71130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both my children have green eyes and I've noticed a curious thing. Their eyes become a beautiful, deeper shade of green when they cry and their eyes fill with tears. It can be so distracting when one is trying to deal with the matter at hand! </p>