This is down to their color being a mix of gold, brown and green. Hazel eyes can change colors based on the lighting, the doctor notes, due to the Rayleigh effect.

The complexity of these genetic factors as well as geographical and population-specific variations "underscores why green eyes are among the rarest eye colors," he said.

Green is also the rarest eye color in America. A 2014 survey by the Academy found that 45 percent of Americans had brown eyes, 27 percent had blue eyes, 18 percent had hazel eyes and nine percent ...

Brown is the most common eye color worldwide by a large majority. In contrast, green is one of the rarest eye colors worldwide. The color of the eyes depends on how much melanin the eyes contain ...

Green eyes. Green eyes are rare: Only about 2% of people have them. ... Your baby’s eye color may start to change during their first year, but it may not be totally set for a few years. ...

“It may seem like green is rare,” says Dr. Kaplan, “but there are many people who have green-brown eyes.” The eye-color gene. Just as the MC1R gene determines your hair color, ...

Floridians are jumping on the newest TikTok trend: changing your eye color with contacts or keratopigmentation surgery. Advocates have discovered that turning brown eyes blue or hazel eyes green ...