Imagine your eyes are like paint. Most people have brown paint because of a special pigment called melanin. But some people have less pigment, and that makes their eyes look blue, kind of like how the sky looks blue on a clear day.
Examples
- Blue eyes look like the sky because they have less pigment.
- Your brother has blue eyes, but your mom has brown eyes.
- When you shine a light in someone’s blue eyes, it looks especially bright.
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- What Causes Hiccups?
- What Causes the Color of Leaves?
- Why Do We Blink?
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Categories: Biology · Genetics,Eye Color,Human Biology