People of Asian, Spanish, South American, and South African descent are most likely to have amber eyes.
Bile moves through thin tubes (called bile ducts) to get to your digestive tract and then out of your body as waste. But if you have too much bilirubin in your blood or if your liver can't get rid of it fast enough, it builds up in your body and can turn your eyes yellow. That's jaundice.
Amber eyes are extremely rare. Most sources say that only about 5% of people have true amber eyes.
Amber eyes: A golden yellow or copper colour occurs due to higher quantities of the pigment lipochrome (yellow pigment) and very little melanin, and are considered very rare. Amber-coloured eyes are most often seen in Asian and South American areas of the world.
Gray: The Rarest Eye Color
New classifications have determined that gray is its own standard color.1 (It was previously, and incorrectly, lumped in with blue.) With this change, gray now tops the list as the rarest eye color.
We found that green is the most popular lens colour, with brown coming in a close second, despite it being one of the most common eye colours. Although blue and hazel are seen as the most attractive eye colours for men and women they are surprisingly the least popular.
Green is considered by some to be the actual rarest eye color in the world, though others would say it's been dethroned by red, violet, and grey eyes.
Amber. Amber eyes, which have slightly more melanin than hazel eyes but not as much as brown eyes, account for about 5% of the world's population. People of Asian, Spanish, South American, and South African descent are most likely to have amber eyes.
Newborn jaundice is very common—about 3 in 5 babies (60 percent) have jaundice. Jaundice usually happens a few days after birth. Most of the time, it's mild, doesn't hurt your baby and goes away without treatment. But if a baby has severe jaundice and doesn't get quick treatment, it can lead to brain damage.
Yellow eyes occur when the whites of the eye (sclera) turn yellow (called scleral icterus). It is a sign of jaundice, which is a symptom of an underlying condition, often of the liver. Your eyes turn yellow when there's a buildup of bilirubin.
"In Australians of European ancestry, the percentage of eye colours are 45 percent blue-grey, 30 percent green-hazel and 25 percent brown. If you're considering non-European ancestry it is the almost completely brown eye colour."
Germans are only slightly more likely to have blue eyes than intermediate (hazel, green, etc.) or brown eyes.
Causes of yellow eyes range from infection to genetic conditions. While adopting healthy habits and taking supplements may reduce symptoms, jaundice usually only disappears once the underlying condition is treated. Anyone with yellow eyes should talk to a doctor.
Most Africans have high levels of melanin that results in yellow eyes. Melanin determines the color of your skin, sclera and eyes. When this concentration increases, the eye color becomes light yellow or muddy brown.
A liver that is working poorly cannot get rid of bilirubin, a substance that produces a yellowing of the eyes and skin called jaundice.
The aging cornea not only flattens, limiting the ability to focus, but may also be flecked with fatty deposits that reduce transmission of light. Increased scattering of light gives the cornea a yellowish tinge, reducing the luster of aging eyes.
The Rarest Eye Shape
Almond, monolid, downturned, hooded—the list goes on.
Jaundice is a condition produced when excess amounts of bilirubin circulating in the blood stream dissolve in the subcutaneous fat (the layer of fat just beneath the skin), causing a yellowish appearance of the skin and the whites of the eyes.
Anyone can be born with hazel eyes, but it's most common in people of Brazilian, Middle Eastern, North African, or Spanish descent. When eyes are hazel, they are brown mixed with amber and green. In some cases, there are shades of gray, blue, and gold within the iris too. Brown eyes may also have some green in them.
Genetic Markers for Eye Color
AncestryDNA looks at four well-studied markers linked to eye color in the TYR, OCA2, and HERC2 genes, and near the SLC24A4 gene. Your pattern at these genetic markers is what determines your eye color result. Some people have markers linked only to light eye color.
Eyes that are primarily blue or a solid hue of any color aren't hazel. If your eyes are a solid copper or yellow-gold color, with very little green, then they are considered amber, not hazel.
While his gorgeous locks of jet-black hair that perfectly complement Elvis Presley's eye color of striking ice blue helped him seduce any woman possible, it's surprising to know that The King of Rock' n' Roll was actually born a natural blonde.
Unbelievable as it may seem, the answer is yes—natural purple eyes do exist. Purple eyes are also commonly referred to as “violet eyes,” as they are typically a light shade. For most people, this striking eye color can only be achieved with the help of colored contacts.