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We already know how much emotion the eyes can show, but it turns out that they also play a role in our personalities. According to our experts, your eye color says more about your personality than you might think!
A study found that the genes responsible for forming our brains' frontal lobes affect our eye color as well. Because of this, people with the same common eye color may share personality traits.
Researchers have found that the color of our eyes may hold significant insight into our behaviors, mental health, and tolerance to pain and we’ve listed a few characteristics certain eye colors may hold:
Light-to-medium brown eyes personality - People with brown eyes tend to be confident and assertive. They're also great at handling conflict because they're typically agreeable people who are willing to listen to other people's points of view before giving their own.
Dark brown or black eyes personality - People with this eye color are natural-born leaders and total bosses who are always ready to take on the world. If you have dark brown or black eyes, you're never one to follow the crowd — but you do expect the crowd to follow you without missing a beat.
Hazel eyes personality - Hazel-eyed people are truly one of a kind. Much like the unique color scheme of their eyes, no two personalities will ever really be anything alike. That's why it can be hard to pinpoint the exact traits of this eye color. However, one common trait these people usually have is independence
Green eyes personality - People with green eyes have the pleasant demeanor of their brown-eyed friends and the strength and carefulness that comes with blue eyes. Green-eyed people tend to be rather unpredictable, creative, and capable of taking care of business even when things get stressful.
Blue eyes personality - The light blue hue of this eye color is sometimes associated with being soft and timid. However, blue-eyed people are actually the opposite of these things. In fact, people with blue eyes just might be the strongest of us all, as studies have found that people with blue eyes are better able to tolerate pain than those with any other eye color.
Gray eyes personality - Light gray eyes have much less melanin than dark gray eyes. Those with light gray eyes tend to keep a guard up around their exterior. You won't let just anyone in, but once you do, you'll open yourself up to them completely and show them great affection.
Dark gray eyes, on the other hand, are much different. You have the most balanced personality of all the eye colors. You have two separate sides of your personality and you always know exactly which one to be and when to be it. In other words, you can be a little good or you can be a little bad depending on what the situation calls for.