• Question: does the color of your eyes effect the shape of your eyes in any way?

    Asked by anon-195228 to Omar, Hannah on 15 Jan 2019.
    • Photo: Omar Mahroo

      Omar Mahroo answered on 15 Jan 2019:

      The colour of our eyes is determined by the colour of a structure called the iris. As far as we know the colour of our eyes doesn’t affect the shape of our eyes. The shape of our eyes can determine whether we need glasses or not, and we are still trying to understand what determines how our eyes grow and why short-sightedness (usually due to a long or large eye) is becoming more common.

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