Eyes Of Jasper Thompson

 

 

ABOUT "HAZEL EYES"; OR CENTRAL HETEROCHROMIA, IF YOU LIKE BETTER

by jasper.thompson@live.it

 

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ME

My left eye.
The above diagram was made from a small horizontal section of this picture: a full colour saturation shows how the chromatic range of my iris
contains basically all the colours of Earth's Nature, from the blue of skies and waters to the green of plants, until the brown of earth itself.
ME/2
My right eye (scanned alive)
All of the intermediate tones from the amber crown around the pupil to the circumference vary and seem to change depending on (wheater/light/environment or mental?)
conditions, with shades more green or more bluish and sometimes creating the illusion of a grey whole -- which doesn't seem to be there at all, in pictures!

Article about CENTRAL HETEROCHROMIA from Wikipedia:

Whereas Heterochromia (also known as a heterochromia iridis or heterochromia iridum) is an eye condition in which one iris is a different color from the other (complete heterochromia), Central Heterochromia is an eye condition in which there are two different colors in the same iris. Central Heterochromia is where the central (pupillary) zone of the iris is a different color than the mid-peripheral (ciliary) zone.
Eye color is determined primarily by the concentration and distribution of melanin pigment within the iris tissues, anything affecting those factors may result in a difference of color being observed.[...] The human iris can be seen in a number of various colors. There are three true colors in the eyes that determine the outward appearance; brown, yellow, and grey. How much of each color an individual has determines the appearance of his or her eye color.[...]
Eyes displaying Central Heterochromia are often referred to as "cat eyes" because of the appearance of a multi-colored iris. Central Heterochromia appears to be prevalent in irides containing low amounts of melanin.[...] Central Heterochromia does not label an eye as hazel. This is because the outer ring of an eye affected by Central Heterochromia is that iris's true color.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia#Central_heterochromia]

Article about HAZEL eyes (classification of color) from Wikipedia:

Hazel eyeHazel eyes are due to a combination of a Rayleigh scattering and a more than moderate amount of melanin in the iris' anterior border layer.[...]
Hazel eyes often appear to shift in color from a light brown to a medium golden-dark green. A number of studies using three-point scales have assigned "hazel" to be the medium-color between the lightest shade of blue and darkest shade of brown.[...] This can sometimes produce a multicolored iris, i.e., an eye that is light brown near the pupil and charcoal or amber/dark green on the outer part of the iris (and vice versa) when observed in sunlight. Hazel is commonly found in Europe, some regions of the Middle East, North America, parts of Central Asia and parts of South Asia.
Definitions of the eye color "hazel" vary: it is sometimes considered to be synonymous with light-brown and gold.[...]
In North America, "hazel" is often used to describe eyes that appear to change color.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color#Classification_of_colors]

Here on Urban Dictionary you can find an interesting definition of "hazel eyes ": "Otherwise known as "mood eyes"

 

Mushroom Pictures

The apocalyptic, psychedelic intro of Australian film company Mushroom Pictures ends up with the appearance of this Big Eye with
unmistakable colours (from the movie "Chopper")

 

PHOTO GALLERY

of central-etherochromatic people

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

 

Perry Farrell

The eyes of Perry Farrell, former lead singer of Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros,
here on the cover of "Song yet to be sung", his solo début
Perry Farrell

Still from the Italian TV show Top Secret about UFOs. Maybe there's a reason for choosing this peculiar image
between E.T.s and flying saucers.... Maybe not.

Anyway our eye comes back later during the show, in this full-screen macro:

TOP SECRET

Anna
Pictures from the campaign of Calvin Klein seen at the end of the 1st millennium both in magazines and TV ads; perhaps the first campaign based on E-mailing A's eye
Christina
Christina Ricci, a.k.a. Wednesday in "The Addams family "... C's eye
Kate
Supermodel Kate Moss Jack's eye
Christy
Supermodel Christy Turlington, seen on TV endorsement of well-known fashion companies, cosmetics and... soft drinks
Jack
Jack Nicholson... Need I say more? Jack's eye
Lene
Norwegian singer Lene Marlin L's eye
Sarah
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy the Vampire Slayer on TV S's eye
Tom
Another international star, Tom Cruise T's eye
Jonathan Pryce is the casual hero in Terry Gilliam's masterpiece "Brazil" (1985)
JPeye


BoogeyMan

In the eye of Newzealander Barry Watson, the leading actor in "Boogeyman" (2004) capillary vessels and creature reflection are CGI... Yet his irises are not.

Kyle "Agent Cooper" McLachlan as Paul Atreides in "Dune" (1984) by David Lynch; his eye points at the seeker hunter sent out to kill him on planet Arrakis.
Jack Black, well-known for being the voice of Kung Fu Panda Po in the US, hilarious movies such as "Be kind rewind", weird music videos with friends Foo Fighters and Beck; here are two stills from Peter Jackson's "King Kong" (2005).

And 2 more stills from Jackson's "King Kong"; the ever-sad look (& looking) by Adrien Brody, Oscar for Polansky's "The pianist" (2000), reveals "our colour" in this (sad) enlargement

Kim Novak, main actress in Hitchcok's masterpiece Vertigo (1958); of that famous (re)transformation of Judy into Madelaine we can see here the revealing shot of her eye

Christian Bale, ultimate secret identity of Batman

"Sexiest man of the world" and deadly rival of Bale in the Oscar winner "The Prestige", Hugh Jackman is also well known for being Wolverine in all the X-man movies. A wolverine with "cat's eyes"?
Mmhh...

Amy Winehouse, nicknamed "Wino", is a talented singer worldwide known for her amazing voice so as for her abuses of ...whatever. Beautiful eyes, anyway

This self-portrait with a ladybug, from the young photographer of promise Gordon McBride, a.k.a. =P0RG on DeviantArt shows the eyes colouring that he tells us caused by the effects of the Sunlight on his iris, which is usually brown... Strange, but valuable effect!

A 3DBeing here on YouTube shows how his eyes do not become lizard-like even when he's thinking about "lizerd" stuff... Could we accept this as evidence of his humanity? Of course, we like the round pupil when surrounded by those familiar colours.

Here's what I could say a perfect stranger:

TOP SECRET

Oliver Stone directed blockbusters such as "Platoon" and "Natural Born Killers"

A living comedy icon: Jerry Lewis -- As you may notice I don't like very much the modern photo portrating his "true colours"; but here's the link, just in case.

Robert Downey Jr. is now officially in our very special club; and yes, he's another Star

higher & higher

Believe it or not, even Insectosaurus from the movie "Monsters vs. Aliens" got it!

Popstar Rihanna (someone says they're Acuvue brand contacts =)


Image from the music video of "I know the trip" (album "Too many days without thinking" - 1997) by the Greatest Underrated Californian Band ever: SWELL

Swell

We don't mind whose eye -in which the camera dives zooming in the opening scene- is it but, again, its colours...

 

Showing also a beautiful case of heteroforia, along with our more "ambiguos" heterochromic feature, actress/singer Emma Roberts is the son of Eric and nephew of Julia (Roberts, of course)

Are classic blue eyes those of super-action-hero Bruce Willis? No, not exactly: we got the prove right here

In her online portfolio, Italian model Hedy Nerito shows us her beautiful look... and much more

I guess that Lake Bell is what they call hot stuff  in the US... Look at those eyes!

Here's Kristin Kreuk from the TV serial Smalville

A TYPICAL CASE: KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS

Green?

Blue?

Grey, or what?

English/French actress Kristin Scott Thomas seems to have a lovely pair of eyes for every occasion; in fact they change, but they don't need any intervention by the owner.
In this frame from the movie "Easy virtue" we can see their actual colour(s):

KST

Another special Scott is Emily, named "sexiest Australian woman"; I wonder why there are so few face shot of her on the web!

Harrison Ford. Da man.

Here on Picasa Web is one of the most beautiful living creature I've ever seen in my life; and it happens to have also the most beautiful eyes.
If human "hazel" eyes are called "cat's eyes" how should we call these?

Jennifer Connelly (with extremely light shades of different colors in her iris) starred at least in a couple of "cult movies" such as Dark City and Requiem for a dream ...
Not to mention Once Upon A Time in America, Labirinth, Phenomena, The Hot Spot ...
The Hulk ...

Alan Rickman often plays the bad guy in bad movies; but his eyes look good  enough to me

Al Pacino; he's an actor

This one is... well... mmhh... Niro... De Niro... Hey! It's Robert De Niro!
Now, I'm afraid we're running out of stars

Class 1999, Isa Briones is already a veteran in the show biz

Good ol' Bill Murray, oceanic hero of The aquatic life with Steve Zissou
(yes, he starred in Ghostbusters, too)

English actor Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler's List...)
Perhaps his eyes are more blue-greyish-like than green-blueish-like but, definitively, heterochromatic

Rowan Atkinson is worlwide known as Mr. Bean. Such an intense look!

Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction)

Mr. Steven Spielberg is a professional movie director; I guess you already know him

Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor in Superman Returns ; he was great in The Usual Suspects and Seven
Andy Garcia (The Untouchables, Ocean Twelve) is a Cuban/American actor
Owen Wilson is Dwight in Sin City (the movie ;-)
American actress/singer (and cartoons' brewer?) Hillary Duff
Alicia Silverstone is Batgirl (sometimes)
Orlando Bloom is Legolas in the Lord Of The Rings, Will Turner in Pirates Of The Caribbean and Paris in Troy
Steve Tyler, lead singer of the rock band Aerosmiths
Terry Gilliam, actor and director (Brazil, Twelve Monkeys) and American part of the famous English group Monty Phyton; this pic wasn't convincing me ...
so here's another one
This dude's Christian Slater; he literally did the Interview with the vampire, and starred in True romance
Angelina Jolie; the same light shades as Jennifer Connelly and Ralph Fiennes, but bigger lips :-(|)
Maybe the strangest case of heterochromia in this list is that of Mr. Harvey Keitel; it just gives him a strange look. Not to tell the rest of his face.
We do remember the very, very bad dream of Dan at Winkie's in Lynch's "Mulholland Drive"; this great actor is Patrick Fischler, and here's the enlargement of his right eye
Her name is Emily Browning, she was Violet in "Lemony Snicket".
Now she's Baby Doll in "Sucker Punch"
He had his face smashed on the ring and rebuilt a number of times; now Mickey Rourke doesn't look that handsome anymore, but they say he's finally become a great actor.
Anyway, his eyes are always the same.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Sharbat Gula

Read the complete article and watch the whole Hi-Res picture on The New World Encyclopedia

Sharbat Gula

The famous cover photograph of the June 1985 issue of National Geographic was of an Afghan refugee, a beautiful young girl with hauntingly green eyes. The photograph was taken at the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in 1984 by photographer Steve McCurry. The girl was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image. She was approximately 12 years old at the time.
Although her name was not known, her picture, titled "Afghan Girl," appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. The image of her face, with a red scarf draped loosely over her head and with her piercing sea-green eyes staring directly into the camera, became a symbol both of the 1980s Afghan conflict and of the refugee situation worldwide. The image itself was named as "the most recognized photograph" in the history of the magazine.

[http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/National_Geographic_Magazine]

Surprised
SURPRISED
Sparkle in your eye
SPARKLE IN YOUR EYE

You can see the original, full-sized photographs of this beautiful pair of eyes pictured by Miss XskeletonflowerX here on DeviantArt
Of course they are equally beautiful, yet they don't belong to her both; the one on the left -she says- is that of her friend Andi.
-- Anyway they're both of mine now!

X-MEN
Prof. Xavier

The retinal scan of Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) in this frame allows us to scan also his iris; test passed, he really is an X-man!

Patricia Arquette is an actress I've always believed to be blue eyed; but she's not ... not all the times.
The William Shatner as Capt. Kirk; now we're going mythological

Eternal sunshine

This is Katie Winslet's "ugly doll" in the movie Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind: as we can see, she's not completely ugly

The name is Ellen Sandweiss, and her eyes look way better before the demonic possession in Sam Raimi's almost-classic "The evil dead"

Aliens in the attic

Another CG-guy, one of the little invaders from the movie Aliens in the attic; pentagonal pupils, sesquipedal irises