Some people are born with two colors in the same eye, or central heterochromia, due to a genetic mutation affecting melanin production. Others can develop it due to an injury or health condition.

Heterochromia of the eye is caused by variations in the concentration and distribution of melanin, the pigment that gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes. Someone with central heterochromia has ...

This characteristic is often subtle. Central heterochromia: This form is particularly intriguing because it gives the impression that the eye is surrounded by a colored halo. The color of the iris ...

If you have segmental heterochromia, an eye could be both colours at the same time – for example, half blue/half brown, or one quarter blue/three quarters brown. And if you have central heterochromia, ...

People with heterochromia have a striking ... ocular melanosis and central retinal vein occlusion, among other eye diseases.” If an ophthalmologist determines that one of these is behind the ...

According to Sunway Medical Centre Velocity consultant ophthalmologist, paediatric ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon Dr Fiona Chew Lee Min, heterochromia occurs when a person has irises of ...

If the inner and outer rings of the iris are different, a person has central heterochromia. If each eye is completely different in color, a person has complete heterochromia. Some people are born ...