Eye Color

The Meanings of Eye Colors

People want to know what different eye-colors mean.  The following list is just for fun, and shouldn't be taken too seriously, but certain colors do have various associations.

Black.  Black is an absolute and mysterious color that has connotations of night, secrecy, mysticism, goddess-worship (for example, Hecate and the various deities of the moon), intuition, sex, and magic.  Black eyes may indicate a deeply intuitive, sensual, and secretive person who can tap into the powerful energies of the unconscious and who may have psychic tendencies.

Blue.  Blue is an intense and energetic color that has connotations of the wide-open sky, sun energy, electricity,  the power of conscious thought, and that which is direct and unhidden.  According to the aspect of Hinduism involving the energy-centers known as chakras, the color blue corresponds to the sixth chakra, also known as the third-eye chakra, and is associated with visual psychic phenomena such as clairvoyance and seeing visions of future and past.  Blue eyes may indicate a forceful, direct person who has an immense vitality and a gift for insight and observation.

Brown.  Brown is a strong and rich color that has connotations of earth-energy, creativity, simplicity, strength, endurance, and fertility.  Initiates into spiritual orders often wear brown robes to indicate their humility, simplicity, and stability.  The color brown signifies their desire to ground themselves by renouncing all superfluous luxuries and dedicating themselves to becoming stewards of the earth.  In living close to the land, they can free their souls to seek enlightenment.  Brown eyes may indicate a strong and independent person who feels a deep connection to nature and the earth. 

Gray.  Gray is a fluid and subtle color that has connotations of water, weather, changeability, mysticism, and wisdom.  Water energies are associated with the unconscious mind and the realm of dreams, and water itself can be deceptively mild in appearance while wielding an unstoppable strength.  The smallest drops of water over time can wear away the strongest stone.  Gray eyes may indicate a subtle and sensitive person who is attuned to the unseen and whose flexibility puts them several steps ahead of the crowd.

Green.  Green is a vibrant and fresh color that has connotations of life-force, vegetation, rejuvenation, youthfulness, and health.  In the chakra system, green is the color associated with the fourth chakra, also known as the heart chakra, and is associated with empathy, compassion and the power to heal.  The fourth chakra is associated with the path of devotion that elevates spiritual love above religious ritual.  Green eyes can indicate a youthful-seeming and compassionate person of boundless energy who has immense creativity as well as the gift of healing.

Hazel.  Hazel is an exciting combination of the inner strength and independence of brown, the compassion and healing qualities of green, the fluidity and sensitivity of gray, and the intense vitality of blue.  Hazel eyes indicate a person who can draw upon all of these qualities.

Violet. Violet is an exquisite and sophisticated color that has connotations of spirituality, nobility, psychic energy, and purity.  The mineral amethyst has long been associated with the sacred in the history of the Catholic Church, and bishops and archbishops would wear amethyst rings as a symbol of their spiritual authority.  Violet corresponds to the seventh chakra in Hinduism, also known as the crown chakra, and is associated with enlightenment and the transcending of the physical plane of existence.  Violet eyes can indicate a refined and noble person who is both a natural leader and seeker of spiritual truth.