Why do different people have different eye colors?

Why do different people have different eye colors?




Why do different people have different eye colors?


  Our eyes have a thick fleshy membrane called as iris. 

  This membrane, iris, does the job of contracting and expanding the pupil (the small black dot in our eyes) to adjust with the light that enters our eyes. This membrane has a protein called as melanin.

  Melanin and keratin are two skin proteins present in human body. The color of skin depends on the amount of melanin one has. More the amount of melanin, more darker is the skin.

  Similarly, depending on the color of melanin, the iris has different colors. Thus, different people have different eye colors.
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