People can have different eye colors: someone has black eyes, someone has brown eyes, some nature has awarded blue eyes, others green. But have you ever seen someone with naturally purple eyes? Most probably not. Although this eye color does exist. The reasons for its appearance include two components: one of them is associated with myth, the other with reality.
The ability to have purple eyes is linked to a disorder called
"Origin of Alexandria". Although the presence of such a disease is unknown today, it is quite possible that it existed in the past. According to legend, several centuries ago in a small Egyptian village there was a mysterious flash of light in the sky, which affected all the inhabitants. After that, they began to give birth to children with pale skin and purple eyes. The first such child was a girl named Alexandria, born in England in 1329. At birth, her eyes were gray or blue, and then within six months they turned purple. Subsequentlythe inheritance of eye color was also passed on to her four daughters. However, they were he althy and lived to be a hundred years old. As you know, people with purple eyes have perfect vision. Though it may be a natural condition and not the result of a genetic defect or mutation.
Purple eye color can be explained medically. This is due to
albinism is a genetic disorder caused by an altered gene that prevents the development of melanin. This condition results in a lack of pigmentation in the skin, hair, and eyes. Along with these symptoms, a person suffering from albinism may have purple eyes. In fact, the absence of melanin gives rise to the red color of the eyes, since all the vessels become visible through the iris. Sometimes blue collagen is reflected more strongly in the eyes. However, in very rare cases, red and blue hues can combine to form purple. But there is another explanation as well. Albino people are hypersensitive to sunlight. The iris allows light to enter the eye, and this is what can cause purple to appear.
Speaking of such a genetic mutation, it is impossible not to mention the famous actress Elizabeth Taylor. Her purple eyes, white skin and dark hair have captivated millions of people around the world and brought her immense popularity. Although there is currently a lot of controversy about whether Taylor's eyes were purple by nature. In favor of natural colorevidenced by the fact that at that time there were no contact lenses. Lens production began in 1983, and purple-eyed Elizabeth Taylor appeared on screen as Cleopatra as early as 1963. Many, however, believe that her eyes were not purple, but gray-blue. After all, as you know, purple is one of the intermediate shades between blue and gray.
So, purple eyes are based on a genetic defect. The conditions of its origin are associated both with a legend, which, unfortunately, cannot be verified, and with albinism, of which most of us have a visual representation. Be that as it may, the possibility of having natural purple eyes is not excluded, although this is a very rare condition.
