HETEROCHROMIA

Heterochromia is different colored eyes in the same person. Heterochromia is the presence of different
colored eyes in the same person. Heterochromia in humans appears either as a hereditary trait
unassociated with other disease, as a symptom of various syndromes or as the result of a trauma.

What causes eye heterochromia?

- Some people have two different colored irises from a condition called heterochromia. This condition is
often caused by injury or trauma to the eye. Rarely, it may be caused by a birth defect such as
Waardenburg syndrome, Sturge-Weber syndrome, congenital Horner's syndrome, or Parry-Romberg
syndrome.

What is the 2 rarest eye color?

- Of those four, green is the rarest. It shows up in about 9% of Americans but only 2% of the world's
population. Hazel/amber is the next rarest of these. Blue is the second most common and brown tops
the list with 45% of the U.S. population and possibly almost 80% worldwide.