What makes brown eyes dominant to green and blue eyes?

In fact, in your case, your genes for eye color are "stronger" than your husband's because brown is dominant. ... What dominant means is if at least 1 of your two copies is brown, then you will have brown eyes. ... The Punnett square gives you all four possibilities of you and your husband's combinations. read more

The gene that is responsible for creating green eyes is recessive, and even more recessive than the gene which creates blue eyes. This is why green eyes are among the rarest in the world. The gene required to get the right level of pigment, to create green eyes, is the most recessive, in relation to the others colours. read more

Most of us were taught in high school science class that we inherit our eye color from our parents, and that brown eye color is dominant and blue is recessive (so two parents with blue eyes cannot have a child with brown eyes because neither parent carries the dominant form of the gene for brown eyes). read more

Mixed eyes (11–7 in Martin scale) Mixture of light eyes (blue, gray or green) with brown when light and brown appearance is at the same level. Dark and dark-mixed eyes (6–1 in Martin scale) Dark-mixed: 6–5 in Martin scale. Brown with small admixture of light; Dark: 4–1 in Martin scale. read more