Some people have eyes that have different colored patches. For example, blue eyes with a green or brown circle around the pupil are pretty common. In these eyes, different parts of the iris make different amounts of melanin. What we don't have yet is a good handle on how this all happens genetically. read more
There's complete heterochromia, when each eye is a distinctly different color, say, one blue and one brown. Central heterochromia is when the eyes show various colors, such as a blue iris with a golden-brown ring around the pupil. read more
Brown eyes are rich in melanin deposits, and blue eyes indicate a lack of melanin. The melanocytes of the iris rest in a richly innervated psuedosyncytium, which is necessary to maintain eye color. Two genes control eye color: EYCL3, found on chromosome 15, which codes for brown/blue eye color (BEY), and EYCL1, found on chromosome 19, which codes for green/blue eye color (GEY). read more