blue eyes

Sky-colored irises pair

Blue eyes describes eyes with blue irises, a trait resulting from low melanin pigmentation.

The phrase often carries aesthetic or romantic connotations: She fell for his blue eyes.

Blue-eyed can suggest naivety or favored status, as in blue-eyed boy—someone treated with special favor.

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eye color

blue eyesbrown eyes

Dark-pigmented irises

black eyes · hazel eyes · amber eyes · almond eyes · green eyes

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blue, eyes, blues, blued, blueing, bluing, bluish, bluer, bluest

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G