I recently read a study (I shall post the link later) which found that men with blue eyes are typically more attracted to and often marry women with light eyes. It went into quite a bit detail with the historical, sociological and behavioural science aspect of it. I thought about this for a bit and thought of various instances where the results of the study held true (ie. my husband, my brother, a friend of mine and a colleague) and was curious as to whether culture plays any role in this preference. What do the various cultures find attractive in terms of eye colour and how is eye colour perceived in different cultures?
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Hmm. I've read that brown eyes are associated with intelligence while green-eyed people shouldn't be trusted. I think that what is rare in a culture is what is often found attractive. For instance lighter eyes will be more desired by a culture where darker eyes are the norm.
Sometimes I wish that I had light brown or hazel eyes because I think they would stand out more against my skin tone. But I like how dark eyes are able to pull off a variety of eyeshadow colors and can look very enchanting.
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In our cultures, beside color of the eyes, its more about shape of the eyes....
On one side we have 'Ye kaali kaali aankhen' and on other side 'Katahi aankhon wali ik laRki' and 'Neele nainon wala tera lucky kabootar'. These songs say that all colors are acceptable.
Then we have these lines:
Jheel si gehri aankhen uski.....
Do nain kanwal.....
One more thing, though we got lenses of different colors in market, why we have kajal and surma only in black?
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One more thing, though we got lenses of different colors in market, why we have kajal and surma only in black?
I'm not certain about kajal and surma specifically, but eyeliner does come in a variety of colours these days. I think the reason most women prefer black though is that it draws attention to the eyes and makes them stand out.
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desi people love a girl's big and dark black eyes that has the shape of a fruit section [section = phaaNk]...the Urdu word is "phaaNk jaisii aaNkh".
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Agree though that what’s rare in a culture tends to be thought of as attractive whether that’s eye colour, skin tone and even certain features..
Freida Pinto’s a really good example of someone not considered particularly attractive in her own culture but v.beautiful in others.. I think she’s gorgeous 
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SUN WEY BALORI AKH WALEYA - ANWARA - YouTube
Whats this Balori akh?
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In our culture, I don't think we have any preference for eye colour either. It's also more about the shape of the eye. Large large eyes are considered attractive.
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Billi Ankhain.
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In our culture, I don't think we have any preference for eye colour either. It's also more about the shape of the eye. Large large eyes are considered attractive.
Isn't that in most cultures?
Anybody see Japaneze animation? They have like perfectly round eyes in all their characters :/
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Balori is Billi jaisi? I thought Balori is like chamakdar. That guy in the song ‘Ejaz’ had billi aankhen 
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Light brown eyes 
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which culture?
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In typical punjabi culture 
people prefer light brown than blue or black in our home town 
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^Like Amber?
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what ??? 
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I think she’s asking if the light brown colour you’re referring to is amber.
Amber eye colour:
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Some of my family have green eyes some don't, but either group, aside from a couple or two, don't prefer one or the other.