Eye color try on
Eye color filter: try new eye colors on your own photo
The eye color filter puts several eye colors on your own eyes side by side, from one selfie: blue, green, hazel, gray and honey, subtle to vivid, with the color names to take to your eye doctor.
Your turn
Try an eye color on your photo
One clear selfie to start: daylight, eyes open and looking at the camera, no glasses.
Method
How the eye color generator works
- 01
Upload one clear selfie
Daylight facing a window, eyes open and looking at the camera, no glasses, no filter or beauty mode.
- 02
See the grid
Blue, green, hazel, gray and honey shades and bolder lens looks, each on your own eyes, subtle and vivid.
- 03
Compare the eye colors side by side
The generator aims to find your irises and recolor only them, keeping your pupils, reflections, face and light the same in every color.
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Keep the names
Mark the color you like and get a set of photos in it, plus a sheet with the color names to take to your eye doctor or a lens shop.
The result
What the eye color change filter gives you
One selfie, one grid. Everything comes from the photo you upload.
Several eye colors on your own eyes side by side; the grid aims to keep one face and one light.
Each color as a soft tint over your own eye color, or as a color that covers it.
Full-face and social crops of your photo in the one color you pick.
The name of each color you keep, with a short note, to take to an eye doctor or a lens shop.
Reference
From a blue eyes filter to a green eyes filter: the shades on the grid
The grid puts natural shades and bolder lens looks on the same photo of you.
- Blue
Light blue, deep blue and gray-blue, as a soft tint or a full change.
- Green
Green and emerald, from a hint of green over your own color to a vivid one.
- Hazel and honey
Light brown to gold shades, the warm end of the grid.
- Gray
Cool gray shades, close to blue but softer.
- Bold lens looks
Bolder colors and circle lens styles, next to the natural shades.
- Subtle or vivid
Each color as a soft tint over your own eyes, or as a color that covers them.
Reference
Where eye colors come from
Neither blue nor green pigment is present in the human iris. Eye color comes from the iris's pigment and from how its front layer, the stroma, scatters light.
- Brown
A relatively high concentration of melanin in the stroma, which absorbs light of both shorter and longer wavelengths.
- Blue
Little melanin in the stroma: shorter wavelengths are scattered back, as in the blue of the sky, a structural color that varies with the light around you. Even the lightest blue eyes have dark brown coloring on the back of the iris.
- Green
The yellowish pigment lipochrome combined with a blue shade made by scattered light.
- Hazel
Traditionally light brown or gold, like a hazelnut shell, typically with a yellowish or coppery tint most noticeable in sunlight; in looser use, a brown-green mix.
- Gray
One possible explanation is larger deposits of collagen in the stroma, which scatter light differently from blue eyes.
- Limbal ring
A darkened ring around the iris; not everyone has one.
Structural color depends on the lighting, especially for lighter eyes: that is why the filter keeps the light of your photo.
Source: Wikipedia (Eye color), as of
Photos
How to take a selfie for the eye color filter
The filter works from what the photo shows, so show your eyes clearly and in plain light.
Do
Use daylight
Face a window, out of direct sun: eye color, lighter eyes most of all, changes with the light.
Eyes open, at the lens
Hold the phone camera at eye level and look straight into it, both eyes open and in focus.
Take your glasses off
Lenses and frames reflect light over the iris the filter has to recolor.
Don't
No flash
A camera flash can sometimes give red eyes in the photo.
No beauty mode
Beauty modes and filters change your eyes and skin, and the filter would start from the edited photo.
No group photos
One person in the photo, and that person is you.
Reference
Try-on lenses online: an eye color filter with no app to download
The eye color filter runs in your browser, on a phone or a computer: try lens colors on your own eyes before you ask your eye doctor for a prescription.
- One selfie
A clear photo in daylight, eyes open and looking at the camera, is all it starts from.
- Side by side
Every color sits on your own eyes, and the grid aims to keep your face and light the same, so you compare the color, not the photos.
- Photos to save
The color you pick comes back as a set of full-face and social crops to download.
- Color names
A short sheet with the name of each color you keep and a note on it, such as an opaque hazel with a strong ring.
Scope
What AI eye color change can and cannot show
A photo can show
- The color of the iris changed in your own photo
- One grid that aims to keep your pupils, reflections, face and light the same
- Natural shades and bolder colors, subtle or vivid, side by side
- The name of each color you keep
Only an expert with it in hand can tell
- Which lenses are safe for your eyes, or whether they fit
- An eye exam or a prescription
- What your natural eye color is called
- A rating of your looks
Your eye doctor knows your eyes. The grid helps you arrive with one or two colors you have already seen on your own face.
Colored contacts try on: the lenses themselves are medical devices
The FDA says decorative contact lenses are medical devices and that all contact lenses, decorative ones included, must be prescribed by a doctor. A licensed eye doctor checks that they fit; a wrong fit can damage your eyes. The filter helps you pick a color, not a lens.
Reference
Before you buy colored contacts
What the FDA tells anyone buying decorative or colored lenses in the United States.
All contact lenses must be prescribed by a doctor, decorative lenses included. The prescription should include the brand name, the correct lens measurements and an expiration date.
A licensed eye doctor examines your eyes to make sure the lenses fit; a wrong fit can damage your eyes. Go for follow-up exams as your doctor says.
From your eye doctor, or a company that sells FDA-cleared or approved lenses and asks for your prescription; a seller must verify it with your doctor.
A street vendor, a beauty supply store, a flea market, a novelty or Halloween store, or an unknown online seller.
Redness, pain and discharge are signs of an eye infection: remove the lenses and see an eye doctor right away.
Source: U.S. FDA (Decorative Contact Lenses for Halloween and More), as of
Free eye color filter to try: no card, no sign-up
Trying the eye color filter here is free. The form asks for no card, no account and no trial, so there is nothing to cancel.
Limits
What an eye color preview cannot promise
The eye color filter shows a possible look made by a model; it says nothing about your eyes' health or which lenses are safe for you. Colored contacts are medical devices: get them fitted and prescribed by an eye doctor.
FAQ
Eye color filter questions
Is there a free eye color filter available?
Trying this eye color filter here is free: the form needs no card, no account and no trial. It runs online in your browser.
Is there an app to identify eye color?
This one changes your eye color in a photo; it does not name your natural color. Eye color looks different in different light, so judge your own in daylight.
What is the 2 rarest eye color?
Green is the rarest human eye color and gray the second rarest, according to the Wikipedia article on eye color. Both are on the grid.
Can I use this as a blue eyes filter on my photo?
Yes: the grid puts light, deep and gray-blue shades on your own eyes side by side, from a subtle tint to a full change, and aims to keep your face and the light of the photo.
Can I use it as a green eyes filter or a hazel filter?
Yes. Green, emerald, hazel, honey and gray are on the same grid as the blues, each subtle or vivid, on your own eyes.
Why do blue eyes look different in different light?
Blue in the eye is a structural color made by scattered light, so it varies with the lighting around you. A photo in daylight keeps the comparison fair.
Does the eye color changer work on dark brown eyes?
Yes. On brown eyes a soft tint changes little, while a color that covers the iris changes more. The grid shows both, so you see the difference on your own eyes.
Can I try different eye colors to see what suits me best?
You can compare them side by side on your own face. The filter does not pick for you and never scores your looks.
Will the new eye color look natural, or lightened for effect?
The filter aims to change only the iris and keep your pupils, reflections and the rest of your face, without lightening the whole eye. A model makes the image, so treat it as a possible look, not a lens match.
Do I need an eye color change app, or does it work in a browser?
No download: this works as an eye color change app in your browser, on a phone or a computer.
Does this eye color app need a card or a subscription?
No. The form here takes no card and starts no trial.
Can I use an eye color filter to test colored lenses before buying?
Use it to choose a color, then get the lenses fitted and prescribed by an eye doctor before you buy any.
Do I need a prescription for colored contacts?
In the United States, yes: the FDA says all contact lenses, decorative ones included, must be prescribed by a doctor, after an eye exam that checks the fit.
What should I ask my eye doctor?
Whether colored lenses suit your eyes, which ones they can fit and prescribe, and how to wear and clean them. Bring the color names you liked.
Is the colored contacts try on the same as buying lenses online?
No. It shows colors on your photo and sells no lenses. Buy lenses only from your eye doctor or a seller that asks for your prescription.
Can I use a photo of someone else?
No. Use a photo of yourself, and only if you are 18 or older.
Thinking about colored contacts?
Try the eye color filter with your selfie and compare a few colors before you see your eye doctor.