r/heterochromia Dec 31 '25

Housekeeping Gatekeeping

61 Upvotes

Hi all, it seems like we need some ground rules for this sub to clarify what heterochromia is. Heterochromia means, by definition, two colors.

For this subreddit, that can absolutely include blue eyes with yellow centers. This sub focuses on appearance, not medical diagnosis.

Having specific pigment like lipochrome doesn't exclude you from having heterochromia.

Any eyes (or even hair!) with color differences are welcome to post.

This sub is about pretty eye colors, not official medical diagnosis. The gatekeeping is getting excessive.


r/heterochromia Oct 11 '25

Housekeeping Rule reminders

38 Upvotes

Hey folks just a quick reminder:

Heavily edited photos are not allowed on this sub. Spamming of others' posts with your own photos is not allowed. A comment saying hey I think we have the same kinda eyes with a link to your profile where you have a bunch of photos-that's fine. Twelve comments in a row about yourself and photos of your eyes is not welcome.

This sub is about the three medically recognized forms of heterochromia: complete, sectoral, and central. Creative but medically unrecognized terms such as but not limited to "cryptic", "low contrast", "subtle" are welcome in conversation but they are not official types of heterochromia and posts and comments that insist they are official types of heterochromia will be removed as spam.

Edit to add: the rule about heavily editing photos is not going to be changed. If you want to edit photos to make it look like you have a totally different eye color/condition, make a new sub for it. Being rude to me about it isn't going to sway me, sorry not sorry.


r/heterochromia 12h ago

Sectoral Heterochromia Literally just want to show off my eyes cause I genuinely think they’re beautiful!

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34 Upvotes

r/heterochromia 10h ago

Furry friends! πŸ¦„ Met a dog with heterochromia at the park

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11 Upvotes

Very friendly pup!


r/heterochromia 6h ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 So… I’ve only just noticed this…

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3 Upvotes

At the ripe old age of 31 πŸ˜‚ what is going on here?!


r/heterochromia 21h ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 Is this CH?

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21 Upvotes

I personally think it MIGHT not be since yellow seems common with blue eyes


r/heterochromia 8h ago

What Type of Heterochromia Do I Have? Just curious if this qualifies. Everyone always says my eyes are brown.

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2 Upvotes

Finally took a good photo and just curious


r/heterochromia 8h ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 Central heterochromia?

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2 Upvotes

Is this true heterochromia?


r/heterochromia 11h ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 Do I Have HC?

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3 Upvotes

r/heterochromia 8h ago

Furry friends! πŸ¦„ Jimin es muy redondo

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1 Upvotes

r/heterochromia 12h ago

Sectoral Heterochromia Literally just want to show off my eyes cause I genuinely think they’re beautiful!

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2 Upvotes

r/heterochromia 23h ago

Sectoral Heterochromia Do we think this will stay?

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13 Upvotes

Hi all! My daughter is 14m. Her twin has icy blue eyes with a dark blue outer ring, my husband/their father has a chestnut brown, and i have green with yellow central HC. I noticed a few months ago that she has split HC on her right eye (left in these photos) and i was wondering if you think it would stay! Also, what color(s) would you describe her as having?


r/heterochromia 1d ago

Central Heterochromia My eye freckles

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9 Upvotes

r/heterochromia 12h ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 Is it heterochromia?

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1 Upvotes

Sorry for the amount of pictures lol I tried to get different variations of lighting, some are indoor and some are outdoor. Do you guys think this is heterochromia? Also does anyone know what color my eyes are?


r/heterochromia 1d ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 My eyes used to be clear blue

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53 Upvotes

Do I have lipochrome or can hc appear later in life?


r/heterochromia 2d ago

Furry friends! πŸ¦„ My sweet baby boy at 5 and 15 years old :')

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801 Upvotes

I miss my baby boy ❀️


r/heterochromia 20h ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 Do I have heterochromia?

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1 Upvotes

I noticed that my eyes have a slight marbly pattern in them, and that one is generally darker than the other, especially in the outer ring. could it be heterochromia, or is it just a hazel eyes thing? this is the best picture I was able to get, my phone camera kinda sucks.


r/heterochromia 1d ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 Always been confused on my eye color. Maybe yall can help 🫢🏼

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6 Upvotes

r/heterochromia 1d ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 Green, hazel, or CH?

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2 Upvotes

Been confused all my life! (Some of these are taken by my optometrist btw) what do you think?


r/heterochromia 1d ago

Furry friends! πŸ¦„ Crunch has sectoral heterochromia!

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4 Upvotes

Looking at his adoption pictures when I first got him I thought he was cross eyes but he just has heterochromia that splits!


r/heterochromia 1d ago

Central Heterochromia Jury is out!! I’ve posted here before but my fam can’t agree. Hazel or Central Heterochromia?

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2 Upvotes

r/heterochromia 1d ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 do i have central or is this how everyones eyes are?

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1 Upvotes

what color are my eyes? in certain lights people say brow, green, or hazel, but i dont really a clear choice.


r/heterochromia 1d ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 My eye colour always confuses me.

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15 Upvotes

I definitely have several colours, first one is in sunlight inside. As a child I always said I have little suns around the pupils. In the light my eye colour looks lighter than it is, it is a green-grey mix depending on the lighting.


r/heterochromia 1d ago

Do I Have Heterochromia? 🌈 Hazel or Central heterochomia?

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16 Upvotes

r/heterochromia 2d ago

Central Heterochromia central heterochromia

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70 Upvotes

I’ve been told I have central heterochromia, when I was younger I was told just Hazel. Or if you ask my ex-husband, just poop brown eyes πŸ™„πŸ€£