Heterochromia

 Heterochromia is the term used to describe a difference in a person’s eye color. Someone with Central heterochromia has different colors within the same eye. Complete heterochromia is when they have two different colored eyes?  sectoral heterochromia, also known as partial heterochromia, one part of the iris is a different color from the rest. Sectoral heterochromia often resembles an irregular spot on the iris of the eye and does not form a ring around the pupil.. 

 Heterochromia of the eye is caused by variations in the concentration and distribution of melanin, the pigment that gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes.  Less than 200,000 people in the United States have heterochromia.  

Identifying heterochromia

Heterochromia of the eye is easy to identify. The person will have two different colored eyes or color differences within one or both eyes.

Color differences may be slight and may only become apparent under certain lighting conditions or in photographs.

Several celebrities and public figures have forms of heterochromia.

The actors Olivia Wilde, Idina Menzel, and Christopher Walken all have central heterochromia, where the inner ring of the iris is a different color from the outer ring.

Notable people with complete heterochromia, where their two eyes are different colors, include: Jane Seymour, actor, Alice Eve, actor! Max Scherzer, professional baseball player! Josh Henderson, actor! Mila Kunis, an actor who acquired the condition as an adult

Sectoral heterochromia, seen in only part of the iris, affects:  Kate Bosworth, actor and model, Henry Cavill, actor, Elizabeth Berkley, actor