The elusive "sea in the eyes."

[Marellomarini]

Let's talk about something different this time, but something very, very serious that makes you think, and not just a little. Something very simple and trivial, namely eye color. Sometimes taken lightly, but this issue should not be treated so delicately. Most people in the world prefer light-colored eyes, right? It's true, in fact we can now say that it's a fact; okay. On the same subject and in the same story, if we want to put it that way, most people have darker eyes, right? The answer is yes, we are not ignorant, we can see that very clearly; excellent. In this regard, people with light-colored eyes are in the minority, right? Yes, they are, as everyone knows, but how are they perceived? "Special," right? In most cases, by most people; perfect. What would the reality and life itself be like for such people on planet Earth if things were suddenly reversed and people with lighter eyes were the majority while those with dark eyes were the minority? I ask this question to you, dear readers, but my answer to this case would be that they would certainly not be seen as "special."

 

[tulasdanslos]

Cope, blue is just a better color than brown. If the tables turned, people would still prefer lighter eyes because blue is that much more aesthetic.

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

Cope, blue is just a better color than brown. If the tables turned, people would still prefer lighter eyes because blue is that much more aesthetic.

It depends. I've posted this study here a couple of times, and it's one of the best investigations into how eye color affects SMV I've seen yet.

Perceived attractiveness of Czech faces across 10 cultures: Associations with sexual shape dimorphism, averageness, fluctuating asymmetry, and eye color

Research on the perception of faces typically assumes that there are some universal values of attractiveness which are shared across individuals and cultures. The perception of attractiveness may, however, vary across cultures due to local differences in both facial morphology and standards of...

journals.plos.org

Blue eyes are sometimes a significant boon, but said sometimes means only in countries where they appear naturally, but are uncommon, with their effects even seeming to be gendered. In the study itself, they were a boon for men in Portugal and, to a lesser extent, Brazil, while in Turkey they were a boon for women. In countries where they were common (Czechia, Estonia Sweden and Romania) and where they didn't exist naturally (India, Cameroon and Namibia) they were irrelevant.

However, it was only blue eyes which provided an SMV boost under some circumstances, and the researchers specifically mention that, no matter how common or uncommon they were, brown eyes weren't a boost anywhere.

Specifically, we found preference for blue eyes in Turkey and Portugal where the trait is not common. In contrast, however, we found no similar preference for the less common brown eyes in Estonia or Sweden. Our data also show a notable difference in preference for blue eyes between the sexes. While in Portugal and in Brazil, blue-eyed men–but not women–were preferred as more attractive, in Turkey, blue-eyed women–but not men–were rated as more attractive.