I will reiterate that I'm usually not this vocal on message boards. Er...well...vocal isn't the word, is it? I'm usually not this...verbose?

At any rate, I think the most surprsing (if not the most simplistic) fact I've discovered while looking through sidcity is the color of our man's eyes. I think the fault of my confusion lies in 1. the color of Sid's most long-running character's uniform, 2. because a couple other British actors I like have dark hair and blue eyes, and 3. because I'm that unobservant.

Through a couple of pictures on this site I discover that "well, they aren't blue at all; are they?" as I'd first thought. Then it became a "well what the heck colour are they, anyway?" Through not many picture pecking I finally found out. What a fantastic eye colour to have! It's a little hazel isn't it? A good amount of green, actually, which would probably pick up other colours quite enthusiastically.

Now, I might look foolish for spending this much thought on the pigment of a man's irises, and I might be foolish (In fact, I think I am--last time I checked) but I noticed that you're allowed to put in this forum what you've learned through sidcity that you hadn't known before and (plus the plethora of things he's been in that I haven't seen) it would certainly seem as if proper eyecolour is one of those things I've learned. Since I hadn't really spent that much time on talking about Sid (rather I've been leaving inconsequential comments on random posts) I decided I'd committ myself to the Sid. Period. forum for a definitive post.

But, as I'm yet ignorant of Sid as anything beyond Julian Bashir and a few stray clips and his doppleganger in Battlestar I'm going to restrict my comments to the pettier things in life like eyecolour .

Correct you are. Sid's eyes are "hazel with green tendencies" as I like to quantify them (mine are "green with blue tendencies"). When he's tired or when he wears certain colors, they do look quite green indeed, and since his uniform on DS9 was green (but read blue on-screen), it appeared in most cases that Dr. Bashir had green eyes.

See. There's logical explanation for my madness.

For the record, my eyes are brown with predictable tendancies.

He does have the most beautiful and expressive eyes. Sometimes, it seems you can pick up a bit of blue in them as well, but it is probably lighting. Eyes are always something I notice right away. Mine are blue with no other tendencies. Pale when I'm tired and very dark when I'm emotional.

What's a 'doppleganger'?

A twin, or lookalike.

Yes! Sorry, I woulda rushed to answer this except I was on my way to Earthfare with a $25.00 gift card! I got organic icecream! Hee.

...ahem.

A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart.
American Heritage Dictionary

Wow! That's what color mine are! Hmm...interesting

Ok, thank you all for the definition! Hmm, so that would mean that my doppelganger is Catherine Zeta-Jones! NOT!

What is "organic ice cream", and why does it cost $25.00?

Organic icecream is made with non-altered non-chemically manufactured ingredients.

My gift card was $25.00 and the icecream was simply one of the many purchases made with it.

Yes.

Oh, I found this and here's a good place to put it.
Eye Color

According to my sister and by the look at this article, my eyes are hazel, but with no green. (Though when I'm really sick or tired they can look like a dull khaki green.) The first picture under hazel, in the article, looks similar to my eyes except there is yellow were the gray/green appears, there are thin dark brown lines on top of the lighter brown, and the band around my eyes are a much darker gray. But my eyes change color and they don't look the same in my pictures as they do in real life. At first glance, most people think they are brown. (They use to be much darker and have lighten as I've gotten older. The dark brown has become medium to light and the golden part has become much larger, which means I must be in the 12% club. ) In sunlight they become like gold. My eyes have actually looked reddish or orangy too. They're very earthy and have a radial symmetry (like a mandala.) I call them Starbursts, for it looks like a star bursting around the pupils. (I actually made up some “types” of eye looks so that I may classify them in combination with the colors. Yes, I’m a bit obsessed with eyes; they are for me the most attractive part of the human body. I even have a sketchbook dedicated to them. ) Anyway, on with the “types,”
I call Sid's eyes Nebular, for his irises remind me of a cloud nebula. Then there is the Solid, which very few people have, for it's one plain color and little to no lines or dots of another. Then there are the irises that a friend of mine calls the Eclipse. This one has an almost perfect circular color surrounding another circular color, (radial like mine but without the lines, which resemble rays. The ones with noticeable lines can be placed under Starburst.) This one has a sub category, Lunar and Solar. Luner has the lighter color on the inside and Solar has it on the outside. Then there is one like the Solid but I call it Patches, for it's two or more solid colors together. The last under my classification is the Reflection, like the blue-green ones shown in the article. Reflection has a sub category too. Water if the colors are blue, green, gray, but Fire if its a combination of browns and amber/yellow.
I just love eyes so if there are anymore “types” I'd like to hear of them.


Fangirl, as for Sid's eyes having bits of blue, though I have never had the pleasure of seeing them in person, by his pics it looks like it's actually a bit of gray mixed with the green. But you are right, because grey is what makes blue eyes blue. After all, according to the above article from Wikipedia, "there are 3 true colors in the eyes that determine the outward appearance; brown, yellow, and gray." (Sometimes Sid's eyes seemed blueish on DS9.)

Andrea

As for doppleganger:
There are two doppleganger in my family, my sister is one for Drew Barrymore and my mother is one for Bette Midler (mostly when she laughs and smiles.)

Mmmm... organic ice-cream, sounds Yummy, (as long as it's free of lactose.)

Oooh, then you should try ricecream or tofutti. They have these little tofutti icecream sandwiches. Very good. No milk in the least. Mmm.

What? His Uniform (and then, I assume Dax's as well) was really Green? What about all the cast photos where it's blue? Does he have a green one for filming and a blue one for photos and conventions? I don't get it. Please explain to me. Also, if his was really blue, was Captain Sisko's and Chief O'brien's different colors as well? Love, Just Annie PS A Blessed and Happy Easter to Everyone!!!

I must say, I never understood that as well and I have read about this before.
Apparently the uniform green appears blue on TV. I wonder what color do you need to have something appear really green on TV. But it's probably a technical explanation I won't understand anyway.

But the most important thing is that Sid's eyes are hazel.

Ulli

Since eye color was a hot topic the other day, I thought of you gals when I came across this. It will be of interest to guys too!

http://news.deviantart.com/article/27174/

Thanks for the article WISPGuy... it has some neat eye images.
Hmmm... 576mp, I would much imagine that this is just an average amount, since some people can see better than others. (I do know some women that see better at night than some men, does that men they have more rods than average or does it men the guys have less? Oh well, all I really know about this subject is that eyes are beautiful; truly the windows to our soul. )

Andrea

By the way, did you know that if you look through the pupils with a bright light, you can see the brain? I kid you not.

Now I understand why I can see 'coral' while my husband sees 'orange'. Still doesn't explain why he can't find anything that's right in front of his face though.

So, that means we are living on the bright side of life?



That reminds me of myself when I'm desperately looking for my glasses - and guess where they are?.....

Nice article.

Ulli