Eli5: Do different eye colors function differently? Or do all of them process light the same??

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Is it true that people with bluer eyes process sunlight more inefficiently or sumn?

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Right so.

I was very confident that, the iris being not a part of your eye that is sensitive to light or absorbing light (that’s the retina at the back of the eye), it would have no effect.

Apparently, lighter colored eyes with less pigment seems to actually mean a higher sensitivity to some light. Meaning potentially better vision in dim conditions, but higher sensitivity to sunlight and glare. Go figure. Supposedly the difference isn’t high, but it is present.

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