It’s common to see two parents with blue eyes having children that also have blue eyes. Your parents' eye colors also play a part in what eye color you have. There are several genes that help determine eye color, and many of them also play a role in the coloring of your hair and skin. The amount of melanin in your irises, and thus your eye color, is determined by your genes. So, people with brown eyes have produce more melanin, while those with blue or green eyes produce less. The more melanin you have in your eyes, the darker your eyes will be. Melanin concentrates in a part of the eye called the iris, which is a circular area around your pupil that helps control how much light enters your eyes.
Eye color is created by a type of pigmentation called melanin.
