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And for anyone wondering where the name 3blue1brown comes from: Grant Sanderson has a condition called heterochromia, his right eye is 3 parts blue, and 1 part brown, like his logo.

You can see it for example in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bc9EWhmDZg




I wonder how this is resolved for places that ask for eye color (various people identification registries). If the information could be accurate and understandable (from a short database column entry), it's a quite unique identifier.


75% blue and 25% brown: "Brue eyes"

Or maybe take a weighted average of RGB values and convert to a word, which would give "teal eyes". Radical.


Isn't heterochromia where both eyes are a different colour?


According to Wikipedia [0]:

Heterochromia of the eye is called heterochromia iridum or heterochromia iridis. It can be complete or sectoral. In complete heterochromia, one iris is a different color from the other. In sectoral heterochromia, part of one iris is a different color from its remainder. In central heterochromia, there is a ring around the pupil or possibly spikes of different colors radiating from the pupil.

So, in case of Grant Sanderson, it would be sectoral heterochromia.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum




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