Why are your eyes “blue”?

When I do personal palettes I spend a lot of time looking into people’s eyes to determine what color they are. Did you know that blue eyes are actually “no color,” but appear blue because of the way the light bounces off particles in the eye? It’s known as structural coloration.

This fascinating article from Medium explains the anatomy and optics behind our eye coloration. It also explains why people with eyes in the blue-green-gray range always say, “my eyes change color depending on what I’m wearing…”

If you have “blue” eyes, what colors make them pop for you?