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Enum: EyeColorEnum

Human eye color phenotypes

URI: valuesets:EyeColorEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
BROWN None Brown eyes
BLUE HP:0000635 Blue eyes
GREEN None Green eyes
HAZEL None Hazel eyes (brown-green mix)
AMBER None Amber/golden eyes
GRAY HP:0007730 Gray eyes
HETEROCHROMIA HP:0001100 Different colored eyes
RED_PINK None Red/pink eyes (albinism)
VIOLET None Violet eyes (extremely rare)

Slots

Name Description
eye_color Human eye color phenotypes

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: EyeColorEnum
description: Human eye color phenotypes
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  BROWN:
    text: BROWN
    description: Brown eyes
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 663300-8B4513
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 79% worldwide
  BLUE:
    text: BLUE
    description: Blue eyes
    meaning: HP:0000635
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 4169E1-87CEEB
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 8-10% worldwide
    title: Blue irides
  GREEN:
    text: GREEN
    description: Green eyes
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 2E8B57-90EE90
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 2% worldwide
  HAZEL:
    text: HAZEL
    description: Hazel eyes (brown-green mix)
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 8B7355-C9A878
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: 5% worldwide
  AMBER:
    text: AMBER
    description: Amber/golden eyes
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: FFBF00-FFB300
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: rare
  GRAY:
    text: GRAY
    description: Gray eyes
    meaning: HP:0007730
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 778899-C0C0C0
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: <1% worldwide
    title: Iris hypopigmentation
  HETEROCHROMIA:
    text: HETEROCHROMIA
    description: Different colored eyes
    meaning: HP:0001100
    annotations:
      note:
        tag: note
        value: complete or sectoral heterochromia
    title: Heterochromia iridis
  RED_PINK:
    text: RED_PINK
    description: Red/pink eyes (albinism)
    annotations:
      condition:
        tag: condition
        value: associated with albinism
  VIOLET:
    text: VIOLET
    description: Violet eyes (extremely rare)
    annotations:
      hex_range:
        tag: hex_range
        value: 8B7AB8-9370DB
      prevalence:
        tag: prevalence
        value: extremely rare