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    Five Facts You Didn't Know About Eye Color (Plus Pro Tips to Brighten Yours!)

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    Hazel Eyes-
    Hazel eyes are amazingly multitalented: They can appear to shift color from light brown to golden green, just depending on lighting or the color you're ... more 
    Photo by: Mike Marsland/WireImage
    Hazel Eyes-
    Hazel eyes are amazingly multitalented: They can appear to shift color from light brown to golden green, just depending on lighting or the color you're wearing. How's that for a party trick? When it comes to picking makeup shades, complementary colors are always best. "Hazel eyes are gorgeous with plums and violets," says MAC Senior Artist John Stapleton. Try a violet shadow, followed with heavy mascara for drama. Our favorite hazel-eyed beauty: Rachel Weisz. less 
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    Thu, Oct 6, 2011 3:01 PM EDT
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    Do you know which eye color is most rare, which makes it hardest to read emotions, and which hue is shared by owls, eagles and wolves?



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    From blue to green to hazel to brown and amber, our eyes really are the windows to our souls. Our pupils dilate when we're looking at someone we're attracted to, so fittingly, both females and males rate large pupils as an attractive quality. It signals someone who adores you!



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    Click through the gallery to learn five scientific facts that you didn't know about eye color, and get pro makeup tips to make your orbs look brighter.