History Main / EyeColourChange

*** Solid gold is fine, though you should possibly be wary - he's accessing his psychic abilities, seriously if they do more than just flash gold briefly.

** Like Harry, Gravemoss' eyes go red when he's possessed by [[spoiler: Chthon.]]

--> '''Ginny:''' "Morning, Sapph—weren't your eyes blue yesterday?"\\
'''Sapphire:''' "They change color every day."

* Sandy from ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians''. When he is [[spoiler:impaled by Pitch's black sand arrow, Sandy's pupils become darker and more prominent in response to the darkness consuming his body.]]

* ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'': When Hinata transforms into Cure Sparkle, her brown eyes turn turquoise.

Does not apply to a AdaptationDyeJob; the eye color variant would be SuddenEyeColor. See also ConvenientColorChange, GameFace, EyeLightsOut and DemonicPossession. A frequent feature of MindControlEyes, and often an EyeDentityGiveaway at showing who's in charge. RedEyesTakeWarning sometimes happens here.

** Misa Amane's eyes have a habit of this. Multiple times in the anime, her eyes change from brown to blue. It's because she wears blue contacts. There are also times where her eyes are [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] when she's using her Shinigami eyes to read people's names, but WordOfGod is that this is stylized.

** A Saiyan's eyes turn greenish-blue when he turns Super Saiyan (although it's easily missable, since [[PowerDyesYourHair the other effect]] of the transformation is much more visible).

* ''Franchise/KagerouProject'': Every character's eyes (which are normally either brown, yellow or pink) turn red when they're using their Eye Powers. In some cases, their pupil also becomes a slit (even if they're usually drawn without one). A more serious example comes when [[spoiler:the usually pink-eyed Konoha's eyes become yellow with slit pupils. It ([[EvilWearsBlack along with the rest of his costume turning black]]) signals that he has been [[DemonicPossession taken over by the Wide-Eyes Snake]] and become Kuroha]].

** The Sharingan is a hereditary superpower of the Uchiha clan that allows for AwesomenessByAnalysis and causes distinctive change in the eye when used; a more advanced version exists has a different look. Both are unlocked by [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening traumatic experiences]].

* In ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', vampire's eyes turn gold when they sense blood or are using their powers. [[spoiler:Fai]] experiences this when [[EmergencyTransformation he is turned into a vampire]] to save his life.

* When Tigress hijacks ComicBook/{{Flare}}'s body in hope of learning about Teresa's mother, [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=204 Teresa's eyes change from blue to green.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy'': Kathryn, the main heroine, was born with her father's golden brown eyes. However, when she had her first vision at the age of six as a {{Seer|s}}, her eyes turned permanently purple. When [[spoiler:she dies at the end of ''Heart of Fire'', her eyes gain the color of molten gold. When she's resurrected in the beginning of ''Heart of Ashes'', her eyes remain golden because her connection to [[WildMagic Raw Magic]] is damaged. Once Smaug fixes this, she regains her purple eyes]].

* In the spoof film, ''Film/EpicMovie'', Mystique has mostly a normal blue eye color throughout her brief appearances, like her actress Carmen Electra. However, during the sex scene she has with the main character Peter, she says how she's a shape changer and can change her form into anything. She demonstrates this by changing her eyes to Yellow, with black pupils and dots surrounding it. However, it disappears for the next few shots, until they briefly revert back to Yellow when she says "Come Again?" They disappear again, and return as she starts [[ChubbyChaser to expand her body in a fat and flabby grandma with a monobrow at Peter's request.]] The inconsistent eye colors in this one scene is understandable as this film relies on [[NegativeContinuity Negative Continuity.]] [[NightmareFuel It does the make the scene a lot more disturbing though...]]

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has the phenomenon of "[[SupernaturalGoldEyes Sith eyes]]", related to the Dark Side of the Force. They usually aren't permanent and usually manifest when the dark Force-user is enraged (Count Dooku, always calm and collected, never manifests them[[note]]In the film's at least. There were a handful of times when he sported "Sith eyes" in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''[[/note]]). Only Darth Maul, who is more or less always belligerent, sports permanent Sith eyes. Though Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious sported permanent Sith eyes after being disfigured by his own Force Lightning.

* In ''Literature/ChronicleOfTheUnhewnThrone'', Valyn's eyes were originally brown. Then he is forced to go into the underground lair of some subterranean monsters and eat one of their eggs to cure himself of a paralytic poison, as part of an initiation ritual. He ends up consuming an abnormally large, black egg, and when he returns to the surface, he discovers that his eyes have turned jet black.

* In the ''Literature/CodexAlera'', the Marat people take on the eyes characteristic of the animal they take as a BondCreature. In particular, in the first book Kitai's eyes turn green when she bonds [[spoiler:Tavi]].

** ''Literature/HarrowTheNinth'': The eye colors are explained more; a proper Lyctor will have the eyes of their cavalier, but young Lyctors often have their eyes shifting seemingly at random, as the soul hasn't finished settling. Harrow still has her own eye color at all times, which is just the most obvious sign of how screwed up her transformation was. [[spoiler:When Gideon wakes up in Harrow's body, Gideon has her own eyes, which are extremely distinctive. It also turns out that the Emperor's BlackEyesOfEvil are actually his cavalier's eyes--he had perfected a way to become a Lyctor ''without'' killing his cavalier, letting her exist as a Lyctor in her own right (with his eyes), but he let his Lyctors believe that killing their friends was the only way. And then it turns out that the Saint of Duty and his cavalier, Pyrrha, have been SharingABody for ten thousand years because they basically did the same thing as Harrow and Gideon on accident; who is charge of the body can be checked by the eyes]].

* ''Literature/TheWaterAndTheWild'': Oliver's eyes change colour to reflect his mood. It may be a byproduct of his keen, which allows him to change the skin colour of anyone he touches, but also causes them severe pain and gives them a mark that can takes months to go away.

** Users of [[TheDarkSide the True Power]] develop black flecks swimming across their eyes as a result of overuse. With continued use, the flecks become more common, and eventually transform the eyes and mouth into caverns of flame.

** The Ood gain RedEyesTakeWarning whenever something else is directly controlling them. We eventually find the red eyes just represents their psychic network in action and normally isn't a sign of danger. In a [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife much later episode]], an Ood possessed the villain of the week has his eyes turn ''green''.

** Solid-coloured eyes are used to show demonic possession. Showing them, rather than the natural eye colour, is voluntary for the demon so it is used for shock value (both in universe and for the audience). Low-level demons use black; more powerful ones get more colourful options such as yellow or white.

* Zig-zag: On a 1974 telecast of the game show ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'', panelist Harvey Korman represented the blue section and liked it since he said his podium matches his eyes. Guest host Gene Rayburn looked closer and said Harvey's eyes were green. Harvey, in Paul Lynde voice spluttered, "Oh, go away! They're blue!"

* In the [[Music/MichaelJackson Michael Jackson]] [[Music/MichaelJacksonsThriller "Thriller" music video]], before Jackson transforms into his [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent werecat]] self, his eyes change from normal to [[SupernaturalGoldEyes yellow]] with black slits. This happens again in the video's iconic ending, where he turns his head and looks at the camera with his werecat eyes, and complete with that haunting [[Creator/VincentPrice Vincent Price]] [[EvilLaugh laugh]] as well...

* ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'': Minor examples pop up every now and then, and usually mean bad news. But the one established example is among Monster-Hunters, who are among the most dangerous men alive, and hunt down [[KrakenAndLeviathan zee monsters]] for a living. The initiation ritual is to find and slaughter one of the ''really'' ferocious ones, and eat from it. This'll change their eyes to a deep [[FictionalColor Peligin]], and tends to alter them in other unclear ways.

* Nanashi's eyes in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' were originally brown/grey, but after dying and making [[DealWithTheDevil a contract with Dagda]], his eyes turn bright green to show how he's a corpse animated by Dagda's magic. They change color again in both of the true endings; on Bonds, [[spoiler:they return to their original color, since Dagda released him from the deal and fully restored him to life]]. On Massacre, [[spoiler:they turn [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold]], matching YHVH's faces, to show how he replaced him as Creator God]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' elf eyes operate this way. Their eyes are pupilless, and glowy. Depending on the type of magic they are surrounded with, their eyes are different colors (different colors are habitually associated with the different types of magic). This is the only physical difference between the High Elves and the Blood Elves, who are actually just factions with different ideologies and not different races. High Elves have blue eyes since they cut themselves off from the corrupted Sunwell. Blood Elves have green eyes reflecting the corruption of the Sunwell, although some are starting to have golden eyes now that the Sunwell has been restored. Night Elves normally have silver eyes, although rare males are born with golden eyes which they believe marks them for a special destiny (and at least in the case of Illidan Stormrage, this seems to be true). Nightbourne meanwhile have lavender eyes, reflecting the Nightwell's peculiarly colored magic.
** The Undead sort of fall into this trope: though in their case it's more that their eyes are missing entirely. Same for the Demon Hunters. The color comes from the magic that they are filled with. In something of a subversion, this doesn't particularly say anything about their philosophical inclinations however.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} ''KOS-MOS's normally red eyes turn blue [[spoiler: when the hidden soul of Mary Magdalene-yes, THAT Mary Magdalene-takes over her body.]] Notably, they turn blue when she uses the hiterto unknown X-Buster to absorb the Gnosis, when she saves the Elsa from burning up in the atmosphere, and two times when she saved Shion and Allen, Shion only finding out about this part of KOS-MOS the second rescue.

** Yang has violet coloured eyes under normal circumstances. However, when she gets angry, her eyes turn a vivid shade of red. It's also a sign that her [[SuperMode Semblance]] is active, but she normally only activates her Semblance whenever she's angry. Her father has baby blue eyes and her mother has vivid red eyes, so her default violet eyes are mid-way in colour between her parents, while her vivid red transformation makes her look very similar to her mother.

** Oscar has [[TechnicolorEyes heterochromia iridum]]; his eyes are predominantly green, but a faint yellow circle borders the pupils and the green irises contain a segment of solid brown. He has the ability to do what Qrow describes as a "parlour trick"; upon activating the ability, the yellow bordering his pupils flash, visibly filling his irises with a solid gold that flares like light before appearing to fade back to their normal colour. However, for as long as the ability is active, his reflection will reveal that his eyes are still solid gold. [[spoiler:Ozpin was cursed thousands of years ago to walk the earth for as long as Salem remains a threat; instead of dying, his soul, Aura, memories and abilities hop to a new host. Oscar is Ozpin's latest host and the brown speck in his green eyes is the same shade as Ozpin's brass-coloured eyes; when he lets Ozpin take control of his body, his body pulses and his eyes turn gold.]]
* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': Anyone who looks at the Eyes of the Universe, such as Pump or the Hatzgang, gain [[OccultBlueEyes big, teal eyes]] until the Eyes leaves their sight. Interestingly, when the demon Moloch threatens Skid and Pump during "Unwanted Guest", Pump's eyes turn teal again and stay that way until Moloch dies.

* ''Webcomic/HeroOhHero'': Someone looking at a menu has their eyes shift to the colour of the menu (with a [[ExpositionDiagram picture of the menu hanging in mid air for the audience's benefit]]). Secretary Wu-Cha also has her eyes flash different colours when she's using her StatOVision.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'': In the episode 'Emperor Stark', when someone is under the control of The Purple Man, their eyes turn purple, and return to normal color when they break free of his control.

** His human side has blue eyes, his ghostly SuperHero alter ego has green eyes, but whenever he turns evil (either BrainwashedAndCrazy or meeting his [[FutureMeScaresMe evil alternate-future self]]) his eyes turn red. For further entertainment, if you make him angry or he has a sneaky idea when he's in human form, Danny's eyes will glow green. When his ice powers are in use when he's in ghost form, his eyes will glow blue.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': As Adrien Agreste, Cat Noir has normal human green eyes. When he transforms, however, the sclerae become green, while the irises turn a slightly lighter shade of green and the iris becomes slitted, like a cat's.

** In "A Canterlot Wedding", Shining Armor when [[spoiler:Queen Chrysalis masquerading as Princess Cadance casts a spell to brainwash him. His eyes turn green and point in different directions. Additionally, Queen Chrysalis in the form of Princess Cadance upon casting Twilight into the dungeons at the end of part one. Her eyes flash blue-green, and her pupils turn reptillian.]]

** Raven's eyes glow white when she uses her powers. Occasionally, they glow red, which is the sign that you really need to run.

** In Season 4 when Roxy is posessed by Nebula, her eyes turn an infernal red.

Does not apply to a AdaptationDyeJob; the eye color variant would be SuddenEyeColor. See also ConvenientColorChange, GameFace, EyeLightsOut and DemonicPossession. A frequent feature of MindControlEyes. RedEyesTakeWarning sometimes happens here.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': His human side has blue eyes, his ghostly SuperHero alter ego has green eyes, but whenever he turns evil (either BrainwashedAndCrazy or meeting his [[FutureMeScaresMe evil alternate-future self]]) his eyes turn red. For further entertainment, if you make him angry or he has a sneaky idea when he's in human form, Danny's eyes will glow green. When his ice powers are in use when he's in ghost form, his eyes will glow blue.

This is generally a sign that something major has just happened. A possession, a shift in alignment, the acquisition of supernatural power (see also MagicalEye, if the power is directly tied to the eye), trauma, anything significant can trigger an Eye Colour Change. Being a robot (or a cyborg with ElectronicEyes) is also a common explanation.

* ''Anime/{{YuGiOh GX}}'': Judai's normally brown eyes become SupernaturalGoldEyes when his SuperpoweredEvilSide the Supreme King takes him over and heterochromia when he accesses Yubel's power after fusing with them.

* Mages in the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' series who work with [[PlaceOfPower node magic]] will see their eyes gradually lighten to blue, and [[MysticalWhiteHair their hair turn white]] — powerful magic has a bleaching effect on its users.