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6	An Eye Colour Change is when a character's eyes change colour in response to some stimuli. The colour the eyes change into depends on the event and the character, but it can be anything from a shift in hue to something as dramatic as brown eyes turning bright yellow and round pupils lengthening into slits.
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8	This is generally a sign that something major has just happened. A possession, a shift in alignment, the acquisition or activation 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.
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10	Does not apply to an 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.
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12	Not to be confused with InconsistentColoring, which is where a character's eyes may change colour due to a mistake, retcon on the artist's part, or due to shifting lighting conditions.
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15	!!Examples:
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19	* In ''Manga/BlackButler'', Sebastian's eyes are normally a [[SupernaturalGoldEyes caramel hue]], unusual but close enough to brown to normally pass unremarked upon. But when he ''really'' [[GameFace means business]], his eyes shift to [[https://i.gifer.com/8JHl.gif a bright magenta with white flares]] and he gains HellishPupils.
20	* In the ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' anime, Ichigo's eyes change color [[spoiler:while in his Hollow form. Not only are they now yellow, the white changes to black]]. He also tends to get glowing blue eyes sometimes, like he did right before beating [[spoiler:Renji]].
21	* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'': The eyes of a Claymore are silver until they use their Yoma powers; this turns their eyes gold.
22	* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
23	** 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 when her eyes are [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] when she's using her Shinigami eyes to read people's names, but WordOfGod is that this is stylized.
24	** The same thing happens for the other Death Note users with their eye color changing from their original color to red, primarily with the VillainProtagonist Light. His eyes are originally brown, but once he obtains his notebook, his eyes glow red whenever he goes into "Kira mode". The finale even shows his eyes are bright red instead of brown. WordOfGod is that this is StylizedForTheViewer and his eyes are always brown.
25	* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', being turned into a demon in the setting always results in changes to their eyes, either by color or markings, but mostly color; commonly the color change is for the eyes, but some demons have the whole sclera change color too, while unique cases keep their eyes the color they had as a human but had their sclera change instead. One of the main characters, Nezuko Kamado, the once human sister of the series' protagonist Tanjiro Kamado had purple eyes with small pink highlights, it turned bright pink once she became a demon; Akaza, the Upper-3 demon of the Twelve Kizuki, had blue eyes as a human, as a demon his eyes turned yellow and the sclera dark blue; Kaigaku had blue eyes as a human, once he became a demon his sclera turned black but his eyes remained blue.
26	* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers,'' when Beelzemon makes his HeelFaceTurn, his eyes go from [[RedEyesTakeWarning evil red]] to the green of his previous form, Impmon. (Interestingly, a Beelzemon in a later series is also the new form of a HeelFaceTurn character, but his eyes stay red. It may be because, unlike Impmon, this one's previous form naturally had red eyes.)
27	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
28	** 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).
29	** Their irises also turn red when they start absorbing Bruitz[[note]]Blutz in the dub because the translator wasn't paying attention to context[[/note]] Waves when they look at a full moon, as a prelude to the transformation to a Great Ape.
30	** A Super Saiyan who has ascended to Super Saiyan Godhood gains red eyes to go with red hair. When the Super Saiyan God goes Super Saiyan, the eyes go back to turquoise, with the hair also matching.
31	** Android 21 of ''VideoGame/DragonballFighterz'' has this [[spoiler: whenever her evil side takes full control]], having red-ring irises on a black sclera just like Super Buu. Significantly, [[spoiler:Good 21 retains her normal blue eyes when in her Buu form, showing that she's in control as well as allowing the audience to tell the two apart]].
32	* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'': Both the title character and his half-brother, Sesshoumaru, have eyes that go completely bloodshot-red when their demonic powers are fully released. However, Inuyasha's eyes also change colour according to whether he is in human (black), normal (gold), or {{youkai}} (red) form, because he's a HalfHumanHybrid whose human side is fully expressed during a new moon and whose demon side is fully expressed when he pushes his own natural powers to their limits (in which case, good luck getting him to [[SuperpoweredEvilSide restrain himself to attacking only the bad guys]].)
33	* ''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]].
34	* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'':
35	** Subaru Nakajima's eyes are normally green, but turn gold when she [[spoiler:enters full Combat Cyborg mode]]. The first time this is triggered on screen, it also coincides with UnstoppableRage.
36	** Anyone who uses a Unison Device has their eyes turn very light blue while Unison-ed. It's also usually accompanied by their hair turning a much lighter shade.
37	* ''Literature/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy'': Emilia Lud(o)well's eyes get changed from pink to brown upon being resurrected as a half-demon. It serves to reflect her pride as a pure demon being shredded to pieces.
38	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
39	** 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 and has a different look. Both are unlocked by [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening traumatic experiences]].
40	** A lot of characters change eye color to correspond with things such as DemonicPossession, unlocking their powers/going into SuperMode, or just giving off a killer vibe.
41	* ''Anime/PrettyCure''
42	** ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'': When Hinata transforms into Cure Sparkle, her brown eyes turn turquoise.
43	** ''Anime/WonderfulPrettyCure'': When Mayu transforms into Cure Lillian, her brown eyes turn pink.
44	* In ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Tsuna's eyes are normally [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow brown]]. However, when he goes into Dying Will Mode, they change into an [[SupernaturalGoldEyes orange-ish yellow]].
45	* The title character of ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' changes eye colour to correspond to which SplitPersonality is in command in the anime.
46	* When Hakkai from ''Manga/{{Saiyuki}}'' removes his {{Power Limiter}}s, his eyes change to golden [[HellishPupils catlike]] ones... or rather, only the left one does; the right one is artificial, made to match the other one while in human form, and therefore remains green with a round pupil. The result is somewhat unsettling, preserving a trace of Hakkai's original human self even when he taps into his demon powers.
47	* When Lina Inverse of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' fame is possessed by the Lord of Nightmares in the end of ''Slayers NEXT'', her eyes, normally red, appear golden.
48	* In ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', Kirito's pupils change color to gold (or maybe yellow?) when he gets really serious and pulls out all the stops.
49	* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', humans who channel enormous Spiral Power have spirals appear in their eyes. This is seen mostly in Lordgenome, but also briefly in Kittan [[spoiler:right before his death]]. Simon's eye also changes during [[spoiler:the Giga Drill Break war with the Anti-Spiral after Lordgenome's sacrifice]], as well as during [[spoiler:the DistantFinale]].
50	* The eyes of [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual NEXT]] in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' typically change to a bright, glowing [[OccultBlueEyes blue]] when they activate their abilities. This isn't the case for all of them, however -- NEXT with passive abilities don't have an eye color change, the eyes of the two NEXT in Ouroboros glow orange-yellow, and [[spoiler:Kotetsu's]] eyes have recently started turning [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] to go along with his PowerIncontinence.
51	* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', this is one aspect of a Ghoul's GameFace. Their eyes transform from completely normal to [[BlackEyesOfEvil black schlera]] and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]], an indicator of their true nature known as "kakugan" (which just means "red eye").
52	* Downplayed in ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'': When the Cures transform, half of their eyes turn a different colour. For example, when Manatsu transforms into Cure Summer, a heart-shaped portion of her green eyes turn pink.
53	* In ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', a 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.
54	* In ''Anime/{{Yumeria}}'', Neneko has violet/purple eyes, but when [[spoiler:mental time traveler Neito]] takes control of their shared body, they turn green.
55	* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': 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.
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59	* ''Animation/{{Mechamato}}'': Payapi has InnocentBlueEyes while his true/upgraded form, Apayapi, has YellowEyesOfSneakiness.
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62	[[folder:Comic Books]]
63	* In ''ComicBook/AfterlifeInc'', Jack Fortune's eyes were blue before he died, and golden afterwards. Quite what this means is a mystery.
64	* When Tigress hijacks ComicBook/{{Flare}}'s body in the 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.]]
65	* In ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'', Bruce Banner's brown eyes turning an unnatural shade of green is a common prelude to him HulkingOut.
66	* In an ''ComicBook/InspectorCanardo'' comic, Alexandra's orange eyes change to white when she's heartbroken from seeing her father, who she wanted to believe was a good person, execute a village of starving circus people.
67	* Similarly, the ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' relaunch had a plot point where it was revealed that after Kendra Saunders (the current Hawkgirl) had attempted suicide and been revived, her eyes mysteriously changed from green to brown. [[spoiler:This is chalked up to Kendra's soul actually departing and her aunt Shiera taking residence in her body, thus changing Kendra's eye color to what hers (Shiera's) had been.]]
68	* ComicBook/NormanOsborn's eyes change from brown to green when he's using the Green Goblin powers. In ''Comicbook/ThePulse'', this is what first makes ''Daily Bugle'' reporter Terri Kidder realize something is ''very'' wrong.
69	* In the final arc of ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', Sonic's eyes turn permanently green after he's attacked by Chaos.
70	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' explained Sonic's redesign as being due to external forces. His eyes changed colours from black to green.
71	* The '90s ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' comic had Linda Danvers suspecting something was off when she saw that her eyes permanently changed from brown to blue, after being rescued from a certain death by a cult. [[spoiler:It's because she WAS dying, and the Matrix version of Supergirl merged with her, causing some of her features to wind up reflected in Linda.]]
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75	* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' fanfiction, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX Vivienne Graham]] retains her original hazel eye color from when she was human, but she experiences full-blown RedEyesTakeWarning when she's sufficiently enraged and Monster X's powers fully activate.
76	* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10849720/1/Another-Life Another Life]]'': Describing the difference between an AuthorAvatar and her creator, the story states that [[LivingMoodRing the former's eyes change color depending on her mood]], while the latter's are always the same dull shade.
77	-->"Sarillenne's eyes are bright golden yellow, but they will sometimes turn green when she is happy, or ruby-red when she is angry. Sara's eyes are dull, greyish brown, no matter how angry she gets at the wall-to-wall rejections that make up her life."
78	* In ''Fanfic/{{Austraeoh}}'', it's repeatedly mentioned that Rainbow has ruby eyes, despite her eyes being magenta in the show. It's eventually revealed to be because [[spoiler:she's [[HumanoidAbomination carrying the chaos of Discord inside her]], and if her Element of Loyalty is removed, they turn yellow with red pupils like his were]].
79	* ''Fanfic/TheButcherBird'': [[MadScientist Grigori Vinci's]] eyes go from green to gold after implanting himself with the [[BioAugmentation King's Heart]].
80	* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': This happens a ''lot''.
81	** The colour Harry's eyes are glowing is basically an indication of his mental state:
82	*** 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.
83	*** If they go red, he's either been possessed by [[spoiler:Chthon]] or [[spoiler:enslaved by the Red Room]]. Either way, you should run.
84	*** If they go solid white, like, heart of a star white, he's been possessed by [[spoiler:the Phoenix or has gone Dark Phoenix]] of his own volition, and you should find another galaxy to run to.
85	** Jean Grey's eyes go amber-red under similar circumstances or when Harry is accessing the Phoenix.
86	** And [[spoiler:Maddie's]] eyes go bluish-white under the same circumstances.
87	** Carol's go solid green when [[spoiler: she's wielding Alan Scott's Green Lantern ring.]]
88	** Thor's eyes go electric blue when he's ''really'' pissed off.
89	** Like Harry, Gravemoss' eyes go red when he's possessed by [[spoiler:Chthon.]]
90	* ''Fanfic/EbonyDarknessDementiaRavenWayVsCanon'': As said in the second chapter of ''Sapphire Eleanor Rose Suzette de Mont vs Canon'': Sapphire's eyes ''somehow'' change color every day:
91	-->'''Ginny:''' Morning, Sapph—weren't your eyes blue yesterday?\
92	'''Sapphire:''' They change color every day.
93	* ''Fanfic/EverythingTurnsToGold'':
94	** [[spoiler:Before his HeelFaceDoorSlam,]] Sausage's eyes turn from blue to "lightless, [[BlackEyesOfEvil a dull, flat black that didn't even reflect the flickering torchlight]]" when he's [[spoiler:possessed by Exor]].
95	** After [[spoiler:becoming Aeor's Champion]], Jimmy's eyes turn from bright green to "the cold blue-white of [[spoiler:Aeor's power]]".
96	* ''Fanfic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness'': Alice Margatroid's eyes shift from a calm blue to a bright yellow when she's struggling to keep her more severe emotions in line, which is usually whenever Marisa or Coop are present.
97	* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': According to Arlo, his eyes used to be blue before turning red after he finished his work on the first Shadow Pokemon. It's backed up by a picture from before he joined Team GO Rocket, but it's [[UnreliableNarrator unclear if]] [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane his eyes turned red due to corrupted XM exposure or if he's wearing colored contacts]].
98	* ''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 at 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]].
99	* ''Fanfic/HowToDrillYourWayThroughYourProblems'': [[spoiler:Taylor's]] eyes change from brown to blue after [[spoiler:she triggers.]]
100	* ''Fanfic/TheInfinityLeague'': Miranda's eyes would change colour when [[spoiler:she activates her power. And now, so do the other characters' eyes when they use theirs]].
101	* ''Fanfic/ItsAboutTheBones'': Gideon's necromantic potential awakening as a baby was [[MarkedChange marked]] by her eyes turning from gold to black-in-white, like God's. Then when she made Harrow into a Lyctor, Harrow got those same eyes, which confused everyone to no end.
102	* ''Fanfic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'': Happens to [[spoiler:Kallen]] early %%on in the story.
103	* ''Fanfic/ThePortal'': Thomas Smith, who normally has brown eyes, gains blue eyes when he becomes a dragon.
104	* ''Webcomic/SonicTheContinuation'': Amy's eyes changed from brown to green after coming into contact with Chaos energy.
105	* ''Fanfic/RedSadie'': In ''Ruby Stars'', Sadie's eyes permanently change from green to red after [[spoiler:Kay's gemstone melds back into her]].
106	* ''Fanfic/TheTouchOfGreenFire'': It's shown that Shego wasn't born with green eyes. When she received her powers (which changed her skin to green), her eyes changed from their natural blue to green. Her eyes changing ''back'' to blue are a symptom of her power-draining illness.
107	* ''Fanfic/TradeWinds'': Using Eagle Vision causes the user's irises to gain a glowing golden ring around the outside, which is how the Chinese delegation realized, in the dark, that Desmond Miles has the prized, allegedly-for-royalty-only "Dragon's Eye", as they call it. Nobody else who isn't in the know seems to notice this -- but it's possible only those with the Eagle Vision ability can see it --and when dragons use their Eagle Vision, this doesn't happen to their eyes.
108	* ''LetsPlay/VenturianTale'': Johnny Ghost's eyes are often portrayed as turning bright red when he turns into [[AxCrazy Jimmy Casket]].
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112	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}'' films, Vakama's FaceHeelTurn and subsequent HeelFaceTurn are represented by his orange eyes turning [[SicklyGreenGlow sickly green]], and back. Roodaka, who leads Vakama astray in the first place, has blue eyes that go red when she's angered.
113	* Bruno Madrigal from ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}''. Whenever he is using his power to see the future, his eyes change into a jade green.
114	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': Adagio's eyes briefly flash green at one point when the Dazzlings are at the height of using their song to pit the students against each other. The eyes of their victims likewise flash green on occasion.
115	* In ''WesternAnimation/OperationZERO'', the Delightful Children from Down the Lane lose their blue MindControlEyes when [[spoiler: they are temporarily un-Delightfulized and revert to their old selves, the lost and legendary Sector Z. Numbuhs 0.4 and 0.3 have dark brown eyes, 0.2 has green ones, and 0.1's are dark blue. Numbuh 0.5 wears sunglasses that obscure her eyes, but it can be assumed that they too turned back to normal.]]
116	* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians''
117	** Happens to Sandy. [[spoiler:When he is impaled by Pitch's black sand arrow, Sandy's pupils become darker and more prominent in response to the darkness consuming his body.]]
118	** Jack Frost himself originally had brown eyes, but they became blue [[spoiler:after he died and was turned into a snow spirit]].
119	* Mei Lee from ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed''. Whenever she's in her red panda form, her eyes turn a fiery red to indicate she is angry. This appears to be a general feature of the red panda form: it also happens to her mother Ming.
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123	* ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'': The Hatter. Whenever he gets angry, his eyes go from a vivid green to a fiery orange, and that would be your cue to run.
124	* In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Loki's staff changes people's eyes [[OccultBlueEyes blue]] when he mind-controls them. On the DVD commentary, director Creator/JossWhedon explains that this was actually something they added in post-production to make the difference between brainwashed characters and people acting under their own will clear, and so that there was a clear visual sign in [[spoiler:Hawkeye]] when he finally broke out of it, which makes his teammates [[WelcomeBackTraitor taking him back]] more understandable.
125	* ''Film/BloodRedSky'': Nadja's eyes change color when the meds holding her vampirism at bay start to wear off.
126	* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': In the middle of her giant blueberry transformation, Violet's eyes change from brown to blue as her cheeks swell up.
127	* 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. [[NightmareFuel It does the make the scene a lot more disturbing though...]]
128	* ''Film/EvilDead2013'': Characters' eyes change color when they are possessed. Most notably, [[spoiler: Mia's change color right before she tackles Olivia.]]
129	* In ''Film/TheLostBoys'', vampires' eyes go from their natural colour to red when they transform into 'vampire mode'.
130	* [[NoNameGiven The Girl]] from ''Film/TheNinthGate'' (who is possibly the devil in human form) does this at several points, mostly when her BloodLust gets going.
131	* In ''Film/TheShadow'', Lamont Cranston/the Shadow's eyes turn silver whenever he's using his PsychicPowers.
132	* ''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.
133	* Judge Doom from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' has brown eyes up until [[spoiler:he gets squashed by a steamroller, revealing him to be a toon]], at which point his natural {{red eyes\|TakeWarning}} appear. This is also the point he stops being calm and collected and starts acting outright psychotic.
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136	[[folder:Literature]]
137	* ''Literature/AuroraCycle'':
138	** Auri's right eye turns permanently white [[spoiler:when she uses her [[{{Precursors}} Eshvaren]] powers for the first time while conscious]].
139	** [[spoiler:When Cat is [[TheVirus infected]] by the [[BotanicalAbomination Ra'haam]] pollen on Octavia III, the first visible sign is her eyes turning from brown to blue.]]
140	* ''Literature/BlackJewels'': Jaenelle Angelline's eyes turn from "summer-sky" blue to "sapphire" when she's in Witch mode.
141	* ''Literature/TheBrightestShadow'': Characters who [[spoiler:become the Hero]] tend to have their eyes get lighter, eventually becoming unnatural white. It's ambiguous if their natural eye color becomes lighter, but it definitely appears white when the Hero is on a rampage.
142	* 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.
143	* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness'': After spirit-walking in trees in Oath Breaker, Torak gains tiny green flecks in his eyes. [[spoiler:He loses them after the Thunderstar destroys much of the Forest, and regains them following the Rite that brings the First Tree back.]]
144	* 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]].
145	* ''Literature/TheCosmere'':
146	** ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''
147	*** It is said that if a person with dark eyes wins a [[SoulCuttingBlade Shardblade]] their eyes will become light. In the [[Literature/TheWayOfKings2010 first book]], we only see one darkeyes with a Blade (Szeth), and they only turn pale blue when he is actively using the Blade. He notes that this is unique to his Blade, so the full situation remains unclear. [[spoiler:It turns out that this is because Szeth is wielding an Honorblade, not a Shardblade.]]
148	*** In the [[Literature/WordsOfRadiance second book]], we get more detail. Yes, darkeyes permanently turn light once you've bonded with a Blade (which takes about a week). Full Radiants also have their eyes turn light; in fact, [[spoiler:this process is what the Shardblades are mimicking]]. It seems to be the source of the FantasticCasteSystem that ranks lighteyes above darkeyes.
149	*** The influence of Odium has also been shown to give spren and people red eyes, to the point that red eyes are seen as a mark of [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Voidbringers]].
150	*** Interestingly, Radiants not only get lighter eyes, but may have a completely different eye color, as when Kaladin goes from dark brown to light blue eyes. Dead Shardblades, on the other hand, give a darkeyes a lighter version of whatever his original eye color was (Dark brown to gold/tan, for example).
151	** In ''Literature/ShadowsForSilenceInTheForestsOfHell'', the ghostly Shades' eyes are a sign of the level of danger they pose. When calm, their eyes are the same misty white as the rest of them. If they glow green, it's a sign that they are alert and looking into the physical world. If they turn {{red\|EyesTakeWarning}}, they're enraged and about to start using their TouchOfDeath on anyone nearby.
152	* In Creator/RogerZelazny's ''Literature/DilvishTheDamned'', some witches have eyes that wax and wane with the moon.
153	* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/{{Mort}},'' [[TheGrimReaper Death]] has glowing blue lights in his otherwise empty eye sockets. [[spoiler:When Mort starts to become the new Death, his brown eyes turn blue]].
154	* Rachel from [=Cliff McNish=]'s ''Literature/TheDoomspellTrilogy'' has eyes that change colour depending on the spell she is using; these eyes are said to be a wizard trait.
155	* In ''Literature/TheDoorWithin'' Trilogy, the Glimpses eyes change colour depending on their affiliation: Blue for King Eliam, Red for Paragor, and Green for neutral/undecided.
156	* In ''{{Literature/Dune}}'', people exposed to the Spice Melange develop brilliant blue eyes. This includes the ''whites'' of their eyes turning blue, not just the iris. This is significant for a number of reasons: Mentats consume spice in order to increase the processing capacity of their brains, and their blue eyes are a sign of their super-human abilities. The Fremen inhabitants of Arrakis also develop the eyes due to their constant proximity to the spice. So when Paul Atreides' eyes turn blue, it symbolizes his transition into a Fremen warrior.
157	* Eyes are often very important in Chris D'Lacey's ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles''. If it mentions someone's eye color more than once, it's a good bet that it has either changed or will change soon. Brown, blue, green, black, and violet are the most common.
158	* ''Literature/TheLockedTomb'':
159	** ''Literature/GideonTheNinth'': A very unsettling example occurs with [[spoiler:Ianthe]], after she consumes [[spoiler:Naberius]]'s soul. Her eyes keep flickering between her natural eye colour and his, sometimes just becoming entirely pupil-less and white. It's implied that all Lyctors take the eye colour of the cavalier they consumed, as Cytherea's blue eyes are noted as being "someone else's fire," and [[spoiler:Harrow]] refuses to look at her reflection in the epilogue after she's consumed [[spoiler:Gideon]]'s soul.
160	** ''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 in charge of the body can be checked by the eyes]].
161	* 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 [[PowerDyesYourHair bleaching effect]] on its users. Companions, the series' signature white [[OurAngelsAreDifferent horse-shaped angels]], are white and blue-eyed partially from genetics but also because they draw on node magic for their incredible speed and endurance.
162	* In ''Literature/HerculePoirot'', when Poirot is very excited, his green eyes flicker and become steadily greener and greener.
163	* ''Literature/InCryptid'': All [[BewareTheMindReader Johrlac]] have [[ProphetEyes pure white eyes]] when actively using their telepathy (Sarah calls it a form of bioluminescence). They can still see fine, though focusing on both another mind and their surroundings at the same time can be difficult. The rest of the time, they have OccultBlueEyes.
164	* In the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', Solembum has these (and potentially the elves, if you count that they can use their magic to change their forms when they feel like it). In the first novel, he is stated to have red eyes. In the second, he has golden eyes. In the third, he has green eyes. In the fourth, he has blue eyes. This is even lampshaded by Eragon, who quips, "Weren't your eyes red?" which prompts Solembum to change his eyes back to red.
165	* In ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'', changing eye color or shape is characteristic of mana-born demons, signifying a shift from their sapient form to their monstrous one. [[spoiler: Eric Watley]] has eyes whose pupils turn into slits, the eyes of [[spoiler: Nolien Heleti]] turn entirely red and those of [[spoiler: Kallen Selios]] turn from circles into triangles.
166	* In ''Literature/LightningDust'', the eponymous hero's eyes turn bright yellow from their normal blue when Klaus turns into him, while [[spoiler:Daniel's]] sclera (the white part of the eyes) and pupils turn light and dark blue respectively when he becomes Crystal Eye.
167	* In ''Literature/MagicToTheBone'', Zayvion has Brown Eyes with flecks of gold... until he leaves the magic grid, whereupon they turn brown. When he drives back, his eyes turn pure gold with flecks of brown.
168	* People ''Literature/MollyMoon'' hypnotizes will have their eyes turn a sickly green to match her own.
169	* ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'':
170	** This ''might'' have happened to Nightingale as part of his MerlinSickness: he's described as having grey eyes, but an old portrait of him Peter finds (which he assumes to be of Nightingale's father at the time) has blue eyes.
171	** In ''Foxglove Summer'', Zoe Thomas had her eyes permanently change from blue to hazel [[spoiler:during her childhood run-in with the fairies that led to her baby half-sister being swapped out for a {{changeling\|Tale}} (who was also her half-sister).]]
172	* ''Literature/OliverTwisted'': Oliver's eyes turn silver when harnessing the warlock magic inside him which he calls "the Rage".
173	* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'': At the end of ''Magyk'', Sarah Heap notices that [[spoiler:Septimus']] eyes are becoming green from exposure to Magyk when she identifies him as her child.
174	* In ''Literature/TheSeventhTower'', Icecarl women who become Crones have their eyes change colour three times as their magic grows: to [[OccultBlueEyes vivid blue]] as apprentices, to [[GlowingEyesOfDoom luminous silver]] as full Crones, and to [[ProphetEyes milky white]] as [[TheArchmage Mother Crones]].
175	* ''Literature/SisterFidelma'' has blue eyes that sometimes flash green with her changeable moods. Atypical because hers is a historical fiction series with no hint of magic.
176	* ''Literature/TailchasersSong'': Eyeshimmer's eyes turn from his normal milky blue to a deep blackish-blue when he uses his [[{{Seers}} far-senser]] powers.
177	* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'': Vampirism causes a human's eyes to change color to bright red, as they enter the newborn phase. If newborns decide on an animal diet (like the Cullens do), they will eventually turn gold, but if they choose [[ImAHumanitarian the human diet]] (as most vampires do), they will turn crimson.
178	* ''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 take months to go away.
179	* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
180	** 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.
181	** People who awaken as a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent wolfbrother]] have their eyes turn [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold]] to match those of a wolf.
182	* ''Literature/TheWitchlands'': The Sightwitches have their eyes turn silver when they are granted the gift of Sight by their goddess. The only two Sightwitches not to have the power, [[spoiler:Ryber Fortiza and Eridysi Gochienka]], also eventually gained silver eyes.
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186	* ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'': In "Being Tom Baldwin", Isabelle makes her eyes green so that they will match the dress that Matthew Ross gave her.
187	* In the later seasons of ''Series/BabylonFive'', Lyta Alexander's eyes would turn [[BlackEyesOfEvil solid black]] whenever she made use of the [[TouchedByVorlons Vorlon enhancements to her psychic abilities]]. However she became even more powerful in the PostscriptSeason, she acquires GlowingEyesOfDoom instead. Possibly because the black contacts used for the old effect were painful to wear.
188	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
189	** Whenever Willow makes intensive use of magic, her eyes abruptly turned [[BlackEyesOfEvil pitch-black]] while closed. Then, in the series finale, [[spoiler:when using the scythe to activate all the potential slayers,]] her eyes (and hair) turn white, hinting she is using powerful white magic.
190	** When Willow buffs up Buffy with magic to fight Adam, Buffy's eyes turn [[SupernaturalGoldEyes gold/yellow]].
191	* At the end of the series finale of ''Series/Daredevil2015'', Agent Ben Poindexter is undergoing a risky experimental procedure so he can walk again, which is shown to have caused his iris to change into [[MythologyGag a bullseye pattern]], referencing his identity as Bullseye in the comics.
192	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
193	** Leela's eyes are bleached permanently blue by a blinding explosion in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E1HorrorOfFangRock "Horror of Fang Rock"]]. Even though her vision later returns, her eye colour does not. This was a WrittenInInfirmity (the actress hated the brown coloured contacts she had to wear as Leela and the production team decided to give her a break) but serves as something of a symbolic coming-of-age moment for her character, as the Doctor [[PygmalionPlot Pygmalioning]] her into a protegée has strikingly blue eyes.
194	** When Rose [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays absorbs the Heart of the TARDIS and becomes the Bad Wolf]], her eyes turn golden. The same happens to [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor the Moment]] when it assumes her human aspect.
195	** The Ood gain RedEyesTakeWarning whenever something else is directly controlling them. We eventually find the red eyes just represent 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''.
196	* In ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'', whenever the fairies use their powers, their eyes change color according to the element they possess (fire fairies get red-orange eyes, water fairies get steel blue eyes, mind fairies get purple eyes, and so forth).
197	* In ''Series/ForeverKnight'', vampires' eyes turn golden when they vamp out.
198	* ''Series/TheHauntingOfBlyManor'': After [[spoiler: Dani is possessed by Viola]], one of her eyes turns brown.
199	* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'': When viewers see David's eyes turn green, [[YouWontLikeMeWhenImAngry it's confirmation that things]] [[HulkingOut are about to get smashed...]]
200	* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': When a human becomes a vampire, their eyes may change during the transition. Louis and Claudia's eyes were brown when they were mortal, but their vampiric irises are green and reddish-orange, respectively. However, this isn't a universal phenomenon because Antoinette retains her blue eyes (they're just a more vibrant shade of blue) after she's turned.
201	* ''Series/JekyllAndHyde2015'': Robert Jekyll's eyes flash bright blue whenever he is bordering on or fully transforming into Hyde.
202	* In the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise, the big, insectlike eyepieces of the Riders often change with the mode the suit is in. In a more sinister vein, they can also change with the mentality of the wearer if the powers present a hazard to his sanity (if a power-up is potentially a SuperpoweredEvilSide, and the Rider's eyepieces turn the color that represents that power source, you wanna be a few dozen counties over.)
203	* In ''Series/Legion2017'', Lenny's eyes are brown during her first life, but blue when she comes BackFromTheDead, a fact that even throws Ptonomy, a mutant with perfect recall. [[spoiler: It turns out that this is because she's in the body of David's murdered sister Amy, which has been reshaped to look like the old Lenny.]]
204	* In ''Series/Merlin2008'', Merlin's eyes turn brownish-gold when he uses magic.
205	* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode [[Recap/StarTrekS1E3WhereNoManHasGoneBefore "Where No Man Has Gone Before"]] Gary Mitchell and Elizabeth Dehner both develop inhuman silver-colored eyes after the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie "energy barrier at the edge of the Galaxy"]] gives them a variety of psychic and telekinetic abilities.
206	* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
207	** 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.
208	** Angels will sometimes change the eye color of their vessel's body to a bright blue. Notably in season nine, [[spoiler:Sam's eyes glowed blue when Gadreel took over, so it was easier for Dean (and the audience) to know who he was talking to.]] Though his vessel's eyes are blue to begin with, Castiel tends to pull out [[GlowingEyesOfDoom the glowy version]] as an intimidation tactic.
209	* 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's voice, spluttered, "Oh, go away! They're blue!"
210	-->'''Harvey Korman:''' ''[aside]'' Why am I talking like Paul Lynde??
211	* Eye color is a key part of the werewolf mythology in ''Series/TeenWolf''. Alphas have red eyes, and betas have either orange or blue eyes.
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215	* 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, complete with that haunting [[Creator/VincentPrice Vincent Price]] [[EvilLaugh laugh]] as well...
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219	* Everyone in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' originally had uniform grey eyes with [[EmptyEyes no pupils]]. Their eye colours change when they awaken to their emotions to [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow match their hair]].
220	* ''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.
221	* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', [[spoiler:Byleth]]'s eyes turn from blue to green along with [[PowerDyesYourHair their hair]] [[spoiler:upon receiving Sothis's power]].
222	* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'': Circus Baby presently has green eyes, but if notice, she has blue eyes in the 8-bit minigame. [[spoiler:She originally had blue eyes, but they turned green after she accidentally trapped the green-eyed Elizabeth Afton within herself.]]
223	* Throughout ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', eyes change color to an orange-gold whenever someone gets too close to the darkness, or if they're [[spoiler:a vessel for Xehanort]].
224	** Braig's eyes change from brown to gold, [[spoiler:after he becomes part-Xehanort]].
225	** Terra's eyes go from blue to orange when [[spoiler:Master Xehanort possesses him.]]
226	** Xehanort's eyes go from orange to brown and back again during the year he spends amnesiac.
227	** Ansem the Wise's eyes change to gold after he embraces the power of darkness.
228	** Riku's eyes start changing color during the time between ''Chain of Memories'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II'', since [[spoiler:he still has part of Xehanort's Heartless inside him]]. They go back to their normal color once he's blasted by the light of Ansem's Kingdom Hearts Encoder exploding.
229	** Isa's eyes went from blue to orange at some point after ''Birth by Sleep'', because [[spoiler:he's being taken over by Xehanort as well.]]
230	** Aqua's blue eyes become orange [[spoiler:when she is briefly claimed by the darkness and turns into Anti-Aqua. They return to blue after she is purified]].
231	* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', any [[MindOverMatter biotics]] that don't already have blue eyes get them briefly, along with a subtle [[GlowingEyes glow]], when they use their powers. Shepard also gets glowing green eyes when they look at Prothean footage in the ''From Ashes'' DLC.
232	* In ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'', Shadow's eyes change from blue to red after he pulls off his FaceHeelTurn.
233	* Koyuki Saito/Little Snow from Creator/IdeaFactory's ''Neverland'' franchise had brown eyes and hair before being pulled from Earth to Neverland. After becoming an [[PersonOfMassDestruction Alien Soul]], [[PowerDyesYourHair her hair turned white]] and her eyes went [[InnocentBlueEyes pure blue]].
234	* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris2'', Marle is introduced with golden eyes. They change to blue once she [[spoiler:is freed from Squares' manipulation]].
235	* 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]].
236	* In ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', Sonic's eyes are normally green, but when he goes Super Sonic, they turn red.
237	* While you can choose what color Agent 3's irises are in ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'': Octo Expansion, when they get partially sanitised their irises gain the same sickly cyan color that all other sanitised creatures have, as well as gaining a strange aperture-like pattern.
238	* When [[SpaceElves Faize]] from ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'' gets subjected to a lot of stress, his LegoGenetics causes him to unconsciously suppress it. This gets shown with his eyes turning red.
239	* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' anything [[GrandTheftMe Captured]] by Mario, regardless of what it is, will take on Mario's blue eyes, in addition to gaining his mustache.
240	* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''
241	** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Colette's blue eyes turn red when she loses her [[spoiler:soul]]; they return to blue when she gets it back again. In the anime adaptation [[spoiler: her eyes turn green when she is possessed by Martel]].
242	** In ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'', Emil's normally green eyes turn red whenever his "Ratatosk-mode" personality is in control (usually during battle only). When we first see him, his eyes are gray, because [[spoiler:he hasn't invented a personality yet]].
243	* 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.
244	** 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.
245	** Canonically, if a character is channeling a lot of magical power their eyes start to glow showing that the power has filled up their soul. The different magics have different philosophies associated with them, to some degree. Though not to the point where the type of magic someone wields indicates their political alignment or anything. But it is to the point where certain races either cannot or will not engage with certain types of magic.
246	* 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 hitherto 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.
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250	* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Fukawa has eyes that change from a soft pinkish-grey to [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright red]] when [[spoiler:her SplitPersonality [[SerialKiller Genocider Syo]] is in charge.]]
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254	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''
255	** 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.
256	** Neopolitan has tri-coloured hair; the left half is brown, and right half pink with white streaks. Her natural eyes are pink (left) and brown (right), but her [[MasterOfIllusion Semblance]] allows her to change her appearance at will. She can flit between any eye colour and combination of colours based on mood or disguise. She's played with pink/brown combinations, had white eyes when fleeing Raven in fear, and used green, purple, blue colours with different disguises. [[spoiler:In Volume 8, she disguises herself as Nora when stealing the Relic of Knowledge; she uses Nora's turquoise eyes to take advantage of Ren's [[LoveInterest feelings for Nora]]; he freezes up in shock and horror, allowing her to knock him down; it leaves him in tears.]]
257	** 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.]]
258	* ''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 leave 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.
259	* ''WebAnimation/SuperThings'':
260	** Professor K.'s eyes change from white to [[YellowEyesOfSneakiness yellow]] after [[ProfessorGuineaPig consuming the new villainous yellow essence]].
261	** Mr. King's eyes change from white to [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] in his childhood after the incident that [[StartOfDarkness changes his life for the worse]].
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265	* ''Webcomic/{{Aurora\|2019}}'': Alinua's eyes used to be gray and glowed green when using magic. After overloading and coming into contact with the Life Primordial they are green all the time.
266	* ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'': Zeno's eyes change from yellow to glowing red when he is possessed and controlled by the wraith.
267	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': While it has not been explicitly seen yet, eye color change is mentioned as one of the potential side-effects of a "burnout", when a magic user uses too much magic, and [[BroughtDownToNormal temporarily loses access to their powers.]]
268	* ''Webcomic/GrimTrigger'': Tage's eyes have been shown as red instead of brown on three different occasions so far. First in the book 1 cover, second in book 3, and last in the credits for the 1000CC arc. The cause hasn't been explained yet, but whenever it happens, he looks incredibly distressed.
269	* ''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.
270	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
271	** When Kurloz mind controls Meulin, her eyes change to a deep purple.
272	** Lord English' eyes are a constant loop of pool balls spinning around in his eye sockets. [[spoiler:B2 Jack Noir gets these as well when he's sent Li'l Cal while in jail...[[EyeScream after gouging out his own eyes and replacing them with the puppet's.]]]]
273	* ''Webcomic/ImTheGrimReaper'': Before becoming a reaper, Scarlet's eyes are a very human shade of dark brown/black. After becoming a reaper, they permanently turn bright red.
274	* ''WebComic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
275	** Spellcasters frequently display an eye color that matches that of their magic when casting a particularly powerful spell, or even just when they're very angry.
276	** Roy's eyes occasionally flash green when channeling the green energy powers of his sword.
277	* ''Webcomic/TheSilverEye'': If a character’s eyes change colour, it's a sign that the character in question is descended from the Nedarians. This only happens in extreme cases, when they're experiencing emotion so intense that it lets their microscopic amounts of magic blood show through.
278	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'':
279	** Every {{magical girl}}'s eyes change to a vibrant and often exotic hue upon receiving the Dream that grants her powers, as does her [[PowerDyesYourHair hair]]. Both remain this color until the girl loses her powers, either naturally through aging or [[DePower otherwise]], at which point they return to their natural shades.
280	** Series protagonist Undine Wells is an unusual case in that her eyes have changed color more than once. As an active magical girl, she initially has [[InnocentBlueEyes bright blue eyes]], but her pupils become pink after [[spoiler:her [[PinkHeroine pink-themed]] teammate Tessa [[HeroicSacrifice gives up her own power]] to save Undine's life]].
281	** Heartful Punch actually subverts this -- unlike most girls, she was ''born'' with the cyan eyes she now has as a magical girl. This is because [[spoiler:she [[TeenPregnancy was born to an active magical girl]], and as a result, her mother's power was [[BequeathedPower passed down to her]]]].
282	* ''Webcomic/TheSwordInterval'': Heroine Fall Barros was attacked by the [[BigBad Hierophant]] when she was twelve years old, and given SupernaturalGoldEyes as a result. [[spoiler:This is actually a {{subversion}}. Fall is in fact the current [[ApocalypseMaiden Harbinger]], and as such was born with the glowing golden eyes. However, the [[WellIntentionedExtremist Atlas Foundation]] altered her memories (and last family photo) so she believed that she used to have brown eyes.]]
283	* ''Webcomic/VioletZombie'': In life, Penelope Martinez's eyes had hazel-brown irises. Upon her resurrection as Penelope Mortinez, the irises are bluish-white, which is caused by loss of pigmentation after death.
284	* ''Webcomic/TheWitchsThrone'': The girl that awakens as a Witch has her eye completely changed to purple and black.
285	* ''Webcomic/{{Zoophobia}}'': Zill's eyes go from purple to green when he uses his powers.
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289	* Creator/{{Amoridere}}: [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/gallery/39686204 Doki's eyes, like her twin sister's, changes in accordance to what she wears or at will.]]
290	* ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP''
291	** In Season 1:
292	*** After the accidental outburst Scott had with his ice powers, his eye color changes from a dark, grey-ish blue to [[ElementalEyeColors bright, electric blue]].
293	*** After Joey [[BrainwashedAndCrazy allies himself with Xornoth]], his eyes go from green to {{red\|EyesTakeWarning}}. Similarly, as "Dark Sausage", Sausage's eyes turn from their normal blue to crimson.
294	** In Season 2, during the WebVideo/{{Hermitcraft}} crossover, after [[spoiler:being consumed by the Evermoore Fog]], Cubfan's eyes turn from dark green to the turquoise of [[spoiler:Echo Shards, and his sclerae turn to the [[BlackEyesOfEvil black and dark teal of Sculk corruption]]]].
295	* ''WebVideo/NewLifeSMP'': In his third life equivalent, while holding the Sculk origin, Sparrow's eyes go from its normal dark brown to a deep, Sculk-ish blue.
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299	* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'': The one-shot Rebecca from "Deville-Age Elder" has bright pink eyes for most of it, but when Spot frees her from the town's mindlessly happy curse, her eyes turn deep blue with visible catchlights.
300	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': In the MadeForTVMovie "Attack of the Twonkies", the first sign of the [[FluffyTheTerrible Twonkies]] about to mutate from hearing music is their eyes turning completely black.
301	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Anne's eyes sometimes become blue or even glow when she is in an emotional state. Her friend and fellow human Marcy has also been shown to have her eyes change color to green, and Sasha does the same with her eyes turning pink. Heavily implied to be caused by the Calamity Box that transported them to Amphibia.
302	* ''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.
303	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': Ethan Bennett's eyes change from blue to green when he becomes Clayface.
304	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
305	** 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.
306	** When a person gets overshadowed by a ghost, the person's eyes will change to the same color as the ghost's. So anyone possessed by Danny gets his green ghost eyes.
307	* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': The protagonist Manny Rivera has dark brown eyes, but when he transforms into El Tigre they turn emerald green with lighter green outlines.
308	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
309	** Mabel's eyes turn green when she's had too much Smile Dip.
310	** Additionally, looking into the Gremloblin's eyes causes the eyes of two tourists to match the creature's bright yellow ones.
311	** Whoever is possessed by Bill Cipher will have their eyes turn yellow with slitted pupils, or if their dreams are messed with, the eyes will turn blue and stream violently.
312	* ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'': The Grinch's eyes go from [[YellowEyesOfSneakiness yellow]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red irises]] to InnocentBlueEyes after his HeelFaceTurn.
313	* ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'': Arlo gets deep pink eyes when experiencing a sugar rush in Willow Button. Also when he is about to shed, his eyes turn pale blue and his pupils become faded.
314	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' introduced the idea of Green Lantern's eyes lighting up in green whenever he used his powers, which eventually found its way into comics.
315	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Adrien Agreste has normal human green eyes. When he transforms into Cat Noir, however, the sclerae become green, while the irises turn a slightly lighter shade of green and the iris becomes slitted, like a cat's.
316	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
317	** Luna has normal pony eyes, but when she's in her Nightmare Moon persona, she has reptile eyes with slit pupils.
318	** 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 reptilian.]]
319	** In "The Crystal Empire", Twilight's eyes turn reptilian red with green scleras like King Sombra's when she is seeing her worst fear through the door he conjures.
320	** In "Bats!", Fluttershy's teal eyes turn vermillion red when she turns into a bat-pony hybrid.
321	* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'':
322	** In "Young Blood Old Souls", Eda and Lilith each have one of their eyes change color to grey after [[spoiler:Lilith decides to share Eda's curse with her so that she won't be permanently stuck in her Owl Beast form]].
323	** Happens to [[spoiler:Hunter]] in "Thanks to Them". [[spoiler:After Belos leaves him in a weakened state from possessing his body and Flapjack makes a HeroicSacrifice to save his life, Hunter's eyes turn a normal brown color instead of pink.]]
324	* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', this happens with several characters:
325	** Raven's eyes glow white when she uses her powers. Occasionally, they glow red, which is a sign that you really need to run.
326	** After her NextTierPowerUp, Starfire's eyes glow green when she is angry or using her eyebolts.
327	** Jinx's eyes glow pink while using her powers occasionally.
328	* In ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Megatron's eyes go from red to purple when he's using Dark Energon, indicating the substance's power and supernatural influence, and the nasty side effects it has on Megatron's mind.
329	* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'': Amaya has light reddish-brown eyes, but when she transforms into Owlette, her eyes become pure red.
330	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
331	** Bloom's Dragon Flame powers manifest sometimes by having her eyes turn a glowing amber.
332	** When Bloom is corrupted into Dark Bloom by Lord Darkar, her eyes turn yellow with cat pupils.
333	** In Season 4 when Roxy is possessed by Nebula, her eyes turn an infernal red.
334	* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': When the Guardians are [[spoiler: preparing to transform into their elements, Will's eyes glow white-blue as she shouts, [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull "Guardians Unite!"]].]]
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