ANTHROPOMETRY 83 



DESCRIPTIVE TERMS 



Class of Color. Shades. 



White — florid — light — medium — brunet — dusky — light brown. 



Yellow — pale yellowish or sallow — tawny (brownish yellow) — dusky 



yellow. 

 Brown — light — medium — dark — chocolate (solid) . 

 Black — brown black — bluish black — greyish black — ebony black. 



EYES 



What is generally observed about the eyes is the direction of the 

 palpebral fissure or eye-slit, a presence of epicanthus, and the color 

 of the iris. Any other feature found to characterize an anthropo- 

 logical group should of course be noted. The color of the conjunc- 

 tiva is more of age than racial significance. 



color of eyes 



Remarks: Good soft light and close attention are necessary. In 

 Whites, and particularly Americans, a large majority of eyes are 

 mixtures, or blends, of the blues and browns, and both parental 

 colors may be represented, the brown aggregated about the pupil, in 

 lake or spots, the mostly more or less modified blue outside. In rare 

 cases the brown may be present in the form of a wedge-shaped seg- 

 ment; and the two eyes may be of a different shade. Eyes change in 

 color from infancy to childhood and again during senility; and in 

 mixed populations the change may even be from brownish to grey or 

 bluish or vice versa. Mixed shades may also change perceptibly with 

 physical condition and mental state of subject. In recording, the 

 student may either restrict himself to noting the prevailing color 

 {i.e., that of the more distal zones of the iris), or record both this as 

 well as the presence of the brown color or spots about the pupil. 



EYESLITS 



Direction: horizontal; 



, ,. f ext. canthi higher'! , ' 



oblique ■{ ^ ^, • , i moderately; 



L ext. canthi lower , „ 



*■ markedly. 



"mongolic" fold (epicanthus). 



EYE colors 

 Classes: 

 Blue — light ("forget-me-nots"), medium, rich blue, slate blue. 



