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    Default How light eyed are Austrians?

    I am a bit confused because studies conflict with my personal observations on Austrian MPs.

    Weisbach as well as TNH show around 50% light eyes, but according to my study Austrian parliament has 58% even if I include all ethnic minorities (which are quite a few) and if you add light eyes with small mixtures it goes up to 67% (still including all minorities) which fits more into Virchow's numbers at the German-Austrian border:
    https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...yes-(very-old)

    Perhaps Weisbach included all eyes with any marginal brown spots in his "gray-brown" category, or perhaps Austrian parliament is lighter than regular Austrians (despite minorities)

    Weisbach's studies of Austria
    https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post5804690

    Schimmer found 61-65% depending on the region.

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    Around 55% if we count all current habitants of Austria. If we exclude the oneswho do not identify as Austrian then it might be about 60% in my opinion.

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    By the way, I am sorry that I selected the wrong option. I should have selected 55-60%

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    After I came across Weisbach's studies which gave a weighted average of 50% (for his blue+gray) of all Austrian regions I was sure it was correct because it fit very well with TNH's 53%. But now I think they might be lighter.

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    From my experience significantly more than half, but not above 65%

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    Austrians are approximately 55%-60% light-eyed. They are typical Central Europeans like Czechs, Slovaks, Slovenes, Hungarians and so on. Many people in these countries easily combine light brown and dark blonde hair with brown or hazel eyes and a moderately fair skin tone. While in Northern Europe especially the North-West, a large minority combine dark brown or very dark hair with bright piercing blue or green eyes and a very fair or pale skin usually freckled, very sun-sensitive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Septentrion View Post
    Austrians are approximately 55%-60% light-eyed. They are typical Central Europeans like Czechs, Slovaks, Slovenes, Hungarians and so on. Many people in these countries easily combine light brown and dark blonde hair with brown or hazel eyes and a moderately fair skin tone. While in Northern Europe especially the North-West, a large minority combine dark brown or very dark hair with bright piercing blue or green eyes and a very fair or pale skin usually freckled, very sun-sensitive.
    So for you hazel eyes are light ?

    + For Austrians I agree that they are on Central Euro average in my opinion for eye color.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Septentrion View Post
    They are typical Central Europeans like Czechs, Slovaks, Slovenes, Hungarians and so on. .
    Nobody would contest that, but there are differences with aforementioned ethnic groups. Are Austrians closer to Czechs or Hungarians? Those two are not that very close in terms of pigmentation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Samnium View Post
    So for you hazel eyes are light ?

    + For Austrians I agree that they are on Central Euro average in my opinion for eye color.
    Hazel eyes are a mixed color. Thus it will depend on the shade, some may be classed as light and others dark.
    https://thenaturalmakeupreview.com/w...zel-Eyes-1.jpg

    Charlize Theron the South African actress has hazel eyes.
    http://www.eyedoctorguide.com/images...hazel-eyes.jpg

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    Most European ethnic groups are light-eyed in the majority barring Southern Europeans and Balkan people imo.

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