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Well, that's something like hazel, or dark green. That would be probably 7 on the Martin's scale. However many light-mixed (10-12) or dark-mixed (8-9) eyes have green shades.
Perhpas 20% is too high. From what I can gather Letts got:
1. Pure blues (15-16) reach 25%, and together with pure grays (13-14 on the Martin's scale) they total 33.3%
2. However, total light eyes equal 57-59%. Now, this category apart from pure blue and pure grey eyes, encompasses also all shades of light-mixed eyes, that is green-grey/blue and brown-grey/blue.
3. Together, these light-mixed shades equal (57/59% - 33.3%) = 24-26%
Now, most of these 26% are mixed-blues, but some proportion should be green-grey/blue. If we take approx one third of that number as our pale greens we will get about 9%. As for the remaining 15 % - these are dark eyes. Out of these 15% - some are dark green and hazel (7-9 on the Martin's scale), but some are brown. If we take one third again, and assume its our dark green frequency, we will get 5%. Add it up with the 9% you get about 14%.
Look, definitely dark green eyes, like on the pic you posted, do not account for more than 5%. But together with other light-mixed green shades, the frequency has to be well over 10%, perhaps approaching 20%.
First of all, Karl, was talking about Estonia, which is different, speaks a different language, and's got a different history (dating back to 3000 BC). You can't lump Latvia and Finnic countries into same category, coz they are clearly not the same. Not just geographically or linguistically. Besides, what you take for green is clearly the dark green, hazel shade - most likely 7th on the Martin's scale. That shade is indeed quite rare in Northern Europe, but by no means it accounts for all shades of green.Never!! Visit Latvia and look yourself if you dont trust me. Or listen to Karl!! What Karl says is right!! I have not seen more Latvians with green eyes like Karl in Estonian people. Maximum 10 people.
While I agree, that particular hazel, or dark green shade can reach 3-5% in various North Euro populations, there are still many other light green shades which fall in the dark-mixed (8-9) and light-mixed category (Martin's 10-12), and by most people would still considered some sort of "green", whether light-green, blue-green or grey-green.
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