“Look me in the eyes” is what we ask when we wish to get a more direct glimpse into a person’s thoughts. It demonstrates the fact that the eyes truly are windows into the soul, that they do reveal something of our personality. It isn’t just what’s behind the eyes that counts, though; according to science, the color of our eyes also has a story to tell about who we are.
A 2007 study from Orebro University in Sweden found that people with different features in their irises, namely crypts, or lines extending out from the pupil, and furrows, circular lines curving around, were in fact associated with opposite personality traits.