User:Sooj126/Lipochrome

Lipochromes can be found constantly in the adrenals of adults. However, they are not present in these or other organs of infants; they are also present in the corpus luteum, liver, and fat, but were not found in recognizable / significant quantities in other organs apart the spleen.

Lipochrome is a yellowish pigment and is responsible for the color seen in some eyes. Individuals with green eyes have slightly more lipochrome in their eyes as opposed to someone with darker brown, or even blue eyes, who may have more melanin as opposed to lipochrome. People with green eyes actually have no green pigment in their eyes. The increased amount of lipochrome, combined with the blue hue from the Rayleigh scattering in the iris, and the yellowish tint from the lipochrome pigment itself, produces a green colored iris. All eyes are contain some amount of melanin in the back of the iris, but not all eyes contain lipochrome pigmentations.