Human Body

Why are pupils black when they are really holes?

Because most light entering the eye is absorbed inside instead of bouncing back out. The pupil is an opening in the coloured iris. Light passes through it toward the retina. Inside the eye, dark pigments and tissues absorb much of that light, so very little returns to your viewer's eyes. The opening therefore appears black.

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