Why do we see colors with our eyes closed?
Those mysterious blobs and patterns that bedazzle the backs of your eyelids are no illusion. What you see is real light — and it’s coming from inside your eyes.
Hanneke Weitering • December 29, 2014
Phosphenes can appear as geometric patterns as well as random spots of color. This is an artist's rendition of what they look like. [Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons user Al2]
As you settle into bed at night, close your eyes and begin to doze off, you may notice the colorful light show happening inside your eyelids. When you rub the sleep from your weary eyes, the lights suddenly intensify and bursts of bright colors appear all across your field of vision. A few seconds later, the colors settle down again. While you might appreciate the bedtime entertainment, in the back of your drowsy mind you’ve probably wondered what the heck you’re even seeing.
These strange blobs you see have a name; they’re called “phosphenes,” and researchers believe that actual light may play a role. But not ordinary light — this light comes from inside your eyes. In the same way that fireflies and deep-sea creatures can glow, cells within our eyes emit biophotons, or biologically produced light particles.
“We see biophotonic light inside our eyes in the same way we see photons from external light,” said István Bókkon, a Hungarian neuroscientist who works at the Vision Research Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Biophotons exist in your eyes because your atoms constantly emit and absorb tiny particles of light, or photons. This photon exchange is just a part of normal cellular function. Your eyes can’t tell the difference between photons from outside light and the biophotons emitted by your own atoms. Either way, your optic nerve simply relays these light signals to the brain, which must then decide if it accurately represents the real world around you, or if it’s just a phosphene.
Our eyes actually produce far more biophotons than we end up seeing as phosphenes. “When you rub your eyes, this generates biophotons in many parts of the eyes,” explained Bókkon. “But they are mostly absorbed locally.” Almost all of the biophotons you see are the ones both emitted and absorbed by atoms in the retina — the part of your eye responsible for detecting light.
Inside the retina, millions of tiny cells called rods and cones collect light and convert it into electrical signals. These signals travel through the optic nerve to a part of the brain called the visual cortex. Here, the brain reconstructs an image using the information received from the eyes. When a reconstructed image looks like nonsense, the brain is quick to label the image as unreal, or a phosphene.
But that information doesn’t always come from your retinas. According to Bókkon, phosphenes can originate in various other parts of the visual system, too. Research has shown that direct electric and magnetic stimulation of the brain can trigger phosphenes, and Bókkon hopes to soon be able to prove that biophotons are responsible for these phosphenes as well.
Depending on where a phosphene originates, it can take on a variety of shapes, patterns and colors. Different atoms and molecules emit photons of different wavelengths, which is why we see different colors. A phosphene with an orderly geometric pattern like a checkerboard may have originated in a section of the retina where millions of light-collecting cells are arranged in a similarly organized pattern. Researchers have also found that different areas of the brain’s visual cortex create certain specific shapes of phosphenes.
In the 1950s, the German researcher Max Knoll at the Technische Universität in Munich came up with a classification scheme for phosphene shapes. He studied phosphenes in over a thousand volunteers and came up with 15 categories, including triangles, stars, spirals, spots and amorphous blobs. He discovered that by prodding different areas of the visual cortex with an electrode device, he was consistently able to induce the same kinds of phosphenes.
In the lab, scientists generally use electric probes and fancy magnetic machines to make people see phosphenes. But the phosphenes we mostly see every day are not related to any type of electromagnetic stimulation. Instead, most phosphenes occur spontaneously when the atoms in our eyes exchange their biophotons. You can also trigger phosphenes yourself by applying pressure to your eyes — but be careful trying this at home!
The most common non-spontaneous phosphenes are pressure phosphenes, like the ones you see when you rub your eyes. According to Bókkon, any type of pressure on the eyes can cause them to emit an “excess of biophotons” that create intense visuals. Sneezing really hard, getting whacked in the head, and standing up too fast (causing a drop in blood pressure) are also ways to trigger pressure phosphenes.
The only people who never see phosphenes are people who have been blind since birth. But people who lose their vision due to illnesses or injuries usually don’t lose all visual functions. Because phosphenes can originate in different parts of the visual system, “theoretically, all blind people who could previously see can retain the ability to see phosphenes,” explained Bókkon.
Researchers have also been studying ways to trigger phosphenes in blind patients to try and figure out a way to potentially restore their vision. If scientists can use technology to make the blind see phosphenes, perhaps they can use similar technology make them see real images.
So next time you crawl into bed, close your eyes and admire the phosphenes. Now that you can appreciate the visual effects in a whole new way, you can just lay back and enjoy the show.
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Hanneke Weitering
Hanneke Weitering is a lifelong physics fanatic from Knoxville, Tennessee. While pursuing a B.S. in Physics at the University of Tennessee, she discovered her passion for science communication and dove into the world of journalism. First, she began writing stories for the Sci/Tech column at Tennessee Journalist. Afterwards she joined the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where she wrote features about research being performed on the Kraken and Nautilus supercomputers.
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Ur talking about cells and atoms radiate biophotons in absencr of normal light due to facing photons for avery long time ! So y our body doesnt glow! Specialy our hands and parts continously exposes to light like our faces???
Hi,
What are you thinking about visual snow? :(
My son has seen constant colors ever since he can remember. An MRI revealed some extra electrical activity at the back of his head. He also has migraines and occasionally loss of vision (goes completely white) Can this be calmed?
He also sees colors when his eyes are closed.
I see this all the time. It’s horrible and I have seen it since I can remember. Have tried to figure out what it is but the best I can come up with is visual snow. I see shapes, stars, colors, and it corresponds and lights up when I hear certain noises are different colors. My ears always ring and I hear music. It would be nice to know if there is a fix for it. Really just any information would be fantastic, I really want to understand why this is happening.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Heidi Burchinal
When I was little I would look up at my ceiling and see colorful shapes and objects, like a chair, that were transparent like. My eyes were not closed. What were my eyes doing? It faded away as I got older.
Arlene,
That can be classic migraine, I get a colour show appearing in a blob, which is temporarily blinding. Had it for randomly for 10 years not knowing what it was. It was actually the c’s – chocolate, caffeine, coffee and citrus in more than normal doses that were bringing it on.
I get a lot of these visual things, such as the phosphenes described in the article which is a bit different.
I can trigger the visual show without pressure on my eyes. But I sometimes forget I can do it and when it triggers itself I enjoy it and when the show it’s over I can do more;) The only thing is that my color is green only. Have fun;)
Heidi, I get everything that you have described here except from the music part, it can be so annoying at times, especially the ringing and hissing ears!
I sometimes see this lights mostly in the color green., when I start to focus on this light moving around..it’s going to sound crazy but the green light works like a window I can actually see pass the green light into well through my eye lids
I believe I am seeing my blood and things in it – is that possible?
it trigger me to see the colours and faces figure when i look into the sun or any lights after reading the above is be very interesting and it did explain the concept of whats going on. thank you
I have always seen colours and cam make them change by thinking of a colour and then it will appear .I can also see faces in my sleep and find it very nice.
DMT let me see for a few minutes in complete darkness (eyelids open) when I was in a jungle. My skin was glowing yellow and I could see only plants which were lit up electro-illuminescent. I could not see anything with my eyes closed and was not hallucinating. Weird but true…only thing I can think of as a scientist was the IR radiation of my skin and of the plants. Many Shamans say they naturally have this ability. I believe them as I have seen horses running at full gallop in complete darkness on a road without any hesitation. Yes, I know many animals have a tapetum lucidem or retroreflection that allows photons to travel through the retina twice. But with no light, there are few photons for retro-reflection. I think we have the phosphene channels turned off so it doesn’t interfere with the visible spectrum (create chromatic abberation with the long IR wavelength).
I see geometric, changing shapes in all colors traveling in all directions in an orderly way. Sometimes they radiate outward from many different shapes and change colors and shape as they do so, but always geometric. This started a few months ago. I don’t see it all the time, only sometimes at night in a dark room with my eyes closed. It doesn’t bother me, I actually find it to be interesting. It doesn’t keep me awake either. Sometimes it is very intense when I wake up in the middle of the night. I have very vivid dreams and I wonder if my eyes are seeing what is behind the dreams, or our reality. :)
I 2 have been seeing colors (blobs), but not all the time, with eyes closed but can’t remember when it started. So glad I found this info, no one I’ve talked to has ever experienced it. Chiropractor & Massage Therapist never heard of it except associated with the Asian beliefs of Chakras. These are 6 (as I remember it) different “zones” in the body and each has it`s own color. Each zone effects different areas of the human`s energy.
FYI: The colors I see tend to mute to lighter shades with full body massage.
Yeah i knew about this but I was hoping to find more info about real images and such like pictures that you already experienced
Or let’s see your loved one..
I mean it’s okay but sometimes it gets creepy how it just pops up out of nowhere…
Anything
Deborah Mancuso, The same thing happens to me when I close my eyes tightly
OMG I’ve been wondering about seeing different patterns with my eyes closed ever since I was a toddler! I tend to see about 2 main “images” and notices this laying on my stomach with my head/eyes resting on my arm. I guess it was from the pressure on my eyes. I tend to see different shades of yellow in a rolling checkerboard kinda pattern. The other I think of as “outer space”. It’s black but with what looks like a galaxy of stars in different sizes and in different colors. Thanks for this article!
I see this even with my eyes open if I try not to focus my eyes on anything. Unlike some of you I enjoy it cause I noticed that it goes hand in hand with my thoughts to trigger that first images that create my dreams. I can only sleep when this process is complete. I NEED THIS.
I see different brighter patterns when I close my eyes under running water and it also changes with sound as mentioned above. If i try to look around or figure this out, it changes and sometimes disappear.
In the dark with my eyes closed I see 2 things-
First a thing bright ring (about the size of my iris) flash in my vision as I move my close eye from left to right.
Second a tiny whit dot of light in my perpheral vision.
No optician or ophthalmologist has been able to tell me what these are?
I see the flashes at the corner of my left eye. Also while washing my hair with eyes closed I was “seeing” light in my head tracing where my fingers were swirling around on the left side of my head to wash my hair. Never had this happen before. It started yesterday after I bent down to get something I dropped. I was looking at blueprints. After I stood back up and started looking at the plans again, I had a “floater” or little dark blockage in my vision in the left eye just a little left of center of vision. Then the lights started this morning.
@Monika
I hope you see this.
If you haven’t already been to an opthalmologoist… GO NOW.
Sudden onset dark spots and flashing lights are classic warning symptoms of retinal detachment.
I had these warning signs and although I went to the optician, because the detachment was beginning at the very very edge of my retina they somehow missed it. My next stage was an area of lost vision. I’ve had treatment (I have a scleral buckle, which means there is a piece of silicone stitched to the back of my eye) which has restored the vision in good light, but has left me with a ‘ripple’ in my vision and some general distortion and I still have the blind area in low light.
Take this seriously and go get examined, NOW.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/retinal-detachment/Pages/Introduction.aspx
‘Warning signs and symptoms
Most people will experience warning signs that indicate their retina is at risk of detaching before they lose their sight. These include:
the sudden appearance of floaters – black dots, specks or streaks that float across your field of vision (usually only one eye is affected)
a cobweb effect of lots of little floaters – others report a single large black floater that looks like a housefly
sudden short flashes of light in the affected eye lasting no more than a second
blurring or distortion of your vision
Without treatment, sight in the affected eye will start to deteriorate. Most people describe this as a shadow or “black curtain” spreading across their vision.
Retinal detachment usually only occurs in one eye. If your eye is affected, there is an up to one in 10 chance that retinal detachment will happen in your other eye’
@Therese
I’m really happy to read someone else describing those thin rings. I see them too. I’ve only noticed them since I had eye surgery, but since I see them in both eyes and only had surgery in one I think it is just some natural effect that I’ve only noticed now because I’ve been so aware of my vision and how good/bad it is since my operation.
Do you get it when your eyes are open as well? The first time I saw that it freaked me a little bit. I’m planning to ask about it at the consultant’s next time I go.
My experience is slightly different, since childhood my light patterns are of beautiful mandala kaleidoscopes, unpredictable when they happen and nothing seems to trigger them.
I visit my optician on a regular basis, being in good health and showing no signs of deterioration. like most people’s comments the moving light patterns are an absolute pleasure :-)
Wow, last night I went to bed late, shut my eyes, and was shocked by a vivid, colorful, deeply rippling image that leaped at me from behind my eyelids. I thought it would soon go away like most “afterimages” caused by staring at something too bright, but next I saw a rapidly sliding, flat, colored background with images “printed” on it in different colors. There was almost a textural perception. After awhile it seemed as though I was looking through a 3D world, toward a bright horizon, with colorful shapes “swimming” everywhere. It was highly entertaining, but I was really scared because I didn’t know what was causing it. Also, I was tired but very, very wide-awake and couldn’t sleep because of the extremely vivid colors (some bright and some just deep and intense) and all of the movement, almost dizzying. I could still see the images faintly in the shadows when I opened my eyes. I’m still confused and a little apprehensive as to why this suddenly happened to me. I’ve not been feeling well in general.
Hello.
This is really interesting and I have made these colours happen since childhood. This week for some strange reason I was looking at the millions of small specs of light that are there when I close my eyes at night. I managed to focus in on one of the microscopic colours and to my amazement it was a blue crystal form. Has anybody else ever done this or does anyone know what it is? I have also trained my vision to see my eye lens and the shadows on the eyes which seem to be the lense pierced and inflamed bubbles. I can also see my sight travel in waves towards an objet I look at in certain locations. Is all of this normal and if not it would be great to talk to someone about it all. Thanks
I have seen dot matrix patters, abstract blobs (think of lava-lamp blob shapes),in vivid pinks, purples, blues, greens, oranges, yellows, just about all of the primary bright colors, but most of the time the colors are pinks and purples reds and oranges. Once at a dear friends funeral, and at a very emotional part of the service, I closed my eyes and everything was bright crimson red in kind of a boiling pattern. I believe emotional conditions create different colors and patterns. I can also manipulate these dots into images as I get closer to falling asleep. I have a very difficult time taking opiate drugs like Vicodin or Codeine. After the second dose of any opiate, my mind races and the dot and blob patterns turn into recognizable shapes. I can conjure-up know imagery and in many instances thoughts can produce ugly or scary faces or images. A nightmare can exacerbate the dot patterns, in that when awakened from a bad dream the dots and blobs are bunched-up and in an excited state of being, almost rattling or buzzing in tight formation. Electric blankets also bring out an excessive amount of these dots to the point that I can not sleep comfortably while the power to the blanket is on. My son gave me a Himalayan salt crystal once. It was about the size of a bar of soap. He said that it had the ability to produce energy that was beneficial to your mind and body and told me to put it next to where I sleep. One night after receiving this gift, I rubbed the crystal onto my face, temples, neck and around the top of my head and then tried to go to sleep. Almost instantly a massive amount of colored dot imagery appeared and began buzzing or vibrating, again to the point that I could no longer try and sleep. It took several hours for these vibrating dots and blobs to calm down enough for me to fall asleep. My mom used to tell me that I was a very sleepy child who took long naps when I was young. I wonder if it was because I continued to see light while trying to sleep, making for poor quality sleep. I,like many others here have asked all the professionals including optometrists, ophthalmologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, family practice doctors, and many other professionals and non-professionals about these dots and blobs and have NEVER had anyone know anything about this condition. It is so rewarding that after 56 years I have finally found this article to confirm my condition. These images are at times wonderful to absorb and think about and at other times they can be so tormenting and hard to deal with.
Some of you are describing reactions to sound and other stimuli that doesn’t fit within the descriptions in this article. If this is you, look up Synesthesia… it will explain a lot. For instance, this explains why I see patterns & colors impacted by music/sounds.
A’friend’ told me that pot makes the whole bio photon experience a truly wonderful and rewarding experience. It’s like a star show as wide as a galaxy that ebbs and flows to the vibe of your whole being and is like a lovely dream that you can control. Brilliant. That’s what my ‘friend’ says anyway.
@Anne
Hi, since my writing I have learned that the White ring is probably a pressure phosgene – well according to another article that I read. It seems consistent with when I get it – as I had a recurring tiny lump under my upper eyelid and it seemed to be when I moved my eye passed that part of my eye that I saw the white ring in front of my vision. It is only obvious in the dark with my eyes closed or when I blink in a very very dark room. I haven’t noticed it for a long time and I would need to concentrate to try and notice it when lying with my eyes closed. I have mentioned to several consultant ophthalmologists and they couldn’t explain it nor could any optometrist I have mentioned it to. I also have dry eyes and notice it after I put my carboner solution in my eyes at night to go to sleep. Did you get any more explanation?
Sorry for typo above it should read “phosphene”
I see the color blue when I get this light show. Also I have to put pressure on my eyes and when I do put pressure I feel a somewhat burning feeling in my nose. Anyone else have that happen?
Not sure if this is the same thing, but this phenomenon is what led me to look this stuff up. When my eyes are closed or even open, in complete darkness, I always see white lines in the form of circles. They move from the outside of my eyes to the center decreasing in size untill they reach the center.the only way I can describe it is as reverse ripples. The weird part is that if I concentrate I can stop the ripples from reaching the center, and sometimes I’m able to reverse their movements. Mind you only for a few seconds. I was just wondering if anyone else has this happen, or know what this phenomenon is. It’s been bugging me FOREVER!!!
I disagree with this because I had my eye removed and I see the patterns all the time on the right side. It superimposes over my existing vision and looks exactly the same when I close my good eye.
So glad that I found this blog! Which lead to a total understanding of what is occurring when I see bright vivid colors, and also realize that there are many people that experience the same thing! Upon closing my eyes (day or night), I have always seen bright vivid colors. No physician has been able to explain what is happening, and usually would just look at me strangely. After my father passed, my doctor tried to put me on a short term course of antidepressants to help during this intense period of grief. Upon starting the medication, the episodes of seeing phosphenes totally stopped, and was replaced by a total velvety blackness. This was very scary to me, since for my entire life, I always fell asleep to bright vivid colors (Usually in cloud/mist forms with gentle movement. Sometimes I can also envision myself flying through the colors) and now replaced by total blackness. It was very clostrophobic, making me very anxious, therefore I could not fall asleep, therefore stopped the antidepressants. I find these episodes of seeing colors very relaxing that have always been such an intergal part of my life. As with one blogger’s comment, I was also told that I was seeing my “chakras and/or physic aura”.
Wow, these many comments show the high level of ignorance in our society, the lack of education in science, and the consequence of privatizing science funding (defunding public research). The far majority of the comments demonstrate the persons complete lack of understanding of terminology and concepts, meaning they do not even understand the very basics of the original article. I believe this shows wholeheartedly the biggest obstacle for advancing Neuroscience is capitalist society. Capitalism inherently keeps the majority of people ignorant and uneducated, indoctrinated in religious dogma patters of thinking, and is unable to create enough surplus wealth to educate the majority of people in the world to engage in scientific research. Only real socialism in the future will unleash public funding for science and education to allow the majority of people in the world to participate in scientific research in meaningful and productive ways. Philanthropy from the elite rich, like billionaires giving money to research, is part of the problem, not the solution. Wow, unbelievable levels of retardation. Look at these stupid comments. It really shows how doomed the U.S. really is.
Stupid comments….hmmm…okay…lets move forward. I have a blazing violet/gold light that blazes from my eyes when they are wide open. I can feel the energy pushing outward. All I have to do is relax my eyes and it begins. I look in the mirror and watch a potent, pulsing, magnificent, billowing light flow outward from my eyes. It appears like a fiery flame. Been doing this for 30+ years. When I close my eyes at night there is an indescribable fluctuating system of light images changing constantly. During the day I can stare at the wall and faces appear continually changing. When I direct questions at these faces they answer by moving their faces up and down for yes and side to side for no. I have never taken drugs…this is all very natural to me. Are we doomed?…..LOL….no we are just waking up to our true organic nature. We are all infinite beings!!! Oh, btw I can see a portal appear as I relax my eyes and watch (people?) moving about ……sometimes as I am watching them they turn and look at me. Is this remote viewing???
my eyes closed colour imagery ie, specific colour [mainly purple]
and shape [varying speed but smooth and slow] sort of ‘pulsing’ gently
happens after a flowing yoga session including some strong postures
and general whole of body movements, enough to generate slight sweating
usually, but not to distraction from the moment and the yoga itself..
i know when its been a nice session before we prepare for and enter
meditation [eg stopping for minutes for explanations etc is ‘not good’]
which comes out after entering the [meditation] postion, contacting
balance and c of g, allowing metabolism and breath/heart rate to drop
gently.. this coincides with starting to ‘hear’ my personal mantra
or a verse from bhagavad gita [v25 ch6 – meditaiton] which i have
studied for sanskrit meanings etc and which seems to come easily
acting as or with some effects of a mantra..
those are the obvious ‘landmarks’ and environment for this colour
and movement i see with eyes closed..
it doesnt happen like now, when i tried closed eyes, here in my dark
sunroom nice and quiet alone etc, or generally, but is predictable
after a nice yoga session..
wondering about this i thought perhaps it is a manifestation of brain
chemical secretions, such as [perhaps] endorphins or whatever
which are known to be released after some exercise etc, such as yoga..
being in a very relaxed state, calm and quiet etc, there is little
distraction to take my brains/minds attention from these colours,,
and yet the object of the meditation is not to observe colours and
shapes but to enter deeper states of consciousness,, so i allow myself
to notice it/them to the extent of being able to describe the shapes
and colours [purple with dark blue mostly, moving in slow pulsations
as someone above mentioned, like one of those lamps which melt coloured
wax which then forms blobs which slowly rise and fall etc, for mine
there seems to be a sort of center of source and the pulses are sort of
even, so i was tempted to identify them as a sort of visual interpretation
of my heartbeat or other pulsing body rhythm etc, bit it doesnt match
my pulse.. altho yoga has various ancient assumptions as to how the
body and mind function [made in a state of ignorance of physiology,
genetics, and how things actually work] including so called chakras
and divine energies etc, which to me are just an interesting lesson
in how false assumptions can become doctrine as if truth..
cant find anything which specifically identifies these shape/colours
[not rubbing eyes effects, or use of cannabis or other drugs etc]
so my working hypothesis remains its a visual manifestation of
some sort of real process such as secretion of brain chemicals..
nice to see at least a rational attempt at describing/understanding
these colours and shapes some people are seeing eyes closed..
we live and learn, hopefully…
I was hoping for different information on this, as this is part of being intuitive, seeing your angels, etc As I see my colors or images when I’m sleeping and its like a Kaleidoscope. I’ve been told that is in as in your Devine Spirit space, a I see a lot of light light, along with gold and all colors of the Charkra’s. Still have lots of questions with very little answers.
Wow! I have struggled WTH similar phenomenon for years now. I her a lot if visual disturbances and the Opthamologist always says it is due to migraine. Last year I started seeing cloud of floaters / amoeba shaped floating thing clouding around me. It was scary. Like a Sci fi movie. Bit after closing my eyes tightly, it would disappear. At some point I started seeing yellow spots on white surfaces. Drs kept on saying it was aura. I saw flashes of lights- no provocation required- when my eyes were open, as if someone was clicking my pictures . Then solid colors started throbbing. In short, lots of visual disturbances which the drs kept on calling aura. Amongst other things, now I see starts when I move from a bright room a dark room- as if someone is irritating my visual cortex with short impulses of light. Last night, it happened with closed eyes too. For me- just plain scary coz the Dr can’t explain it, there is no cure, and it is a recent phenomenon- I thought my eyes are degenerating!
P.s.: I have had migraines for years now. Same for floaters. So it does confusing too as auras can be varied in presentation too. If anyone knows any tips or hacks, pl share.
I randomly looked this subject up because I never forgot when I was a child I, like Tony above, could see waves of checkered colors, red, purple, green. I could change the color with my mind. They became massive waterfalls of bright colors, night after night. I don’t recall rubbing my eyes. I believe the light is associated with some other type of light in our bodies, magnetically charged. My mother was an avid dreamer when it was stormy out. I also have prophetic dreams, it doesnt necessarily have to be stormy out but I did pay attention and it does occur more when it is stormy. I beleive a lot of this plays part of the unseen astral plane. How could I see something occurring far away, yet I have my whole life.
Hopefully people don’t think they are going crazy if they see these colors. It is science and fully normal to have these colors behind your eyes. Not of a spiritual realm or leaving your body. I have some mental cases for neighbors..
Anyway if you want something fun to do.. It is pretty entertaining when you are in control. Watch them pulse, change colors, and change shape before your eyes. Use your mind to change the spots behind your eyes..
I’ve always seen the colors when I close my eyes. Since I was little I’ve always seen things with my eyes open. They look like green electrical(meaning strong phosphorescent) color. The color is in like some kind of circle and begins from the bottom of my eyes rising up through the sides and it almost goes al the way around but before it goes down beside the eye, it rises up and then I can’t see it anymore. Also it happens several times with both eyes. It kind of going through the border of my eyes but from the inside. It is really weird but also I don’t know what to do…
I see vivid green almost like an airplane radar I even asked an optician who had no idea . So glad I came across this blog
Hi dear
My dad is blind, and he can’t understand the light, while he close his eyes some intense light come to his sight.
He want to know if he is eligible for corneal transplantation.
It would be appreciated if you provide me your precious advice.
hi , I see red ,blue , and 3 black dots mixed when i close my eyes like stars , i think ot happenned after a reiki teraphy for chakras and dream hypnose i accidently went to because my ears where too sensual to voices, i try sleeping but its like a cloud when i sleep barely 15% wake.. Any help solving it ?
What I see when I close my eyes looks kinda like swirling fingerprints and they can be annoying. I’ve seen them off and on for about a month now. Also, when I’ve gotten sick with a high fever (a couple times this month) I hallucinated ever-changing ever-shifting fractals with my eyes closed and even with them open in a dimly lit room. Those were really far out but they too got annoying because they kept me awake when I wanted to sleep since I was sick.