Why are your eyes blue when you are born?

Question: Why are your eyes blue when you are born?
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Asked by carysjonesds to Steve on 17 Mar 2011.
- Stephen Moss answered on 17 Mar 2011:
  
  Hi Carys
  
  When we’re first born the pigment hasn’t fully formed in our eyes, so they are often blue for a few weeks (or months) while the developmental processes continue.

Question: Why are your eyes blue when you are born?