To sign eye in ASL, point the index finger of your dominant hand at one of your eyes. Bring the fingertip up so it rests just below the eye, on the cheekbone, and hold it there for a moment. The other fingers stay closed in a fist, and the palm faces toward you.
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How to sign it
Handshape: 1, the index finger pointing and the other fingers closed.
Location: just below the eye, on the cheekbone.
Movement: the index finger moves up to the eye and holds.
Palm orientation: the palm faces toward the body.
Use it in a sentence
EYE BLUE.
The eye is blue.
Lifeprint shows this sign in a video only, with no written description, so the steps here come from AISA's video.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/e/eye.htm (video only).
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