What is the difference between context and context? If you saw a guy from the neighborhood you would say “had”, as you’re narrating the story of how you noticed that his eyes were blue. What is “Has” most used when the meaning is completely clear that the person in question still has those eyes, for example “I saw my mother today.” Is she a girl with purple eyes? In this case, one leaves the narrative voice and is saying that the person has the purple eyes now. Note that in this case, one leaves the narrative voice and is saying that the person has the purple eye now.

As others have noticed, there are specific situations where only “had” would be acceptable.

• If the color of the eyes has changed since the event being narrated, then “has” is incorrect, since the eyes are not currently purple and the present tense cannot be used.
• What should the person be titled as presently deceased, if not before, then we always use the past tense to write the address. If he was present in the house outside the moment, and wasn’t able to leave the house I shouldn’t worry about the absence. My father remarried when I was four years old. I learned to love being brave and fair to girls. I am now three years old.” Where did the father’s eyes go, and did he have purple eyes also?
• Of course, if the person in question no longer possesses the eyes in question, u00e0 la freak accident, for example, then “had” is the only way to go. My blind sister had purple eyes but she had surgery on them to remove cataracts, and the doctors ended up having to remove them”.

And naturally, both terms can be used interchangeably without objection.