Do you want a fresh new look? Maybe you might consider getting yourself a pair of colored contact lenses. Colored contacts are a fun and subtle way to liven up your appearance.

But with the wide array of color choices, finding the perfect color for you might not be as easy as you may think. Don’t worry, because we’re here to help you pick out the best colored contact lens for you.

Types of Contact lenses

Before you start thinking about the color of your lenses, you should first know what type of contact lenses to get. There are two types of colored contact lenses that you should be aware of.

Prescription Contact Lenses

Prescription contact lenses are basically smaller versions of corrective eyeglasses. Like, eyeglasses, prescription contact lenses can aid you if you have vision problems.

And like corrective eye glasses, you need to get your eyes examined before you can get your contact lenses.

Before you start looking for contact lens colors, you should get a contact lens prescription first. You can find the power of the lens to fix your refractive error within your contact lens prescription.

Contact lenses can help people with common eye problems such as myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), and astigmatism.

If you’ve never tried prescription contact lenses and you’re planning to get a pair, you should definitely check this article: What to do When you Wear Contact Lenses for the First Time: A beginner’s Guide

Plano Color Contacts

Unlike prescription contact lenses, plano colored contact lens are used only for aesthetic purposes. In other words, plano colored contact lens do not aid people with eye problems. So you don’t need to have eye problems to change your eye color.

Never buy cosmetic contact lenses without prescription! Even if your contact lenses are solely for decoration or fashion, you should always get a prescription from a licensed professional. Your eyes are sensitive, so you should always get an approval from an eye doctor.

Different Types of Color Contacts

Most of the time, colored contact lens are created to blend with your natural eye color. Color lens are designed to look a lot like your iris and they are comprised of colored lines and dots to look natural when you put them on.

The middle part of the lens is transparent so that your pupil has clear vision. Colored contact lens come in different tints with different purposes.

Visibility Tint

A visibility tint commonly has a green or blue tint to the lens. This helps you see it better when you take your contacts on or off. The visibility tint can also help you spot your contact lenses in case they fall to the ground. The color of this type of tint is usually mild so it does not change the color of your eyes.

Enhancement Tint

An enhancement type of tint has a darker shade of color. And unlike the visibility tint, enhancement tints are see-through. This type of tint helps to improve your natural eye color. If your eyes have a light shade and you want to intensify its color, enhancement tint lens are exactly what you need.

Opaque Tint

These Opaque tint lenses completely change your eye color because they are not transparent. Opaque tint contact lenses are best for people who have dark eyes.

So if your eyes are dark and you want a new set of colors, then this type color lens is what you are looking for.

Contact lenses with opaque tints come in a lot of colors. Some of the eye colors that you can get from these lenses are green, blue, hazel, violet, amethyst, gray, and brown.

What Eye Color Should You Get?

So you’ve decided to get colored contact lens, the next question that you’re probably asking yourself right now is what color to get. To pick the right color, you should consider your fashion taste or the look that you want to achieve.

What is your skin tone and hair color? If don’t want to stand out, then you can choose subtle colors that only enhances your natural eye color. Or you could be flashy and choose bright or unusual eye colors.

The beauty of colored contact lenses is that you have the option to choose the color that suits your taste.

Custom Eye Color

If the common colors aren’t your thing and you’re looking for something out of the ordinary, the get yourself some custom colored contacts. It’s not too common, but some manufacturers sell customized tints for prescription and non-prescription contact lenses.

When you get custom-made lenses, you can choose a wide selection of colors and lense thickness. These lenses are normally semi transparent which blends naturally with your eye color.

Custom lenses can also be made to look like healthy pupils to hide any sort of eye defects that you may have.

Did you know that colored contact lenses aren’t only for cosmetics? Athletes have recently started using colored contact lenses to improve their vision and performance.

If you’re an athlete and you’re curious about the benefit of having colored contacts, take a look at this list:

• Reduce glare
• Enhance contrast sensitivity
• Heighten depth perception
• Improve your look

If you play tennis, you can wear green tinted contact lenses to see the ball when your on the court.

A Few Things You Should Know if You’re Planning to Get Colored Contact Lenses

If you’ve made up your mind and your planning to get yourself a pair of colored contact lenses, you should be aware of the following:

• The lens can come in different sizes to suite the wearer. But even when the size fits you perfectly, there will be times when the colored part of the lens may slide and cover the pupil of your eyes. This will create an unnatural look to your eyes, especially when you are using lenses with an opaque color.
• Your pupil adjusts to the light conditions of the environment, so it is always changing in size. Sometimes, when it is dark, your pupil can expand and become larger than the clear part of your lens. This will somewhat affect your vision. But not to the extent that you should worry.
• When you pick a color, you should take note that sunlight or any other bright conditions may affect the color of your eyes. This won’t affect your vision, but you may notice that your contacts do not have the exact color that you had in mind.
• Always be sure to get a prescription for your contact lenses. You should always consult an eye doctor before buying contact lens.
• Be sure to buy contact lenses that are safe for your eyes. The quality of cheap contact lenses may harm your eyes so always be sure to ask a professional where to get good quality contact lenses.
• Don’t sleep with your contact lenses on. Your eyes tend to get dry when you sleep and having your lenses on can lead to eye problems or infections.
• Pick a color that you can wear all day and in any occasion. Remember, you are choosing the color of your eyes so you should always feel comfortable with them.

References

Contact Lenses That Enhance Sports Performance

(https://www.allaboutvision.com/sportsvision/sport-contact-lenses.htm)

Colored Contact Lens

(https://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/colors.htm)

Understanding Your Contact Lens Prescription

(https://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/contact-lens-rx.htm)

Halloween Hazard: Never Buy Decorative Contact Lenses Without a Prescription

(https://www.aao.org/eye-health/news/scary-lenses)