The Color Contacts Guide

Color Contacts are becoming more and more popular as they are not just a vision aid but as well a fashion accessory.

This website is intended to give you an overview of the most popular colored contact lenses, hints and tricks, as well as some background information on the contact lens manufacturer and where to get the best prices with online lens retailers.

The vast selection of colored contacts and styles can often be overwhelming and this guide will help you to choose the right color, the right brand and will explain all the features of the colored contacts of your choice.

What do I need to know about Color Contact Lenses?

Color contact lenses can be subdivided into groups - color changing contact lenses and color enhancing contact lenses. Thanks to the huge variety of different colored contacts lens types everyone now can match the eye color to the outfit.

Color changing contacts or color tints allow the wearer to completely change the eye color regardless of the natural eye color. Depending on what your natural eye color is, you need to chose the right colored contact lenses to receive the results you are looking for. In this contact lens segment 2 brands evolved as the most popular. Johnson and Johnson's Acuve2 Color Opaque colored contacts are by far the most worn colored contact lenses in the United States and can be used with light and dark natural eye color. This colored lens is available in Chestnut Brown , Deep Blue, Hazel Green, Jade Green, Pearl Grey, Sapphire Blue and Warm Honey. The other very popular colored lens brand is Ciba Visions' Freshlook Colorblends colored contacts. This special colored contact lens can as well be worn with light and dark natural eye color and and is available in Amethyst, Blue, Brown, Green, Grey, Honey, pure Hazel, True Sapphire and Turquoise.

Color enhancing contacts are more subtle and enable the wearer to work with the existing eye color. Enhancing the natural eye color with colored contacts gives a more natural look, because the eye color in general is not changed, but only more intense. This type of colored contact lens is mostly useful for light eyes.

Visibility tint contact lenses are only slightly colored and do not change the eye color. This colored contact lens only has a tint so that it is easier for you to see the lens in the contact lens case or - if you accidentally drop the lens.

Colored sport contacts or light filter contacts are colored contact lenses, which are for sport and recreational purposes. In general this type of lens emphasizes certain colors in the wearers vision and supresses others. Nike's MaxSight color contacts, for example, enhances the yellow color of a tennis ball, or the white of a golf ball in order to make it easier for the user to hit the ball.

Who can wear color contacts?

Color contacts are for everyone. Even users that would normally not need contact lenses as a vision aid can wear colored contact lenses, because all colored contacts come as well as plano version without a power. For those of us who need contacts for vision correction, colored contacts offer the same functionality as regular contact lenses. Depending on your eye color, you need to make sure that you pick the right colored contacts in order to get the desired effect. Your eye care practitioner will help you to fit your eyes with the colored contacts that best suit your needs.Over the last years the colored contacts demand has increased steadily and users now have the freedom to test and try different styles of colored contact lenses to find the best fit. Maybe some day you feel like using an enhancer in the morning and prefer opaque colored contacts, which change your eye color for the party, at night. What ever colored contacts you prefer, make sure to read our many articles as we will provide as much information about your colored contacts as we possibly can.

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