Colored contact lenses are cosmetic lenses worn to change the color of one’s eyes. There are more than 50 colored contacts on the market today, but they fall into three basic categories: solid colors, contrasting colors, and patterned or enhanced colors. Solid colors simply have a uniform color that covers most or all of the eye area. Contrasting colors have a distinct white rim around the pupil area, providing some degree of contrast with your natural iris while still allowing you to see clearly. Finally, patterned or enhanced contacts have been designed within the lens itself so that when viewed from afar, they look like one solid color, but up close, you can see an intricate design in multiple shades of color throughout the actual lens material.
Examples of popular colored contact lenses include:
Amber contacts, which are designed to mimic the natural eye color found in many animals. Typically these contacts are yellow-brown in color, like amber stone.
Blue contacts give eyes an exotic look similar to that of a wild cat’s or bird’s eyes. Blue is typically the most common shade ordered by people who want brighter colored eyes. There are several shades of blue available on today’s market, ranging from light baby blues to deep sapphire hues like the natural eye colors of Siamese cats and Siberian huskies.
Green contacts offer an energy look for those who want something unique and different from their friends. Green is one of the least common contact lens colors, but it’s also one of the most striking. Those with light or dark eyes can wear green contacts, and they are extremely popular among young girls who want to look like models at exotic eye shows.
Purple contacts are designed for cosmetic enhancement only. They are not recommended for everyday wear because purple is a rare natural human iris color that requires some degree of visual impairment to see well. Therefore purple lenses should never be worn as an alternative to corrective lenses – they’re just too hard to see out of! However, once someone becomes accustomed to wearing these kinds of contacts on a regular basis, their normal vision without them tends not to be impaired anymore.
Pink contact lenses allow you to wear any eye color you wish. If your eyes are blue, they will instantly turn to a stunning sky blue shade once you put on pink contacts. If your eyes are brown, wearing pink lenses still gives you the option of changing their color to pop shades of baby-blue or baby-green. In fact, pink contact lenses have been helping people achieve trendy contact lens looks for over 20 years!
Gray contacts can be worn by those with dark brown or black eyes and provide a slightly exotic but very natural look. Gray is one of the newest colored contacts to hit the market and quickly became popular because it’s such an easy way to transform any eye color into something totally unexpected and fresh.