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Color Contact Lenses
Colored contact
lenses come in four kinds:
visibility tints,
enhancement tints, opaque
color tints and
light-filtering tints.
Many of these colored
contact lenses are available
in plano form (meaning they
don't provide visual
correction), as well as in
designs for people who have
astigmatism, who need
bifocal correction, or who
want a disposable or
frequent replacement contact
lens.
A visibility tint is
usually a light blue or
green tint added to a lens,
just to help you see it
better during insertion and
removal, or if you drop it.
Since it's a very light
tint, it does not affect
your eye color.
An enhancement tint
is a solid but translucent
(see-through) tint that is a
little darker than a
visibility tint. An
enhancement tint does change
your eye color. As the name
implies, it's meant to
enhance the existing color
of your eyes. These types of
tints are usually best for
people who have light
colored eyes and want to
make their eye color more
intense.
Color tints are
deeper, opaque tints that
can change your eye color
completely. Usually they are
made of patterns of solid
colors. If you have dark
eyes, you'll need this type
of color contact lens to
change your eye color. Color
contacts come in a wide
variety of colors, including
hazel, green, blue, violet,
amethyst and gray.
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