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Contact lenses have been designed and used for sole purpose in mind, to act as a replacement for spectacles. People having vision problems who want to move from glasses to a more comfortable and easy form used to consult there eye doctors and use appropriate lenses as the lenses were an unnoticeable and convenient way to correct vision.

In current scenario people with 20/20 vision are lining up for contact lenses because this is the new trend in the fashion. Colored lenses with different design suiting to the occasion are available in the market. Colored contact lenses have a tint, color or design embedded right at the contact lens itself. The center portion that fits over pupil remains clear which helps in the clear vision.

The dye used in these lenses enhances natural eye color, which can even completely change the eye color and can give a really wild look. These lenses come in the designs of wild prints, logos and these can even straighten the septum.

The fun part with these type of lenses are that these can be matched an individuals attire, blue eyes one day, brown eyes and the eyes of a cat following the weekend.

The two main categories of color contact lenses are enhancer of contact lenses and contact lenses opaque. The enhancer contact lenses are translucent colored dyes, which allow certain wavelengths of light to pass through while it absorbs other wavelength. This particular feature of the color lenses enhances the living natural eye color.

The enhancer colored contact lenses don’t change the eye color but enhances the natural eye color of an individual. This kind of lens work particularly good for individuals having green, blue or light colored eyes, hence the individual gets a dramatic and intense looks.

The opaque colored contact lenses use opaque tints that completely mask the underlying iris, since no light passes through the opaque tint, which makes natural eye color invisible and an individual will have the eye color same as that of lens. Opaque lenses are designed carefully to give a mimic of the natural look of the eye while it completely alters the eye color. There is no limit to the color schemes available and an individual can go from maroon-green eyes, blue-purple eyes and so on.

Opaque contact lenses that give a natural look are also used for cosmetic purposes, which can be used to cover up any disfigurement of the eye thus masking the generally visible disfigurement.

These opaque colored contact lenses are often used to create special effects in movies and for Halloween. This help in giving people a look of vampire, or also gives a favorite logo eyes. These can also be ordered with customized spots diaphragm for a unique appearance.

Certain new developments in colored contact lenses arena give designs specifically for the sports enthusiast. These use that light-dye filtration and enhance the visibility of certain colors for the wearer and give a better view of the more easily seen objects such as tennis balls. Dye effectively separates the object’s background from the object and gives an advantage to the wearer during play. There are a number of contact lenses that are light filtration designed for a variety of sports.

Many colored contact lenses can be used by people who did not need any vision correction and these lenses come with designs for people who require bifocal correction and for those with astigmatism.

Colored contact lenses can only be used after taking prescription from the eye doctor and that doesn’t matter if an individual have a 20/20 vision. Contact lenses should properly fit to the curvature of eye and should give comfortable feel and secure fit.