How to Choose Colored Contacts

Enhance your eye color with colored contact lenses.

Colored contacts are available for those who want to change their eye color whether or not they have prescription lenses to help them see. Colored contacts come in two different types -- enhancement tints and color tints. Whether you're looking to simply make your baby blues bluer, or you want to completely change your brown eyes to bright green, there is a contact for you.

Instructions

1. Visit your eye doctor and get a contact lens prescription. You cannot order or purchase any contact lenses without a prescription. You will need a prescription if you do not have bad vision but want to change your eye color with "plano" lenses that do not alter vision.

2. Choose how dramatic you want your look to be. For a slight enhancement, choose enhancement tints. Enhancement tints are made to enhance the existing color of your eyes. If you want to completely change your eye color, choose color tints which can make even dark brown eyes a light blue, gray or even violet.

3. Choose a color that will get you noticed. If you want your eye color to be dramatic, choose a color opposite from your skin and hair tone. For example, if you are natural blonde, have gold or red hair with a lighter skin tone and green or blue eyes, light brown or honey-colored contacts will make you stand out. If you have naturally dark hair, a dark skin tone or brown eyes, bright blue or green contacts will dramatically transform your look.

4. Select a soft color that will slightly enhance your eyes without the added drama. To enhance your natural eye color choose light brown or honey-colored contacts for natural brown eyes; choose bright blue, gray or light green for natural blue eyes; or you can choose bright green or hazel for natural green eyes.

5. Purchase "daily disposable" colored contact lenses if you want to alter your eye color just for special occasions. These contacts are less expensive and are thrown away after one use.

6. Understand the drawbacks. Color tint contacts offer the most dramatic change, but the color may affect your eyesight. Because the iris color is an opaque tint, if the contact slides as you blink, the colored portion will be visible. Also, as your pupils dilate, the colored portion of the contacts may color-distort your vision.

References

• All About Vision: Colored Contact Lenses