Colored lenses
The right shade for every moment
Colored lenses
Tinted lenses represent a special category of optical products, designed to provide superior protection in bright light conditions, increased visual comfort and optimal contrast perception.
Depending on the shade and intensity, they can be adapted for everyday activities, outdoor use, sports, high-light environments or for specific therapeutic needs. The design and chromatic filtering are calibrated to reduce distracting light, control reflections and optimize
Recommended for users who:
- I spend a lot of time outdoors, in bright light or intense reflections
- Have increased sensitivity to light (photophobia, discomfort in bright light)
- Practice outdoor sports activities - cycling, running, hiking, fishing, tennis
- I want to improve contrast and detail perception, depending on the shade chosen
- Have special visual needs that can benefit from dedicated color filtering (e.g. therapeutic shades)
- Looking for an aesthetic and functional solution that combines visual appeal with sun protection and UV
Performance felt in use:
- Reducing the intensity of strong light for visual comfort outdoors
- Complete UV filtration, essential for long-term eye protection
- Control of reflections, especially in dark shades or with specific AR treatments
- Improved contrast, adapted to the activity (brown for relief, green for nature, gray for neutrality)
- More relaxed visual perception, without glare that tires the eye
- Pleasant aesthetic appearance, adaptable to the wearer's style
Professional recommendations:
- They can be recommended as an additional pair, dedicated to outdoor activities, sports or light sensitivity.
- It is not recommended as the only type of lens for indoors, especially at high absorptions, due to the reduction in transmitted light.
- For light or therapeutic shades, we recommend materials with an index of 1.50 or 1.60, where the pigment is distributed more evenly and the shade remains stable without excessive darkening effects.
- For gradient colored lenses, it is recommended to send the axis direction when placing the order, to ensure the correct orientation of the color transition.
- All tinted lenses must be ordered with at least (HC) hardening varnish, which is essential for shade stability, pigment protection and surface wear resistance.
- The color intensity may vary depending on the lens index and the anti-reflective treatment applied (the color of anti-reflective lenses may vary by up to 3% compared to the sample).
- Trivex (1.53) and Polycarbonat (1.59) lenses cannot be tinted.
- For indices 1.5 it is recommended to order with additional filter UV, to ensure UV protection %
Intensity of coloring according to index
Intensity of coloring according to index
65%
83%
85%
solid
solid
solid
solid
solid
0%
gradient
0%
gradient
0%
gradient
0%
gradient
*The base color may differ from the sample.
*The base color for samples is: gray 85% or brown 85% depending on the color mirror.
!!! ATTENTION !!! The colors are for informational purposes only and may differ from the real ones.
For your safety, please check the colored lens sample.
5 levels of protection
Tv max 100%
low degree of staining
cloudy weather
Tv max 80%
small
low
Tv max 43%
environment
(moderate sun)
Tv max 18%
high
(strong sun)
Tv max 8%
very high
Driving restrictions
All specifications are defined in the EU Standardization for prescription lenses regarding transmittance: EN ISO 8980-3.
Driving restrictions depend on three main characteristics:
- Correct perception and recognition of traffic lights
- The transmission ratio must be greater than 20% of the light transmittance (Tv) at any wavelength between 475 nm and 650 nm
- Light transmittance (Tv) must be greater than a required minimum value
Therapeutic Colors - Selective Therapeutic Filters for Optics
Selective therapeutic filters are an advanced optical solution used to improve visual comfort and manage photophobia in patients with ocular pathologies or light sensitivities. Unlike traditional aesthetic tints, these filters are designed to modify light transmission in a spectrally precise manner, controlling absorption over narrow wavelength ranges (450–600 nm).
Therapeutic filters do not represent a treatment for the disease itself, but an optical device for symptom management, being individually selected depending on the patient's clinical needs, the level of photophobia and the environment in which they work.
Filters can only be applied to index 1.5.
Use Hard-Coat (HC) treatment for pigment protection.
Use the correct pupillary distance and height for a full therapeutic effect.
Filters are not just "colors", but optical systems. Incorrect installation reduces the effect by 20–40%.
The patient should test the filter:
- outside
- in artificial light / in cold light (LED, neon)
- on the screen
- with rested and tired eyes
Perception changes depending on the environment.
Explain to the patient that therapeutic filters do NOT treat the disease. They:
- reduce symptoms
- stabilizes contrast
- improve comfort
- increase light tolerance
But they do not stop the progression of the pathology.
Light transmission 80%
Light blue light blocking (blue-violet), reducing glare without significant loss of light.
- Preoperative cataract (mild–moderate) – for comfort
- Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) – mild/moderate forms
- Macular Degeneration (AMD) – early forms
- Functional nyctalopia / poor adaptation to low light
- Forensic science
Light transmission 17%
It is a powerful therapeutic filter, designed to eliminate a large portion of short and medium light (blue → blue-green), dramatically reducing stray light and scattering.
- Albinism – moderate to severe forms
- Macular degeneration (AMD) - advanced forms, exterior
- Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) with severe photophobia - exterior
- Pseudophakia/Aphakia with intense photophobia
- Severe photophobia (non-neurological)
- Forensic science
Light transmission 52%
The 48% Orange 500 Absorption Filter is a medium density therapeutic filter designed to significantly reduce shortwave (blue) light and a significant portion of the blue-green zone, without excessively darkening the image. It is a balanced filter, usable both indoors and moderately outdoors.
- Macular degeneration (AMD) - recommended (moderate inner & outer)
- Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) - recommended (indoor & outdoor)
- Pseudophakia / Aphakia - highly recommended
- Photosensitizing drugs - recommended externally
- Dentistry
Light transmission 52%
The 540 nm filter is a dense therapeutic filter with spectral cut in the green-blue-green zone, designed to radically reduce disruptive short-wave and medium-wave light, protecting the eye in bright light conditions and reducing severe photophobia.
- Albinism – recommended (outdoor)
- Aniridia - highly recommended (outdoor)
- Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) – external only, forms with intense photophobia
- Macular degeneration (AMD) - advanced forms, exterior
- Pseudophakia / Aphakia – external only (severe photophobia)
- Post-LASIK / Post-PRK - exterior, severe photophobia
- Photosensitizing drugs - intense exterior
Light transmission 20%
Intense light absorption up to 550 nm → very strong filtering of the blue-green spectrum.
- Albinism – highly recommended (OUTDOOR)
- Aniridia – highly recommended (OUTDOOR)
- Achromatopsia – recommended (INDOOR and MODERATE OUTDOOR)
- Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) – external only, severe forms with photophobia
- Pseudophakia / Aphakia – external (occasional severe photophobia)
- Post-PRK / Post-LASIK – exterior, severe photophobia
- Photosensitizing drugs – strong exterior
- Forensic science
- Post-operative cataract
Light transmission 10%
Almost complete cutoff of light below 600 nm. Red monochromatic image.
- Achromatopsia (monochromatism) → THE MOST IMPORTANT FILTER
- Albinism – DOAR exterior, extreme photophobia
- 3D glasses
- Darkroom filters
Light transmission 50%
FL-41 is a spectrally selective filter designed to reduce light in the 480–520 nm band, the region most effective in triggering photophobia of neurological origin. The transmission of ~50% makes it a medium, balanced filter, suitable for moderate indoor and outdoor use.
- Neurological filter, not retinal
- Recommended applications
- Neurological photophobia
- Essential blepharospasm
- Migraine