Choosing The Right Sunglasses – Selecting Lens Color, Depth & Quality
Posted by artificialflowers on June 7, 2006
Choosing the right kind of lens for your fashion Eyewear and sunglasses is of paramount importance and is the key element to protect your eyes. A lot of thought should be given before choosing the right kind of lens that ideally suites your needs.
Technology has ensured that the quality of lenses available in today’s brands of eyewear like Ray-ban, Chanel, Christian Dior etc, Are of the highest quality and offer you optimum protection. If you are going for prescription eyeglasses, no problem, consult your optometrist for the right kind of color, Depth and quality, suited for you and importantly, your budget. The lens is perhaps the most important part of your fashion eyewear, since it is the part which is in front of you, protecting against the harmful UV rays of the sun, from directly falling on your eyes. Therefore, the importance of the right pair of lenses cannot be reiterated.
The darker the better is a wrong perception, when it comes to your lenses. Check for the UV rating of the brand, it is the best way of judging the lens. Also check for the depth perception by trying out your favorite brand, before making that purchase decision.
Colors also play an important part, when it comes to the right kind of sunglasses. Yellow color for example is useful to use in flat to hazy light conditions and are suitable for high altitude sports like skiing, by filtering out blue light, offering greater focus.
Pink actually helps to absorb light in foggy conditions, making it ideally suited for winter sports.
Brown lenses offer true-color perception of a gray or smoke lens, at the same time retaining the blue light removing characteristic of a light amber lens.
Usually blue and purple lenses are not recommended for use other than for fashion as they increase the contrast, destroying the characteristic of blue light. Get in touch with your optometrist; make the right choice when it comes to your lenses.
About The Author: DC Jasmine is a freelance writer for http://www.trendygoggles.com/ – A useful and informative resource to find the perfect sunglasses available in a variety of brands.
