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| We receive many questions regarding lens color. Here are the two main glasses we carry and their lens color guides - Safety glasses at the bottom
Shooting & Hunting Glasses: Lens Guide
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Smoke, Gray and Gray-Green tints - The most common type of lens color. They are effective at blocking glare without changing color perception, making them a good choice for all-weather use. Gray is a neutral, or "true," color that allows the wearer to see all colors as they are. Gray shooting lenses do not enhance the target, but they are good in bright sunlight.
- Amber-Brown lens tints - Especially good at blocking the blue light commonly found in diffused light such as one might experience on a cloudy day. Amber can improve both contrast and depth perception, and is a good all-around choice for shooting or hunting.
- Yellow or Orange tints - Improve contrast and give a sensation of heightened visual acuity. So-called "Driving" lenses are usually amber or yellow-brown. Lenses in these hues block haze and blue light and enhance the orange color of the target. The brighter yellow the lens color is, the better it is for use at night.
- Purple-Vermillion tints - A light purple color, which is actually a combination of a neutral gray and a vermilion, is good for enhancing the orange of the target against a background of tall trees. Vermilion itself is useful to highlight conditions where there is poor background, such as trees, and to enhance the target against the background. If you haven't shot with purple or vermillion tint glasses, it does take some getting use to.
Lens Color Guide for Safety Glasses
Lens colors are task-specific. The type of your application and environment should determine what type of lens you are using. As a general rule, lenses are based on color wheel opposites. Blue and Yellow are opposites so Blue lens absorbs yellow lights, while Yellow lens absorb blue lights. Green and Red are opposites as well. So, Green lens will absorb red lights, and Red lens will absorb green lights.
| Lens Color |
Application |
Benefits |
| Clear |
Indoor |
Impact protection |
| Gray |
Outdoors to protect against light & glare eye strain |
Enhances color recognition |
| I/O |
Clear lens w/mirror coating, same as gray. Will allow more visible light through the lens for indoor/outdoor use |
Reduces glare from artificial light sources |
| Gold, Blue, Silver Mirror |
Outdoor to prevent eyestrain from light |
Mirror “reflects” light, minimizing glare, and light that passes through the lens |
| Dark Green |
General Purpose |
Protects from glare and UV rays |
| Brown/Espresso |
Outdoors to prevent eyestrain and fatigue |
Meets color traffic signal recognition requirments |
| Vermilion |
Indoor inspection |
Enhances color contrast for optimal color recognition |
| Amber |
Low light environments for maximum contrast enhancement |
Blocks blue portion of visible spectrum, creating maximum contrast enhancement |
| SCT |
Uvex’s Spectrum Control Technology lens |
Absorbs radiant energy (light) into the polycarbonate lens. | |
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