Did you know that different sunglass lenses have different purposes?

Optometrist & Specialty Contact Lenses Professional located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Gray Tint

Gray sunglass lenses are a very popular because they are suitable on both cloudy and sunny days. They are perfect for outdoor activities, including cycling, and active sports. They are also perfect for nature lovers. Gray lenses have the benefit of allowing the color of objects to be seen in their purest form. 

  • Perfect for all-purpose use, including driving, baseball, tennis, football, soccer, and other outdoor activities 
  • True color perception 
  • Dark enough to provide overall protection 
  • Great for variable weather on sunny or overcast days 


Brown tint

Brown or amber sunglass lenses improve contrast, making them ideal for driving and activities where distance needs to be judged. These lenses are great in sunny conditions to comfort your eyes and heighten contrast against green landscapes and blue skies.  

  • Enhances contrast
  • Great for variable conditions
  • Perfect for driving, racing, golfing, and fishing

Green tint

Green sunglass lenses can do what gray and brown lenses can do, but better! Green lenses provide better contrast and transmit better color accuracy. They are ideal for both sunny and low-light environments. Perfect for water or field sports, cycling or skiing, and they protect and comfort your eyes on foggy, cloudy, or bright, sunny days.

  • Perfect for any outdoor activity, in rain or shine
  • Transmits all colors evenly
  • Good for general purpose use

Yellow tint

Yellow lens tints are perfect for people having to focus their eyes on moving objects in low-light, hazy conditions. Yellow lenses are sometimes preferred by pilots and gamers for improved contrast. 

  • Perfect for skiing, mountain biking, hunting, aviation, baseball, and tennis
  • Provides greater contrast at dawn or dusk, and in fog, haze, and other low-light conditions

Blue tint

Blue or purple lenses are for UV protection. Blue tint enhances the contours around objects and improves color perception, and also can have a calming effect on the eyes. Blue lenses to reduce glare during snowy conditions.

  • Perfect for spectator and golf
  • Reduces glare
  • Improves color perception
  • Good in misty, foggy, and snowy conditions

Red tint

Red or pink lens sunglasses comfort and help the eyes adjust to contrast. Red lenses are great for increasing depth of field and vision, and provide enhanced driving visibility. 

  • Enhances visual depth
  • Provides good road visibility
  • Comforting to the eyes
  • Helps adjust contract
  • Good in most weather conditions, especially in snow

Mirror coating

Mirror coating on sunglasses reduce glare since this coating reduces light from passing through the lens.  

Gray Tint

Gray sunglass lenses are a very popular because they are suitable on both cloudy and sunny days. They are perfect for outdoor activities, including cycling, and active sports. They are also perfect for nature lovers. Gray lenses have the benefit of allowing the color of objects to be seen in their purest form. 

  • Perfect for all-purpose use, including driving, baseball, tennis, football, soccer, and other outdoor activities 
  • True color perception 
  • Dark enough to provide overall protection 
  • Great for variable weather on sunny or overcast days 


Brown tint

Brown or amber sunglass lenses improve contrast, making them ideal for driving and activities where distance needs to be judged. These lenses are great in sunny conditions to comfort your eyes and heighten contrast against green landscapes and blue skies.  

  • Enhances contrast
  • Great for variable conditions
  • Perfect for driving, racing, golfing, and fishing

Green tint

Green sunglass lenses can do what gray and brown lenses can do, but better! Green lenses provide better contrast and transmit better color accuracy. They are ideal for both sunny and low-light environments. Perfect for water or field sports, cycling or skiing, and they protect and comfort your eyes on foggy, cloudy, or bright, sunny days.

  • Perfect for any outdoor activity, in rain or shine
  • Transmits all colors evenly
  • Good for general purpose use

Yellow tint

Yellow lens tints are perfect for people having to focus their eyes on moving objects in low-light, hazy conditions. Yellow lenses are sometimes preferred by pilots and gamers for improved contrast. 

  • Perfect for skiing, mountain biking, hunting, aviation, baseball, and tennis
  • Provides greater contrast at dawn or dusk, and in fog, haze, and other low-light conditions

Blue tint

Blue or purple lenses are for UV protection. Blue tint enhances the contours around objects and improves color perception, and also can have a calming effect on the eyes. Blue lenses to reduce glare during snowy conditions.

  • Perfect for spectator and golf
  • Reduces glare
  • Improves color perception
  • Good in misty, foggy, and snowy conditions

Red tint

Red or pink lens sunglasses comfort and help the eyes adjust to contrast. Red lenses are great for increasing depth of field and vision, and provide enhanced driving visibility. 

  • Enhances visual depth
  • Provides good road visibility
  • Comforting to the eyes
  • Helps adjust contract
  • Good in most weather conditions, especially in snow

Mirror coating

Mirror coating on sunglasses reduce glare since this coating reduces light from passing through the lens.  

Rancho Cucamonga

11940 East Foothill Blvd, Suite 103
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739

Hours Of Operation:

Monday:         9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday:        Varies
Wednesday:   9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday:       9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday:            9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday:       Closed
Sunday:         Closed