Tint Hints - Golf, Tennis, Fishing, Biking, Skiing, Shooting, Driving
Golfers require lenses that improve contrast to help read the greens, and define to the ball against the green and sky. Brown lenses are the best choice for golfers, although violet and yellow can be useful for specific situations. Although golfers will not generally encounter high glare situations, they will benefit from improved contrast and acuity and the reduction of glare off of water and sand traps.
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Melanin provides the highest contrast, true color balance and the highest levels of protection from harmful sunlight. Melanin is the ideal choice for golfers spending long hour’s outdoors at risk from effects of harmful sunlight |
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Brown C is a good overall choice for golfing. Improves contrast and provides glare and UV protection, and can be used as an all-purpose sunglass. |
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Brown A allows more light transmission than Brown C. Best for partly sunny or varying conditions. |
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Violet can be used in overcast conditions and is helpful for finding the ball in the rough. |
Tennis players need lenses that will improve contrast and enhance the color of the yellow tennis ball.
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Melanin improves contrast and enhances all colors is a good situation for a sunny day. |
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Blue polarized lenses enhance the yellow tennis ball and dampen the backgrounds. |
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Yellow is a good choice for highly overcast situations or night tennis. |
The specific color of polarized recommended for fishing depends on the type of fishing and the time of day the lens will be used. People who fish are usually dealing with high glare situations because of the highly reflective nature of water. Because of this the darker colors of polarized lenses are usually recommended although lighter colored polarizers can be effective in certain situations or light conditions.
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Gray C is the best overall solution for deep water fishing dealing with intense glare and bright sunlight. |
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Melanin provides a very effective polarized filter to cut through water glare. Improves contrast so that fish can be easily seen in shallow water streams. |
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Brown C is a good choice for fishing and as an all-purpose sunglass. Has a very effective polarizer and will make some improvement of contrast. |
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Brown A has the benefits of Brown C but is more useful in lower light situations. |
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Orange is best used for fishing in overcast or low light situations. Has a moderately effective polarizer. Increases contrast. |
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Yellow can be effective in highly overcast or low light. Yellow has the least effective polarizer so it is not recommended for high glare situations |
Bikers need protection from glare, improved contrast and a lens that will perform well in varying light conditions.
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Melanin is the best choice for all-purpose wear |
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Orange is a good choice for partly sunny or varying conditions. |
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Yellow for low light situations. |
Skiers need heightened contrast to read the slope and to spot moguls. It is also recommended that skiers do not use the darker polarized colors as they can eliminate all glare which does not allow the skier to spot icy patches.
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Melanin improves contrast and is best in bright sunny conditions. Reduces maximum amount of glare on the snow. Skiers may not be able to see icy patches because of glare reduction. |
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Orange Polarized lenses are best in overcast, partly sunny or varying conditions. They improve contrast on the snow allowing skiers to see the definition of the snow. |
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Red lenses are best in overcast or varying conditions. They improve contrast on the snow allowing skiers to see the definition of the snow. |
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Yellow lenses are good for highly overcast and low light situations. Reduces but does not eliminate glare, so that icy patches are still visible. |
Shooters are designed for clay target shooters, hunters and all around sportsmen. To enhance visual performance and comfort, shooting sports require lenses that increase visibility of targets, dampen backgrounds, ease eyestrain and fatigue, and provide protection from harmful sunlight. Selecting lenses for shooting takes into account a number of factors including, type of shooting, light conditions, target, background and personal preference.
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Orange is the most commonly used color for clay target shooting. Best for overcast to average sun conditions. Orange polarized lenses enhance orange targets and improve contrast, and are generally used for shooting against an open or uncluttered background. |
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Violet lenses are most commonly used for shooting in average or bright sunlight. Best for orange targets against a green or cluttered background. |
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Red polarized lenses are best in average or bright sunny conditions for orange, green or black targets, against green, cluttered or sky backgrounds. |
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Yellow is used only in overcast, hazy or night conditions. Usually used with orange targets against varied backgrounds. Yellow is used by hunters in low light conditions (dawn or dusk). |
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Blue is commonly used in average sunlight for green targets only against a desert background. |
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Green is used for green targets in bright sunlight against any background |
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Brown is an all-purpose lens used in bright sunny situations. Best against bright open backgrounds. |
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Gray is a general-purpose lens used in bright sunlight. Gray will not enhance any target colors. |
Polarized lenses are a must for drivers to reduce glare from road and cars and to reduce eyestrain and fatigue. Traditionally many drivers use gray lenses, but often brown colored lenses are the best solution for driving. Brown colored lenses increase contrast so that drivers can better read the road contours. They also allow drivers to wear sunglasses earlier in the day and later in the evening.
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Melanin increases contrast while maintaining true color perception. Melanin eases eyestrain and fatigue and is good for long hours on the road. Melanin lenses are dark enough for wearing in bright sunlight, but improve contrast enough to see indoors. |
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Brown C lenses improve contrast for a better view of the roads. |
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Gray lenses are still a good choice for driving. Gray C lenses provide the lowest transmission of light and are good choices in the brightest sunlight. |
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Yellow lenses can be used for heavily overcast conditions to improve contrast and reduce glare. Yellow lenses are often used for night driving. |
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