More importantly, they should be, especially in winter! Even on a cold, cloudy day, our eyes are still exposed to natural and artificial light from screens and car dashboards. During winter, reflective glare increases as sun rays bounce off snow, water, and ice, disrupting our field of vision.
To get the most out of your winter sunglasses, this article pulls out the best winter sunglasses tints depending on where you are and what you’re doing.
What colour tint is best or winter sunglasses?
At first glance, brown or green tints are a popular choice for winter sunglasses. Brown and green lenses offer the best reduction in reflective glare, which helps increase depth perception and colour contrast. Ultimately, they offer a clearer and sharper focus whether you’re driving, skiing or on a winter walk. But many tints are available to suit the style and purpose of your winter sunglasses. Along with protective lens coatings such as polarised and mirrored lenses, turn your winter sunglasses into your go-to winter accessory.
Do I need to wear sunglasses in winter?
In winter, the sun sits lower in the sky, making it more likely to impact our vision because it’s closer to our eye line. This can be extremely frustrating and lead to issues such as squinting, eye strain, tiredness and headaches. Investing in the right pair of winter sunglasses ensures your eyes are protected at all times, helps increase your eye health and enjoy a better visual experience no matter what you’re doing.
Available Tints for Winter Sunglasses
The great news is at Lensology, we have a vast range of coloured tints to match your preferred style and needs. To help you figure out which tint would be best for your winter sunglasses, we’ve listed their key features and benefits below:
Blue and Purple
Great for all conditions, including foggy and misty weather. They improve focus and perception, helping you identify contours and objects. They also reduce reflective glare for an overall better and more comfortable view.
Yellow
A popular choice for driving and winter sports because they’re designed to brighten darker settings. By enhancing colour contrast, yellow lenses help improve depth perception and overall visibility.
Green
Not only a timeless colour, but green lenses help reduce glare and increase your field of vision. They also improve colour contrast, perception and definition, making them ideal for winter activities.
Brown and Grey
These classic tints enhance your distance and depth perception as well as the contrast and clarity of objects. They also filter blue light and reduce glare to protect your eyes.
Red
A popular choice to help protect your eyes from UV and blue light. All shades of red lenses help improve depth, perception and general visual comfort.
Tints for Winter Driving
Yellow, grey or brown tinted lenses are most suited for winter driving sunglasses. These colours not only help protect your eyes from UV rays, but they also filter artificial blue light, too. When driving in winter, the sun sits lower in your eyeline and often for longer periods. Grey, brown and yellow lenses reduce any reflective glare and improve contrast – helping you decipher distances and objects while driving.
Tints for Winter Sports
Whether running, jogging, walking, or enjoying a coffee in the winter sun, there’s a range of tints to optimise your winter sunglasses. Winter often brings dull, dark days, but yellow and orange tints enhance colours, brighten environments and help you see better in low-lit settings. If you prefer a classic look, go for brown or green tints to reduce glare, improve depth and perception, and offer a more comfortable visual experience.
Tints for Winter Skiing
You probably associate ski goggles with brightly coloured lenses, and there’s a reason why! Yellow tints are known for brightening environments – helping you see things more clearly and improving focus. Blue and purple tints are a popular choice because they also block reflective glare and aid colour contrast and perception. So you have a flawless view of the slopes!
Tints for Winter Fashion
Sunglasses are great for protecting your eyes from the low winter sun, but they can also look fabulous! Our range of fashion tints includes everything from bold purple and blue to bright pink and orange. Whether you need winter sunglasses for work or general wear, you can choose your tint gradient and density, customising your winter sunglasses to suit your frames, style, and lifestyle.
Best type of lenses for winter sunglasses
Along with the right coloured tint for your winter sunglasses, there are several types of lenses that extend the life of your sunglasses and help improve your vision.
Mirrored lenses
These create a clear line of sight by blocking reflective glare in wet or snowy conditions. This is what makes them a popular choice for skiing and watersports.
Gradient lenses
Choose how much of your lens you want tinted. For example, when driving, you may prefer to tint the top half of your sunglasses to protect your eyes from the sun but keep the lower half clear to view the dashboard easily.
Polarised lenses
If you’re frustrated by reflective glare, these are the lenses for you! Polarised lenses block 100% glare, protecting your eyes from blinding light and creating a better (and safer) field of view.
Transitions® lenses
By adapting to different environments, these lenses allow you to easily move from light to dark settings without having to remove or switch your glasses.
Prescription Lenses
All of our winter sunglasses tints and lenses can be tailored to your prescription needs. Whether single-vision, bifocal or varifocal, choose the best winter sunglasses tint to match your visual needs.
