If you are interested in choosing the perfect colored contact lenses, here are some tips that should help you select your best color.

The first thing to know about colored contact lenses are the two major types that are available - enhancement color lenses and opaque lenses.

Enhancement lenses: These are suitable for people with light colored eyes only, since they are designed to make your own color brighter or give it a slightly different hue. For example: a person with naturally green eyes can wear blue enhancement color lenses and get a beautiful aqua effect.

Opaque lenses: These are designed for a more significant and dramatic change, and are suitable for people with both light or dark eyes. Since opaque lenses are not transparent, they completely replace the natural color of your eyes with the color of the lens.

The type and color of colored contact lenses that you choose depends on the effect that you want to achieve.

Desired Effect #1: A subtle change to a brighter eye color.

In this case, if you have light blue eyes, choose blue or aqua enhancement color contacts. You can also try Freshlook Radiance in Eden or Moonlight, which gives your eye an 'illuminated' effect. If your natural color is gray or blue-gray, try blue from Acuvue 2 Colors or Freshlook Dimensions, to get a beautiful ocean blue color. If you feel more adventurous, go for jade green. Green eyes are quite rare, so you can make a statement with your new color. If your eyes are brown, none of the enhancement color contacts would work for you. Try brown opaque lenses, which will make your color more defined, or hazel, which would make them lighter. You can also consider Freshlook Radiance Sunrise (lighter) or Autumn (darker), to add shimmer to your eyes.

Desired Effect #2: A dramatic change from my natural eye color.

In this case opaque color lenses like Freshlook Colorblends, Acuvue 2 Colors opaques or Illusions by Ciba Vision would be your best choice. If you have dark eyes and dark hair, try blue or amethyst colors, like True Sapphire or Amethyst from Freshlook Colorblends collection. Amethyst looks extremely daring and sophisticated, because this color is very rare in nature. You can also try green color contacts they would look especially good if your hair is red. For most people, green eyes are associated with sexiness and creativity. If your eyes are naturally a cool blue or gray color, try honey color contacts. Honey eyes are associated with intelligence, warmth and trustworthiness. You can reinforce the warm effect by wearing warm colors. Most people with dark skin naturally have brown eyes, so by selecting blue or green lenses you will attract a lot of attention.

One of the best ways to choose a color contact lens is to try our Color Contact Lens Virtual Makeover system. You can then try on many of the popular color contacts on the market today from the comfort of your own home and without spending a penny.

If you are still not sure which color is best for you, ask your doctor to prescribe you disposable color lenses. Color contact lenses can be either annual replacement - you wear them for a year - or disposable - they come in boxes of six and you replace them every 2 weeks or every month. Disposable lenses are not very expensive - particularly if you buy them online - so you can try several different colors. The lenses mentioned in this article, Freshlook and Acuvue 2 Colors, are disposable color contact lenses.