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Lens colour & tints

Eyewear; Glasses

Fashion tints or tints to protect light-sensitive eyes are also available in a wide range or colors, including gray, rose, yellow, G 15, brown, blue, purple and gradient tint options.

Scratch resistant coating

Eyewear; Glasses

A coating that makes lenses less prone to scratching.

Short-sightedness (myopia)

Eyewear; Glasses

Eyes that can see clearly up close but not at a distance. Short-sightedness can be corrected with a concave or "minus" lens to redirect the light rays so that they are properly focused on the retina.

Sphere

Eyewear; Glasses

A part of your prescription. The sphere number denotes the strength of the lens in diopters.

Temple length

Eyewear; Glasses

The length of the arm of the frame running from the hinge to the end that wraps behind your ear in Millimeters.

The distance (measured in mm) between the centre of your pupils of your eyes when looking far away in the distance. If the prescription lenses are not set at the same distance as the distance between ...

Round-seg bifocal

Eyewear; Glasses

Uses a round reading section for the bifocal lens that is put on the back of the lens rather than the front, putting the lens closer to the eye for an expanded reading area.