After deciding your new eyeglasses frame and lenses at online site, there’s another point you should take account into, the coatings, which can enhance the performance and appearance of your eyeglasses lenses, today, let’s talk about Anti-reflective coatings, which also have the name of anti-glare coatings or AR or coatings.
Actually, these lenses are not used in eyeglasses lenses, you can also find them on camera and microscopes lenses, the composition of these lenses are the same, it contains several layers of metal oxides, that’s the reason why sometimes, Anti-reflective coatings have a hint of purple or green color, and they are applied to the both sides of the lenses, front and back lens surfaces, as the specific color, it depends on the individual manufacturer’s formula, and sometimes, many optical store even you provide the lens color as your order, however, the efforts of such coatings are the same, they are all used to improve both your vision through your lenses and the appearance of your eyeglasses.
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