Colored contact lenses and method of making the same

A method for making a colored contact lens, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a preformed contact lens;
• and
• (b) applying a first print pattern of opaque colored dots of a first color onto a surface of at least one of the anterior and posterior surfaces of the contact lens,
• wherein the first print is an annular ring of gradient dot matrix,
• (c) applying a second print pattern of opaque colored dot of a second color onto the surface of the contact lens, wherein the second print comprises a limbal ring pattern, wherein the annular ring and the limbal ring have a substantially identical outer diameter and the annular ring has a smaller inner diameter than that of the limbal ring, wherein the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens.

A method for making a colored contact lens, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a mold including a first mold half having a first molding surface defining the anterior surface of a contact lens and a second mold half having a second molding surface defining the posterior surface of the contact lens, wherein the first and second mold halves are configured to receive each other such that a contact lens forming cavity is formed between the first and second molding surfaces;
• (b) applying, by using pad-transfer or inkjet printing technique, a second print pattern of opaque colored dot of a second color to onto at least one of molding surfaces of a lens mold, wherein the second print comprises a limbal ring pattern,
• (c) applying, by using pad-transfer or inkjet printing technique, a first print pattern of opaque colored dots of a first color onto the surface of the mold,
• wherein the first print is an annular ring of gradient dot matrix,
• wherein the first color and the second color are different or the same, wherein the first print and the second print are concentric with the center of contact lens, wherein the annular ring and the limbal ring have a substantially identical outer diameter and the annular ring has a smaller inner diameter than that of the limbal ring.