Transitions® lenses

Take control of your light

Empower yourself to take control of your light & enjoy always-on protection anytime, anywhere - indoors & out

Choose light intelligent lenses


Transitions® Light Intelligent Lenses™ automatically adapt to changing light conditions. Indoors, they’re as clear as a clear lens. Outdoors, when exposed to UV rays, they darken, constantly optimising the amount of light your eyes receive and helping against light sensitivity.


Use our free virtual try on tool and discover Transitions® colours in your glasses.

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Transitions® Signature® Gen 8


New technology, new frontier of performance. Transitions® Signature™ GEN 8™ are the best overall photochromic lenses*, great for everyday life.


Darkening outdoors in seconds** and returning to clear indoors faster than ever***, they’re the most responsive Transitions® lenses.


Seven out of 10 clear lens wearers prefer Transitions® Signature™ GEN 8™ over their current lenses.

Available in 7 different colours to suit every style



Grey, brown, graphite green, amethyst, sapphire, emerald and amber

Transition lenses colours displayed in shades of grey, brown, green, purple, blue, green and gold
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Transitions® XTRActive® new generation

The best for wearers who are very light sensitive or frequently exposed to bright light. 


The new generation of XTRActive® lenses deliver the best extra darkness and the best extra light protection1 from intense light indoors and outdoors, even in the car.

Available in 3 iconic colours



Grey, brown and graphite green

Transition lenses colours displayed in shades of grey, brown, and green
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Transitions® XTRActive® Style Mirrors


A great addition to your frames and can add fashionable flair to your look! Style Mirrors have a light flash mirror effect indoors, and a full mirror effect outdoors. Overall, a very fashionable choice.

Style Mirrors



Available in 4 colours, gold, silver, blue violet and blue green

Style mirrors coloured displayed in shades of gold, silver, purple and green

1. Frames by TALLA® – lenses Transitions® Sapphire.


2. Frames by Ray-Ban – lenses Transitions® Signature™ GEN 8™ Amethyst.


3.Frames by ic! berlin – lenses Transitions® XTRActive® new generation Brown.


4.Frames by ic! berlin - lenses Transitions® XTRActive® Style Mirrors Silver.


All Transitions lenses block 100% UV rays in line with ISO clear lens standards in all indexes.


*Based on measurements performed by an external laboratory in the USA between 2015 and 2019 of photochromic performance attributes. The attributes were also weighted by their relative importance to consumers based on 1,037 responses to a research survey conducted by SSI (Survey Sampling International) of US.


**Based on activation to 18% transmission @23°C across materials on grey lenses.


***Transitions® Signature™ GEN 8™ lenses fade back to clear up to 3 minutes faster than Transitions Signature lenses. CR607 products fade back to clear 2 minutes faster. Claim is based on tests across materials on grey lenses, being the most popular colour, fading back to 70% transmission @ 23°C.


Transitions® Signature™ GEN 8™ Wearers Test, Nationwide US, Kadence, Q1 2019.


Transitions, Transitions Signature and XTRActive are registered trademarks, the Transitions logo and Light Intelligent Lenses are trademarks of Transitions Optical, Inc. used under licence by Transitions Optical Limite d . GEN 8 is a trademark of Transitions Optical Limited. © 2023 Transitions Optical Limited. Photochromic performance is influenced by temperature, UV exposure and lens material.


1. The darkest in hot temperatures, in the car and offering the best overall blue light protection across light situations among other clear to extra dark photochromic lenses. The darkest in hot temperatures. Clear to extra dark photochromic category. Tested on grey lenses across materials at 23°C outdoors achieving >8%T (Category 3 Darkness Levels) using Transitions Optical’s standard testing method. C2. Blocks 100% UVA and UVB rays.