Smith Sunglasses Visible Light Transmission (VLT) Chart

Here are the Visible Light Transmissions (VLT) for all Smith Sunglasses lenses. As of April 2026, this information is not available from Smith. You can check out the Sunglass Science lens reviews for Smith here.

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First, the glass lenses:

Lens Name	VLT
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Bronze Mirror	10%
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Black	11%
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Gray	11%
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Green Mirror	11%
ChromaPop Glass Polarchromic Yellow Blue Mirror	11–23%
ChromaPop Glass Polarchromic Brown Green Mirror	11–20%
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Blue Mirror	12%
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Brown	12%
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Dark Blue Mirror	11%
ChromaPop Glass Polarchromic Rose Blue Mirror	12–23%
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Opal Mirror	14%
ChromaPop Glass Polarized Low Light Yellow	33%

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Now the Non-glass Polarized lenses:

Lens Name	VLT
ChromaPop Polarized Black	10%
ChromaPop Polarized Opal Mirror	12%
ChromaPop Polarized Brown	14%
ChromaPop Polarized Blue Mirror	14%
ChromaPop Polarized Bronze Mirror	14%
ChromaPop Polarized Rose Gold Mirror	14%
ChromaPop Polarized Green Mirror	15%
ChromaPop Polarized Gray Green	15%
Polarized Gray	15%
Polarized Brown	15%
ChromaPop Polarized Violet Mirror	16%

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And the Non-glass, Non-Polarized lenses:

Lens Name	VLT
ChromaPop Glacier Photochromic Copper Opal Mirror	7–45%
ChromaPop Glacier Photochromic Copper Red Mirror	7–45%
ChromaPop Glacier Photochromic Copper Blue Mirror	7–45%
ChromaPop Glacier Photochromic Yellow Violet Mirror	7–45%
ChromaPop Glacier Photochromic Copper to Gray Mirror	7–45%
ChromaPop Opal Mirror	12%
ChromaPop Rose Gold Mirror	12%
ChromaPop Black	12%
ChromaPop Photochromic Clear to Gray	12–58%
ChromaPop Photochromic Brown	12–58%
ChromaPop Brown	14%
ChromaPop Violet Mirror	14%
ChromaPop Red Mirror	15%
ChromaPop Blue Mirror	15%
ChromaPop Black Gold	15%
ChromaPop Platinum Mirror	15%
ChromaPop Low Light Rose Blue Mirror	60%
ChromaPop Low Light Copper	65%

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