If you are new to wearing purple contacts, then you might have some very seemingly strange questions such as how do you know if you are wearing the contact lenses the right way?
To someone who has been wearing contacts for a long time, this might seem like a silly question, but because purple contacts might look similar to each other on both sides it might not be as easy as it seems.
The easiest way is to make sure that the purple contact lens looks like half of a ball and NOT a soup bowl that has a rim. You should place the lens on the tip of your finger so that a cup is formed, then hold the purple contact up to your eyes so you would be looking directly at the side of the cup.
If you see that the lens forms a U-shape with the edges at the top flaring out, then it is inside-out, if all it does is form a U-shape, then it is the right way and you can proceed to put it on.
For purple contacts specifically, in most cases the sides will be different colors, even if ever so slightly. Look for a change in color and check with the instructions that came with them (hopefully they did) and it should specify which color is right.
The good news is that if you do happen to put your contact lenses inside out, it should not cause any damage. The ways of figuring out if you did would depend on if the contacts were Plano or not.
For purple contacts, if you put them in, and then look in the mirror and the color does not seem correct, then you might have them on wrong, and you could always try the other side.
If you are wearing actual prescription purple contacts, then you should quickly and easily notice that your vision is not corrected as it should be and that would alert you.
Also, in some cases there will actual be a marking on the contacts that specific which side is which.