INK JET PRINTING METHOD OF TINTING A SPECTACLE LENS AND TINTED SPECTACLE LENS

An ink jet printing method of tinting a spectacle lens substrate comprising the steps: (a) providing a spectacle lens substrate having a front surface and a back surface, wherein said spectacle lens substrate can be precoated, (b) printing droplets of at least a first inkjet printing ink (PI1) to form at least a first layer (L1) and droplets of at least a second inkjet printing ink (PI2) to form at least a second layer (L2) on at least one of said front surface and back surface, wherein at least one of said at least first inkjet printing ink (PI1) and said at least second inkjet printing ink (PI2) is colored, said at least first layer (L1) and said at least second layer (L2), each covering fully or partially at least one of said front surface and back surface, forming a stack which covers at least one of said front surface and back surface, wherein said at least first layer (L1) and said at least second layer (L2) are at least partially overlapping in said stack, (c) curing said at least first layer (L1) and said at least second layer (L2) together in a combined curing step. Moreover the invention is directed to a tinted spectacle lens having a front surface and a back surface wherein said tinted spectacle lens comprises a color design on at least one of said front surface and back surface, said color design is selected from the group consisting of a non-linear color gradient, contoured di- or polychromatic pattern, contoured di- or polychromatic figure, di- or polychromatic alphabetic code, di- or polychromatic numerical code, di- or polychromatic alphanumerical code, and combinations thereof.