A method of manufacturing a colored contact lens comprising the steps of: a) inking, with an opaque color ink, at least one cliché having a transfigured amorphous simulated iris pattern which is to be printed on a contact lens to form an inked image in the cliché, the transfigured amorphous simulated iris pattern covering less than about 60%, preferably less than about 45%, of the area of the contact lens intended to cover the iris and being made by - opening or scanning an image file in a photo editing software application, said image file containing an amorphous base image having at least two colors; - distorting said amorphous base image with one or more filters to create a distorted image; - reducing the opacity of the distorted image to create a translucent image; - modifying the size of the translucent image to create a sized image; and - using a cut-out filter to create a lens shape from the sized image, the lens shape being defined by a substantially circular outer diameter having a smaller substantially inner circle removed therefrom; b) transferring the inked image from the cliché to at least one surface of at least one contact lens forming mold by means of at least one transfer pad, (c) at least partially curing the inked image transferred to the at least one surface of the at least one contact lens forming mold to form a colored film; (d) dispensing a hydrogel lens-forming material into at least one lens-forming cavity of the at least one contact lens forming mold; and (e) curing the lens-forming material within the lens-forming cavity to form the contact lens, whereby the colored film detaches from the at least one surface of the at least one contact lens forming mold and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens, wherein the amorphous base image is a non-eye image. a) inking, with an opaque color ink, at least one cliché having a transfigured amorphous simulated iris pattern which is to be printed on a contact lens to form an inked image in the cliché, the transfigured amorphous simulated iris pattern covering less than about 60%, preferably less than about 45%, of the area of the contact lens intended to cover the iris and being made by - opening or scanning an image file in a photo editing software application, said image file containing an amorphous base image having at least two colors; - distorting said amorphous base image with one or more filters to create a distorted image; - reducing the opacity of the distorted image to create a translucent image; - modifying the size of the translucent image to create a sized image; and - using a cut-out filter to create a lens shape from the sized image, the lens shape being defined by a substantially circular outer diameter having a smaller substantially inner circle removed therefrom; - opening or scanning an image file in a photo editing software application, said image file containing an amorphous base image having at least two colors; - distorting said amorphous base image with one or more filters to create a distorted image; - reducing the opacity of the distorted image to create a translucent image; - modifying the size of the translucent image to create a sized image; and - using a cut-out filter to create a lens shape from the sized image, the lens shape being defined by a substantially circular outer diameter having a smaller substantially inner circle removed therefrom; b) transferring the inked image from the cliché to at least one surface of at least one contact lens forming mold by means of at least one transfer pad, (c) at least partially curing the inked image transferred to the at least one surface of the at least one contact lens forming mold to form a colored film; (d) dispensing a hydrogel lens-forming material into at least one lens-forming cavity of the at least one contact lens forming mold; and (e) curing the lens-forming material within the lens-forming cavity to form the contact lens, whereby the colored film detaches from the at least one surface of the at least one contact lens forming mold and becomes integral with the body of the contact lens, wherein the amorphous base image is a non-eye image.