Abstract: A gradient dyeing machine employing a motor driven threaded camshaft to simultaneously rotate a symmetrical cam of appropriate configuration at the end of the shaft and move a ramp-shaped arm pivotally attached to a threaded carriage riding on the camshaft forward from the motor toward the cam at a continuously increasing angle relative to the camshaft over the surface of the rotating cam, to continuously and repeatedly immerse a lens holder to progressively decreasing depths in a lens coloring liquid.