Coloured Dot Labels · Blank labels on rolls
The colour is the paper, not the ink
The short answer: a marking dot has no printing on it — the colour is the stock. Four fluorescent papers, three glossy vinyls and a set of black, gold and silver papers, supplied plain on rolls in any shape you like. From £54 per 100, against £123 for the same dot with a single colour printed on it.
Any shape within this size — rectangle, round, oval or custom die-cut.
VAT invoice · card or bank transfer · proof before production · ±5 % quantity tolerance
- Printing
- none — you print
- Protection
- 1 option
- Adhesives
- 1
- Sizes
- 4 formats
- Smallest
- 35 × 70 mm
- Largest
- 100 × 70 mm
- Quantities
- 100 → 10 000, more quoted
- Variable data
- yours to print
Unprinted on rolls from £54 per 100. Production 2 to 10 working days.
The one thing worth knowing
Printing a colour costs more than buying it
A fluorescent yellow dot up to 55 × 70 mm is £54 per 100 because the paper arrives yellow. Print a single black character on it and the same dot becomes £123; print it in full colour and it is £209. The ink is not what costs — the printing pass is.
Which is why colour-coded systems work best when the colour carries the meaning: green passed, red rejected, orange to be checked. As soon as you need a number or a date on the dot, you are buying a printed label and you may as well look at fluorescent labels — or print it yourself on a plain dot, which is what most workshops end up doing.
- Plain, 100
- £54
- Plain, 1 000
- £62
- Plain, 3 000
- £79
- One colour, 100
- £123
- Full colour, 100
- £209
The colours
What you can have, and what it is for
Four fluorescents
Yellow, orange, red and green paper. The brightest option and the one that reads across a warehouse. Paper, so indoor and dry use.
Three glossy vinyls
White, black and yellow at £57 per 100. Waterproof and tougher than paper — for crates, bins, damp rooms and anything wiped down.
Black, gold and silver
Deep black and smooth black papers at £57 and £58, gloss gold and bright silver at £56. Retail and event marking rather than industrial sorting.
Plain white dots come from the blank paper range and are cheaper still: £38 per 100 in the fixed 20, 35 and 50 mm squares.
Shape and size
A round dot costs no more than a square one
Every size band on this range is free shape: round, oval, square or a custom die-cut, all at the same price, up to the band you choose. A 20 mm dot and a 55 × 70 mm rectangle in the same band cost the same — you are paying for the band, not for the shape or the cutting tool.
Four bands, from 35 × 70 up to 100 × 70 mm, which is the ceiling on every unprinted stock. Below 20 mm, tell us: very small dots are produced but the winding and the dispensing become the real subject, not the label.
- Colour
- in the paper, not printed
- Printing
- none — or yours
- Shape
- round, oval, square, custom
- Sizes
- 4 bands, up to 100 × 70 mm
- Adhesive
- permanent
- Quantities
- 100 → 10 000, more quoted
- From
- £54 / 100
Price by quantity
What a run actually costs
Up to 55 × 70 mm, unprinted, unprotected — die and setup included.
| Quantity | Run price | Per label |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | £54 | £0.54 |
| 200 | £55 | £0.27 |
| 300 | £56 | £0.19 |
| 500 | £56 | £0.11 |
| 1 000 | £62 | £0.062 |
| 1 500 | £65 | £0.044 |
| 2 000 | £70 | £0.035 |
| 3 000 | £79 | £0.027 |
| 5 000 | £99 | £0.020 |
| 10 000 | £150 | £0.015 |
Excluding VAT and delivery. Other sizes, finishes and quantities are priced in the configurator above.
Where it is used
Products that take this material
FAQ
Coloured dots — what customers ask us
Why are plain dots so much cheaper than printed ones?
Because there is no printing pass to set up. A fluorescent yellow dot is £54 per 100 unprinted, £123 with one colour and £209 in full colour, for exactly the same paper and the same die. If the colour alone carries your meaning, printing it adds nothing but cost.
Can I get round dots rather than squares?
Yes, at the same price. Every band is free shape — round, oval, square or a custom outline, all included. You choose a maximum size, not a fixed shape, so a 20 mm circle and a 55 × 70 mm rectangle in the same band cost the same.
Which colours are available?
Four fluorescent papers at £54 per 100 — yellow, orange, red, green. Gloss white, black and yellow vinyl at £57, waterproof. Deep black and smooth black papers at £57 and £58, gloss gold and bright silver at £56. Plain white is cheaper still, from £38 in the fixed squares.
Are they removable?
These carry a permanent adhesive. For dots that come off a crate or a tray at the end of a cycle, take the blank polypropylene with its removable adhesive at £56 per 100, or read the four ways a label comes off — they are not interchangeable.
Can I write on them by hand?
On the fluorescent and matt papers, yes — a pen or a marker takes well. On the glossy vinyls a permanent marker is needed, and it stays wet for a moment. If the dots are to be filled in by hand every day, the paper is the friendlier choice.
Colour that means something, without a printing pass.
Fluorescent, vinyl or metallic dots, any shape, from £54 per 100.