How To Use Colors In Your Note-Taking

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Colors, colors, colors!

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The idea of using colors in note-taking might sound silly

at first, but once you begin to use colors to organize, code,

and track your notes, you will discover how useful colors can be.

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Check out the tips below to learn how colors can help you become a

better note-taker.

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• Color-code your notebooks and only use one notebook per class.

  • Example: Blue = English, grey = history, pink = P.E, black = Algebra II, red = biology.

• Always write your notes in a dark color such as blue or black so that you can highlight the

       notes for study purposes later.

• Highlight important points in your notes

  • Example: Highlight terms to know in yellow, names of books in purple, important dates with blue, and important people in green.

• Higlight corners of pages that correspond to the same topic. When you are ready to study for a test, you can easily tear out all the pages with the same color assignment, staple them together, and you have a pre-made study guide on a particular topic.

  • Example: All pages of notes pertaining to Pride and Prejudice could be higlighted pink in the top right corner

• Store notes in color coded folders based on class, subject, and/or topic.