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Material |
BOPP film + Water-based Acrylic Pressure Sensitive Adhesive |
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Width |
commonly 500mm - 1280mm. |
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Length |
4000m - 8000m/roll. |
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Thickness |
37μm - 65μm |
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Color |
Transparency/Printing Customization. |
UltraPlus Light Yellow Packaging Tape is a high-performance identification product specifically designed for modern industrial, logistics, and commercial packaging requirements. Utilizing premium BOPP film substrate and specially formulated pressure-sensitive adhesive, the product features a soft, bright light yellow tone with excellent coverage. This unique color design maintains the visual aesthetics required for professional packaging while achieving outstanding identification functionality through its high-visibility characteristics, effectively meeting diverse needs for product differentiation, process management, and status marking in various packaging scenarios.
We deeply understand the high standards of B2B customers for supply chain management and brand building. Based on this, we not only provide standard specification products but are also committed to creating comprehensivecustomized OEM and wholesale solutions for our customers. You can flexibly customize the tape's width, length, thickness, and adhesion level according to actual production needs. Meanwhile, our mature private mold customization and precision printing services support clear imprinting of enterprise logos, brand information, or management instructions on the tape surface, upgrading it from simple sealing material to an efficient brand communication medium and process management tool.
Choosing UltraPlus Light Yellow Packaging Tape means you will obtain a professional product with significant value in enhancing operational efficiency, strengthening brand identification, and optimizing management processes.
UltraPlus Light Yellow Packaging Tape demonstrates extensive application value in numerous industry sectors by virtue of its unique color advantages and reliable performance.
| Technical Data | Packing & Delivery | ||
| Tackiness | ≥13# | Jumple Roll | Kraft paper |
| Tensile | ≥5N/25mm | Slitting roll | Carton (the quantity per carton can be negotiated). |
| Holding adhesion | ≥24h |
When you need packaging tape that is unmistakably visible from across a warehouse floor, opaque light yellow BOPP tape delivers. Unlike our semi-transparent light yellow variant, this tape uses a fully pigmented film that provides complete opacity — the carton surface beneath the tape is not visible through it. This makes it ideal for applications where the tape is the primary visual identifier. Zhejiang Yilong New Materials produces light yellow opaque tape with the same adhesion performance as our transparent tapes, with the added benefit of a cheerful, attention-grabbing surface color that creates positive associations with warmth, sunshine, and approachability.
The opaque nature of this tape also provides an important practical benefit: it can conceal previous labels, markings, or wear on reused cartons. Many businesses that practice sustainable packaging by reusing cartons find that opaque colored tape is the simplest way to give a used box a clean, professional appearance for its next journey. A single strip of light yellow tape across the top of a carton transforms it from 'used' to 'fresh' in the eyes of the recipient — a small detail that makes a meaningful difference in brand perception for businesses that prioritize sustainability.
| Parameter | Specification |
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| Base Film | BOPP, light yellow fully pigmented (opaque) |
| Opacity | ≥95% (fully opaque) |
| Film Thickness | 28mic (standard); 25–40mic available |
| Adhesive Type | Water-based acrylic, solvent-free |
| Adhesive Coat Weight | 22gsm (standard); 18–28gsm adjustable |
| 180° Peel Adhesion | ≥6.5 N/25mm (ASTM D3330) |
| Tensile Strength | ≥30 N/25mm MD (ASTM D3759) |
| Standard Roll Sizes | 48mm × 66m, 48mm × 100m, 72mm × 100m |
Light yellow opaque tape differs from transparent tapes in one critical material property: opacity. The pigment loading that gives light yellow its color also blocks light transmission through the tape, which serves several practical functions. For products sensitive to UV exposure — including certain adhesives, coatings, printed materials, and natural fiber products — opaque tape provides a small but meaningful barrier against light degradation during transit and storage. This is particularly relevant for shipments that may sit in customs inspection areas, port warehouses, or outdoor staging zones where direct or indirect sunlight exposure is unavoidable. While the UV-blocking effect of pigmented BOPP tape is modest compared to dedicated UV-protective packaging, it provides an incremental protective benefit at zero additional cost beyond the tape itself.
From a manufacturing perspective, achieving consistent opacity across production batches requires careful pigment dispersion control. Zhejiang Yilong uses pre-dispersed pigment masterbatch sourced from certified colorant suppliers, metered into the BOPP film extrusion process at precisely controlled ratios. In-line spectrophotometer monitoring at our coating lines verifies color consistency (Delta E < 1.5) for every jumbo roll produced, ensuring that roll-to-roll and batch-to-batch color variation stays within commercially acceptable tolerances. This level of color consistency is critical for brands whose packaging quality standards require uniformity across every carton leaving their facility — a single noticeably off-color roll of tape can trigger customer quality complaints that are far more costly to resolve than the tape itself.
The opaque nature of light yellow tape also makes it the preferred choice for concealing carton printing or markings underneath the tape line. When sealing re-used cartons, returned goods repackaging, or cartons with pre-existing markings that should not be visible to end customers, opaque tape provides a clean visual finish that transparent tape cannot achieve. This practical benefit is frequently cited by reverse-logistics operations and refurbished goods sellers as a key reason for specifying opaque rather than transparent sealing tape.
Beyond education, toys, and seasonal packaging, light yellow opaque tape serves several specialty market segments where its specific combination of opacity, color warmth, and moderate cost creates unique value. The craft and hobby industry — encompassing scrapbooking supplies, DIY kit manufacturers, yarn and fabric retailers, and art material distributors — is a significant but often overlooked consumer of light yellow tape. In this market, packaging is part of the product experience: a box of art supplies sealed with light yellow tape feels curated and creative rather than mass-produced and impersonal. Craft industry buyers are particularly attuned to packaging aesthetics, and light yellow tape consistently ranks among the most positively received sealing tape colors in consumer focus groups conducted by our brand customers.
The home decor and interior design products sector is another growing market for light yellow opaque tape. Products in this category — decorative pillows, wall art, small furniture items, lighting fixtures — are purchased for their aesthetic value, and packaging that feels aligned with that aesthetic reinforces the purchase decision rather than undermining it. A customer buying a handcrafted ceramic vase or artisan candle set is making an emotional purchase; receiving it in a carton sealed with warm light yellow tape extends the emotional satisfaction of the purchase through to the unboxing moment. Several of our home decor brand customers have reported that their customer feedback scores improved measurably after switching from standard transparent to light yellow tape, with specific mentions of packaging quality increasing by double-digit percentages in post-purchase surveys.
From a technical manufacturing standpoint, light yellow opaque tape requires pigment loading levels that achieve full opacity (zero light transmission through the tape) while maintaining the flexibility and adhesion characteristics of the BOPP film substrate. Excessive pigment loading can embrittle the film or interfere with adhesive bonding; insufficient loading results in uneven coloration. Zhejiang Yilong's formulation — developed and refined over years of production experience — achieves the optimal balance of opacity, mechanical properties, and cost for each color variant in our product line.
Light yellow transparent tape (our product #6) has 55–65% light transmission — you can partially see through it. Light yellow opaque tape (this product) has ≥95% opacity — you cannot see the carton surface beneath it. Choose transparent when you need to read labels through the tape; choose opaque when maximum color visibility is the priority and you want the tape to be the primary visual element on the carton.
No — the yellow pigment is embedded in the BOPP film during extrusion, not surface-coated. Under recommended storage conditions (indoor, 10–35°C, away from direct sunlight), the color remains stable for 12+ months. For extremely bright environments, our UV-stabilized formulation extends colorfastness significantly.
Standard light yellow opaque tape: 500 rolls per SKU. Custom color development for a specific yellow shade: 500kg minimum (approximately 3,000–5,000 rolls). Custom printed light yellow tape: 2,000 rolls. Volume discounts apply at pallet (3,000+ rolls) and container (100,000+ rolls) quantities.
Yes — it is particularly popular in the education and stationery sector (school supplies, art materials), toy packaging, children’s product brands, and seasonal/holiday packaging (spring, Easter, summer themes). The cheerful yellow color appeals to younger demographics and creates a positive emotional association with the unboxing experience. Craft supply companies also favor light yellow for its warm, approachable aesthetic.
Light yellow opaque BOPP tape serves a specific functional purpose that transparent tape cannot fulfill: complete visual concealment of whatever lies beneath the tape line. This matters in several common packaging scenarios. When sealing cartons that have been previously printed with outdated branding, shipping labels, or handling marks, opaque tape provides a clean, uniform appearance that transparent tape cannot achieve — the old printing remains visible through clear tape, creating a messy, unprofessional look. For reverse logistics operations handling returned goods that will be resold as open-box or refurbished items, light yellow opaque tape on the re-sealed carton signals to the next buyer that the package has been professionally inspected and repackaged, rather than haphazardly taped shut. For co-packing operations where a single facility packages products for multiple competing brands, opaque tape prevents brand A's printed carton markings from being visible through the tape when the carton is being used for brand B's products.
The opacity of light yellow tape is achieved through precisely controlled titanium dioxide (TiO₂) loading in the BOPP film during extrusion. Our formulation balances opacity (light transmission below 5% through the film) with mechanical properties — excessive TiO₂ can reduce film tensile strength and impact resistance, while insufficient loading results in a translucent rather than opaque appearance. This formulation expertise, developed through years of colored BOPP film production, is one of the technical capabilities that distinguishes Zhejiang Yilong from commodity tape converters who purchase pre-colored film from third-party suppliers rather than controlling pigmentation in-house.
An underappreciated application for light yellow opaque tape is in archival storage, document preservation, and long-term inventory storage. Museums, libraries, archives, and corporate records centers often use color-coded tape systems to identify box contents, storage dates, and handling instructions without opening cartons. Light yellow is frequently assigned to medium-term storage (1-5 years) or general reference materials, distinguishing these cartons from permanent archives (typically marked with neutral or archival-standard materials) and short-term active files (often marked with more visible colors). The opaque nature of the tape ensures that box labeling written directly on the carton surface does not show through, maintaining a clean visual appearance even after years in storage.
For businesses with regulatory document retention requirements — law firms, accounting practices, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical companies — light yellow tape provides a durable, color-coded sealing solution for document storage boxes. Unlike cellophane tape (which yellows and becomes brittle with age) or masking tape (which dries out and loses adhesion), properly stored BOPP tape maintains its mechanical properties for years. While we recommend against using any adhesive tape on items of permanent archival value (archival-quality paper tapes or cotton ties are preferred by conservators), light yellow BOPP tape is entirely suitable for secondary packaging and storage cartons that protect but do not directly contact archived materials.
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About the Author
Zhejiang Yilong Engineering Team — Written by the in-house technical team at Zhejiang Yilong New Materials Co., Ltd., with 12+ years of experience in BOPP film manufacturing, pigmentation, and water-based adhesive coating for international packaging markets.
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