Sourcing (More) Duct Tape Colours

Due to the failures with electrical tape, and the hindrance of using masking tape, experienced in creating The NHS Transition Tape Map I went on another deep dive determined to find these more obscure colours in a better material if I can't find it in duct tape.

The colours I needed to replace were:

• Baby Blue

• Baby Pink

• Light Turquoise

• Dark Turquoise

• Lilac

• Dark Yellow / Light Orange

• Burgundy / Wine Red

Several pages into a google search, I came across a stationary business in Ireland selling duct tape in 5 of the 7 colours I was searching for! I don't think they appeared in my original search due to the weird names for the colours, as the page did not appear when searching for the colours above specifically, but looking at websites for coloured duct tape in general.

The colours were listed as:

• Cornflower Blue (Baby Blue)

• Pink Sherbet (Baby Pink)

• Mint Magic (Light Turquoise)

• Peacock Blue (Dark Turquoise)

• Wild Orchid (Lilac)

They also had these other coloured duct tapes, which I opted to get in case one of them aligned with my colour choices better than the ones I already had from my last map:

• Admiral Blue (Dark Blue)

• Grape Juice (Purple)

• Yellow Squash (Yellow/Green in a neon tone)

• Sunshine (Yellow)

• Salamander (Orange)

• Ketchup Red (Red)

No matter how much I searched, I could not find a dark yellow/light orange or a burgundy/wine red in a duct tape or masking tape, and so decided to order rolls of vinyl wrapping in these colours.