Revision colors
Also known as colored pages · revision marks
The industry color sequence (white, blue, pink, yellow, and onward) used to mark each revision pass on a locked shooting script so the set knows which pages are current.
In practice
Color is a shared calendar for paper and PDFs on a locked shooting script. "We're on yellow" means a specific generation of pages, not a vibe. The industry sequence (white, blue, pink, yellow, and onward) lets every department know which stack is current without rereading the whole book each morning.
Specs and early development drafts do not need revision colors. Colors matter once page and scene numbers are frozen for production. Using rainbow pages on a sales draft looks like costume production and can distract readers who only wanted a clean story read without paper logistics.
Inkwell includes the full production color sequence in revision mode. Revision-mode PDFs preserve issued page numbers, including A-pages for added material. For a pass with changes, they mark revised lines with asterisks and print the revision color and date in page headers. Pages remain white, so confirm the production’s printing requirements before promising physically colored paper.
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Common questions
Do I need revision colors for a spec?
No. Colors matter once a script is locked for production. Specs and early development drafts stay on a normal continuous draft without a color run.
Does Inkwell support the full color sequence?
Yes — the industry production sequence is available in revision mode. Confirm whether your delivery workflow also needs physically tinted or revised-pages-only output.
What happens after the named colors run out?
After tan, the sequence starts over: Inkwell labels the next generations Second Blue, Second Pink, and so on. Some offices name the repeat differently, so follow the production’s practice. The point is a shared generation label, not stopping at yellow forever.
Are digital drafts still "blue pages"?
Yes in production language — teams still say blue or pink for the revision generation even when everyone is on PDFs. The color name is the ledger entry, whether or not anyone prints tinted paper.