The future is in Color

Color labeling helps companies stay compliant, create visual appeal, organize products and processes

We live in a world of color. Marketing research indicates that  over 80% of visual information is related to color. However, black and white barcode labeling has largely remained an industry standard for many reasons: pre-printed color labels can be inefficient and expensive; because color label templates are pre-printed, it is difficult to change variable information on-demand; regulatory compliance has not traditionally required color. However, advances in labeling software, warehousing efficiencies, inventory selection  improvement and regulatory requirements are leading almost all industries toward a future in color labels.

Benefits of Color Labeling

Incorporating color onto your barcode labels offers the ability to create a visually appealing design that is also highly functional, providing operational benefits while also conveying information such as: 

• Branding

• Marketing & promotions

• Product identification

Color Helps Communicate Safety Warnings and  Meet Regulatory Requirements

Color labels can help provide additional levels of communication by enabling the addition of bold safety warnings to catch attention and drawing the eye to critical information. An increase in industry standards and government regulations that specifically require the use of color has  made this issue more prominent for many manufacturers, in particular food manufacturers, pharmaceutical and  chemical manufacturers, and the newly-emerging Cannabis industry. Global Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals Regulation (GHS), Cannabis labeling, and The US Food Allergen Labeling & Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) are just some of the regulations that have color labeling requirements.

Warehouse and Product Efficiencies Through Color

Required or by choice, color labeling increases safety and  efficiency. Using color as part of your identification process  helps to make items in a warehouse easily recognizable by the human eye, resulting in quick object recognition. It can also  assign meaning to products and make product identification  easier, like how red means stop and green means go.

Color is a huge advantage when it comes to efficiency and accuracy in general. For any company with several different production lines, products may have a similar shape and size, or use similar components. Color coding of labels offers a simple, reliable solution.

On Demand Color Labeling Increases Efficiency, Reduces Cost and Waste

On demand color labeling allows label designers to create a smart label template that incorporates variable data & images, so you can design and print labels as you need them. There is no more need to order and store  pre-printed label stock that may be outdated as labeling data changes. On demand labeling reduces the risk of errors due to print misalignment that happens when you use preprinted stock.

From above report we can know color labels will become more and more common in the future. It's easy for us to know what kind of product the goods are through color labels, but we will also need inventory tool to collect the barcode data on the color labels, right? Then, we need to confirm the inventory tool whether can scan color barcodes.

Our YHDAA's barcode scanners are good of being inventory tools. The following models you can choose for your color labels/barcodes.

YHDAA 2D Wired Barcode Scanner

Features:

Transmission distance: 1.8m(cable length)

Supports Handheld/Continuous/Auto-Induction scanning mode

Application fields: Supermarket, Retail, Warehouse, Logistic, Library, Medical etc

It can read not only all kinds of 1D barcodes on paper but also barcodes on the mobile phone and computer screen, and it also can read 2D barcodes

YHDAA 2D 2.4G Wireless Barcode Scanner

Features:

2.4G Wireless/Wired 2-in-1

Transmission distance: 25m(in door), 100m(outdoor)

Supports Handheld/Continuous/Auto-Induction scanning mode

Application fields: Supermarket, Retail, Warehouse, Logistic, Library, Medical etc

It can read not only all kinds of 1D barcodes on paper but also barcodes on the mobile phone and computer screen, and it also can read 2D barcodes

YHDAA 2D Bluetooth Barcode Scanner

Features:

Bluetooth/2.4G Wireless/Wired 3-in-1

Transmission distance: 50m(bluetooth), 100m(2.4G wireless)

Supports Handheld/Continuous/Auto-Induction scanning mode

Application fields: Supermarket, Retail, Warehouse, Logistic, Library, Medical etc

It can read not only all kinds of 1D barcodes on paper but also barcodes on the mobile phone and computer screen, and it also can read 2D barcodes

Discover how you can increase speed and accuracy in data collection with these barcode scanners/inventory tools. Contact us if you have any questions or if you would like to learn how YHDAA’s barcode scanners can help improve productivity and efficiency in your daily tasks.