Design of Colored OMR Sheets

Colored OMR Sheets are usually used by examination committees that still use the old technology for OMR sheet reading. As the name goes, colored OMR sheet means the involvement of different color on the printed sheet. The rest of the design of colored OMR sheets is similar to that of the black and white sheets. Even the former is surrounded by black index points on its four corners. Take a look at some of the features of a colored OMR sheet design.

Features of coloured OMR sheet design

• Two color are used to create a colored OMR sheet. While black is the primary color that has to be used. the other color can be pink, orange or golden yellow.
• It is best to avoid use of color like green and blue in OMR Bubbles as these make dark impression during scanning, leading to inaccurate results. These color can be used as header or footer.
• Earlier the colored OMR sheets had to be printed on thick paper; however, this is no longer required. These sheets can be printed on normal white paper.
• You can print the colored sheets using ink jet as well as laser printer. It can be printed on offset printer too.
• If using offset printing, both colors should be inculcated in the index points, and both should overlap each other exactly without any displacement.

Purpose of colored OMR sheet design

The use of colored OMR sheets has diminished with the emergence of black and white sheets. However, colored sheets are still used. Here are the reasons:

• These colored sheets can give accurate answers even if the candidates used tick mark or thin impressions to mark their answers.
• If the educational institute or examination committee does not want to change the look of the paper they have been using for several years even if they are using the latest OMR Printing and reading technology.
• If the bubbles on the OMR sheets contain printed text content, it is better to choose the colored sheet.

The design of colored OMR is perfect for you if your purpose is one of the above. Make sure to follow the parameters provided while printing these colored sheets.