If you are looking to add a little bit of color to your report and make sure that it gets noticed this might be your chance. For years plastic comb binding spines were only available in black and white. Even today, more than ninety percent of the plastic comb binding market is represented by these two colors. However, many individuals don't realize that plastic combs are actually available in more than a dozen colors. These different colored combs are perfect for adding a splash of color or for matching with your companies colors.

The most common colors of plastic comb binding spines are: Black, White, Navy Blue, Clear, Maroon (sometimes called Burgundy), Brown, Royal Blue, Red, Hunter Green, Grey (or Gray), Kelly Green, and Yellow. In addition to these colors combs are also available in a black matte finish, a clear frost matte finish and in several transparent gel colors such as Steel Blue and Amber.

Although the matte and gel combs are only available in select sizes, all of the other colors of combs are available in sizes from 3/16" up to 2". Plastic combs from 3/16" up to 1-1/8" are round shaped and combs from 1-1/4" up to 2" are oval shaped.

Many companies choose to match the color of their comb binding spine with the color of their logo. Additionally, binding covers can also be purchased to match the color of the plastic combs providing a uniform look and feel to your documents, reports, presentations and proposals. This co-ordination of colors can results in more eye catching and professional looking proposals that will catch the eye of your clients.

Plastic combs can also be imprinted with a company logo, a company name or even a title of book or report. Using either silk screening or foil stamping it is possible to print almost anything on the spine of a plastic comb. If you have ever seen a cookbook bound with plastic combs you might have noticed it was imprinted with the title of the book. In the same way it is possible for you to brand your presentations and proposals for a highly professional look and feel.

Unfortunately, plastic combs are not readily available in custom colors. Currently, in order to order a custom color of plastic combs you would have to buy an "extrusion" of plastic. In numbers, this means you would have to look at purchasing at least 10,000 combs. For most users this type of volume is simply not plausible. It is possible to have combs flood printed with a custom color (or a metallic finish such as gold or silver). However, this process is still very expensive and isn't realistic for most users.