# Revision colors

Source: https://storiara.com/glossary/revision-colors
Last updated: 2026-09-14
Author: Nick Harty, Storiara

> Revision colors are the standard sequence of paper colors used to issue changed pages of a locked script, so anyone can see which version a page belongs to. The common order is white, blue, pink, yellow, green, goldenrod, buff, salmon, and cherry, after which productions continue with further colors or start again as double white.

## The sequence

This is the order most productions use, with the first revision after the white draft coming out on blue:

| Revision | Color | Header example |
|---|---|---|
| Production draft | White | WHITE DRAFT 09/08/26 |
| 1st | Blue | BLUE REVISIONS 09/22/26 |
| 2nd | Pink | PINK REVISIONS 09/29/26 |
| 3rd | Yellow | YELLOW REVISIONS 10/03/26 |
| 4th | Green | GREEN REVISIONS 10/09/26 |
| 5th | Goldenrod | GOLDENROD REVISIONS 10/14/26 |
| 6th | Buff | BUFF REVISIONS 10/20/26 |
| 7th | Salmon | SALMON REVISIONS 10/24/26 |
| 8th | Cherry | CHERRY REVISIONS 10/30/26 |

After cherry, the lists differ. Tan, gray, and ivory are common next colors, and some published orders put cherry before salmon or tan. When the colors run out, the cycle restarts as double white, double blue, and so on. Some UK productions swap the first two (white, pink, blue). Use whatever list the production office sends out, and put it on the cover of every revision.

## What a revised page looks like

A blue page 31 from the table above carries the revision header in the top right, an asterisk in the right margin beside every changed line, and the original page number:

```
                                  BLUE REVISIONS 09/22/26    31.

42  EXT. GAS STATION - NIGHT                               42

    Rain hammers the pumps. MAYA pulls up to pump 4.       *
    A TRUCKER (50s) watches from his rig.                  *
```

The cover sheet for the set lists every changed page: "Blue pages: 1, 12, 31, 31A, 44, 47." Crew members pull their old pages and swap in the new ones. If the change adds material, you get [A-pages](https://storiara.com/glossary/a-pages); if it cuts a scene, you get an [omitted scene](https://storiara.com/glossary/omitted-scene).

## What each revision means for the breakdown

That blue page adds a trucker. For the [script breakdown](https://storiara.com/glossary/script-breakdown), that's a new cast member (or an upgraded [background actor](https://storiara.com/glossary/background-actors)), probably a [picture vehicle](https://storiara.com/glossary/picture-vehicle), and maybe a wardrobe fitting. Someone has to update scene 42's [breakdown sheet](https://storiara.com/glossary/breakdown-sheet), the strip, the cast list, and possibly the budget.

The practical habit: when revision pages arrive, read only the asterisked lines, list every element added or removed, and push those changes to each department the same day. Department heads each work from their own copy of the script, and a crew member who missed the pink pages is working from wrong information.

## Mixed-color scripts

By the middle of a shoot, a script is a stack of colors. Page 12 might be yellow, page 13 white, page 31 green. That's normal. The color of each page tells you the last time it changed, and the most recent color in the stack tells you whether your copy is current. The [shooting script](https://storiara.com/glossary/shooting-script) page covers how the full production draft is put together, and our [script revision colors post](https://storiara.com/blog/script-revision-colors) goes into how writers' offices manage the process.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the order of script revision colors?

White, blue, pink, yellow, green, goldenrod, buff, salmon, cherry. Many productions then add tan, gray, or ivory, and after that go back to white as double white, then double blue, and so on. Studios and shows publish their own lists, so check the production's.

### What are blue pages?

Blue pages are the first set of changes issued after the white production draft is locked. People sometimes say blue pages loosely to mean any revision pages.

### Do you print revisions on colored paper anymore?

Many productions still print for set, and the color also goes in the page header and file name. On PDF-only shows the header text and the color name are what people check, since a screen doesn't show paper color.

### Does every changed page get the new color?

Yes. Each revision set gets one color, and every page that changed in that set is issued in that color, even if it only fixed a typo. Unchanged pages stay whatever color they already were.

## Sources

- [Scriptation: What are Blue Pages? Inside Script Revision Colors for TV and Film](https://scriptation.com/blog/what-are-blue-pages_script-revision-colors/)