Opaque and Translucent Colored Sheets
Check out our wide range of colored plastic sheets. Understanding the difference between transparent, translucent and opaque colors is critical for selecting the correct colored plastic sheet for your project. Whether you choose transparent, translucent, or opaque colors, there is no limit to what you can do with these versatile products.
Colored Acrylic Plexiglass Plastic Sheets
Our premium acrylic sheets are custom to-to-size to specifications, including options for different edges, corners, and holes.
Opaque Colored Plastic Sheets
Opaque means that absolutely no light can get through the material.
Translucent Colored Plastic Sheets
When you are on the TAP website selecting a color and you see the term “Sign Red” or “Sign Blue” this means that the plastic sheet is translucent in color; light can get through but you can not see through it.
Transparent Colored Plastic Sheets
The word transparent means that you can clearly see through the colored plastic sheet. Transparent Colored Acrylic (with the exception of florescent colors) is ideal for outdoor signs.
Fluorescent Plastic Sheets
We stock fluorescent acrylic plastic in green, red, orange, yellow, and blue.
Colored Polycarbonate Sheets
Colored polycarbonate sheet is a tough and our most impact-resistant material. It is lightweight and since it is difficult to break, it is useful wherever safety, security, or impact-resistance is important. Polycarbonate sheet is resistant to many common household materials, including Beer, Coffee, Detergents, Fish Oil, Fruit Syrup, Liquor, Milk, Mineral Water, Orange Juice, Liquor, Wine, Table Vinegar, Salad Oil, Salt Solution (10%), Tomato Juice, Vodka, Cocoa.
Applications:
- Burglar-resistant glazing
- Signs
- Safety glazing
- Displays
Colored PVC Foam Sheets
These durable, high-impact colored pvc sheets have strength and resistance to most industrial chemicals. This versatile plastic offers excellent thermal and sound insulation, so it absorbs vibrations and oscillations. PVC plastic sheets are also easy to fabricate, glue, paint, and screen print. Komatex, the brand of PVC sold at TAP Plastics are weather and moisture-resistant and consequently highly suitable for outdoor use. This means the material will undergo no changes to their physical properties over periods of many years. White sheet types are color fast, while colored sheets (red, green, blue, etc.) may suffer a change in color(become brighter) due to the higher degree to which they absorb solar radiation.
Black LED Acrylic
We are excited to announce an innovative new product, Black LED acrylic sheets. It looks like a matte black acrylic when it is not lit, but add a light behind it and watch it transform. This fantastic material has the ability to transmit light of any color. Black LED acrylic is suitable for indoor and outdoor signs, retail displays, exhibition booths and much more.
