If you are a visual learner, this is a good color code system to test out for yourself. Feel free to copy this exactly or change out the colors with ones you prefer.

Color Code System

• Black - for general notes.
• Yellow (highlighter only) - for important information that outlines the point.
• Light blue (pen and highlighter) - for terms and their definitions/synonyms.
• Red (pen only) - for sentence points and key ideas in my study notes (usually not class notes).
• Dark blue (pen and highlighter) - for businesses, agencies, legislation, etc.
• Light green (pen and highlighter) - for quotes, case studies.
• Dark green (pen only) - for people’s names or important dates.
• Purple (pen and highlighter) - for books titles, publications, reports.
• Pink (pen and highlighter) - for statistics.
• Orange - for examples