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Originally Posted by brady23
How do you use colour in your notes and does it get distracting?
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I use black ink for text and drawings (ex. of molecules) and colour for shading things like the reagents involved in reactions, or for the name of the reaction. It makes things pop out when I'm flipping through my notes, so if I need to find a reagent, I can just look for the blue-coloured parts in my notes. So colour becomes very helpful and makes things efficient, and is not distracting at all. My notes aren't a sea of colour! I use it for organization and efficiency, not to make my notes more
interesting. There aren't very many colours in my notes at all - just multiple uses of the same few.
In terms of coloured pens, I only use red, because it really pops out among black text. You could use more colours but I only use one so that I know that anything in red text is super important, or if it's something I tend to forget. There are no continuums of red = most important, orange = kind of important, etc... Coloured pens are used for writing out important facts and coloured pencils are used to bring attention to trends/patterns. Just think about what would be most helpful to you when it's around exams and you need to refer to something quickly. I wouldn't waste time making headings different colours from main points and that different from subpoints ... what is most important is that you know certain facts, and that you translate that proper emphasis into your notes.
I also find that I do a lot of boxing/underlining in my notes. It helps when I summarize a concept in a few words or a drawing and makes it easy for me to find.
But don't worry too much about this stuff. When you get into the swing of things, you will very quickly realize what works for you
