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Plum Paper Planner Comparison: Colorful versus Neutral (Which is better?)

Plum Paper is one of my all time favorite planner companies! In my last order I purchased my favorite layout (the horizontal lined with notes) in colorful and neutral. It was a good excuse to choose another pretty cover design and compare the 2 inside color schemes.

This is not a sponsored post - I purchased the planner myself and all opinions are my own.

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Plum Paper currently have 2 color options - the neutral and the colorful. My personal favorite is the colorful!

Links mentioned in the video:

  • How (and why) I pre-plan the week using the Plum Paper horizontal lined with notes layout
  • Arcing my Plum Paper Planner - everything you need to know if you’d like to try it yourself!
  • Plum Paper Planners Haul & Review (better than the Erin Condren?)

The ‘Good to Go’ planner (no personalisation) and my personalised cover (right)

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The neutral is a dark grey / navy color - I much prefer the colorful style!

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Note that the tabs are smaller on the neutral planner as I chose add on sections - Plum Paper proportionally reduce the monthly tabs to make room for tabs for the add on sections

Because the neutral is a dark color, black pen doesn’t look obvious on the sidebar title box. I recommend using a white pen such as the Uniball Signo.

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I think the neutral would get a bit boring looking at for an entire year. Although if you want to do themed decorating each week, the colors probably won’t clash as much as if you use the colorful version.

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One of the add on pages I chose in the neutral color scheme:

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I definitely prefer the colourful style! The color of the neutral are like a navy blue / dark grey. It’s too dark for my liking and makes it very hard to see writing (especially when you add titles in the list making space) - you’ll probably need to use a white pen such as the Sakura Gelly Roll 08 in white to be able to read what you’ve written.

The neutral has the same color for all of the monthly pages, weekly pages, add on pages, tabs etc. The colorful version has different colors for each month which I think help prevents the planner from going stale and boring.

Yes! Horizontal weekly spread on one page and list making / open ended notes space on the other page is my all time favorite weekly planner layout. I currently use this planner specifically for pre-planning the week.

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How (and why) I pre-plan the week using the Plum Paper horizontal lined with notes layout

More Plum Paper Reviews:

  • Week 3: Plum Paper Vertical Planner - Better than the Erin Condren?
  • Week 8: Weekly Planning using the Plum Paper Memory Keeper Book
  • Plum Paper Planners Haul & Review (better than the Erin Condren?)

Planning Tips

  • How to print printables at Plum Paper planner size from your home printer (step by step tutorial)
  • Planner pen testing in the Erin Condren Life Planner, Plum Paper, Happy Planner by MAMBI and Limelife Planner
  • 50 Category Ideas for Color Coding Your Planner
  • Arcing my Plum Paper Planner - everything you need to know if you’d like to try it yourself!

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