You’ll find bright/primary assortments (red, yellow, blue, green), multicolor/bright packs, and curated pastel palettes with shades like blue, purple, yellow, pink, and green.

Flags are made from plastic or paper with an adhesive backing. Some translucent tabs use a clear adhesive portion with a colored tip; many are described as removable and repositionable.

Flags are sold in pop-up dispensers (one-at-a-time), multi-dispenser packs (e.g., 4 dispensers), pads and refill formats, and multi-pack bundles with varied dispenser counts.

Many flags have a smooth writable surface compatible with pens, pencils, markers and highlighters. Some plastic tabs are described as repositionable and reusable without curling or tearing.

They’re used to mark and highlight important text in textbooks, books, notebooks, planners and calendars, and for indexing, color-coding and reviewing documents such as resumes or contracts.

Descriptions note that flags “stick securely” and “remove cleanly” without damaging pages; some listings add they “stay put until you decide to remove” them.