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September 27, 2018

Planner Inspiration: 10 Rainbow Weekly Spread Ideas

If you’re a regular blog reader, you’ll know that rainbow spreads are my go to!

Since I do them so often I’ve tried a few different ways to mix it up to avoid getting bored.

If you’re someone that doesn’t normally do rainbow weekly spreads, I hope this encourages you to give it a try!

Rainbow spreads:

1. By day

The quickest and easiest way to add color to the page is using a different color by day. Just don’t forget to switch between pens. You may want to start with erasable pens.

Related: My all time favorite planner pens: Pilot Frixion Erasable Pens Review

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2. Color coding by category

Probably the most obvious and often used method for planner color coding – using different colors for each person in the family, for school subjects, projects etc.

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Using Limelife Planners Weekly Layout C 

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Planning by category rather than by day using a Kikki K Notepad – ‘Work Smarter : Live Better’

3. Urgency / level of importance

A method that works well and which I should really use more often.

Some options:

  • Must do, should do and if I have time
  • Numbered to do list
  • To do list with due dates (or days) assigned for each task
  • The priority quadrant 

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Using the priority quadrant for weekly planning

4. By Section

Different colors for each section of the planner:

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Color coding by section using the Kikki K Goals Weekly Planner

5. By task

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6. Random colors

Grab a bunch of colourful pens, each time you add something to your planner, use a different pen. I tried this once. It turned out ok but I probably wouldn’t do it again (bit too much color)

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Colorful Bullet Journal Inspired Weekly Spread

I’d rather take a little bit longer to choose colors. I normally lay out out the pens I want to use and re-shuffle them until I’m happy with the color combination.

I tend to do green touching blue, orange touching red etc. (just like you’d see on a color wheel).

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Resizing printables to A5 page size for a rainbow weekly spread in my ARC

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Rainbow Weekly spread using dot markers

7. Ombre

Different shades of the same color. This works well with vertical weekly spreads – especially those with 3 sections to plan each day.

If you’re going to do this, I’d use blue and pink as pens in these colors always seem to come with the most variety of shades.

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Related: Trying out the Recollections Vertical Weekly Planner

8. By Theme

You don’t need to use all the colors of the rainbow. 4 works well. And if you’re new to planner decorating, try using just 2 colors

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Related: Using the Otto Goals Weekly Planner (blue & pink themed weekly spread)

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 Using Erin Condren Size Planner Stickers in MAMBI Classic Happy Planner

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Bullet journaling with planner stickers in the Happy Notes Book

9. Highlighters

Quick, easy and cheap!

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Color coded weekly spread using highlighters in the Pretty Simple Planner

10. Use a planner that’s already colorful

Examples:

  • Erin Condren
  • Plum Paper
  • Recollections
  • Lorna Leigh Lane
  • Happy Planner

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Using the Colorful Lorna Leigh Lane Weekly Planner 

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