Latex Balloon Terms Used by Manufacturers

Modified on Thu, 16 Mar, 2023 at 2:57 PM

Balloon manufacturers group balloons into categories by colors and finishes typically. There is no industry standard for terms used to describe different groupings of colors and finishes into categories.

For Example:

Qualatex includes 8 colors in their Standard Color line.
Decomex has 12 colors in their Standard Color line of latex balloons and uses the terms ‘Pastel’ or ‘Deco’ to describe their balloons outside of their Standard Color line.
Betallatex does not use the term Standard, but instead groups what would normally be standard colors into a group called ‘Fashion’ which has 14 colors.

	Qualatex	Kalisan	Decomex	Betallatex	Tuftex	Ellie's
Standard Almost every manufacturer uses this term to describe their 8-10 most popular colors (white, yellow, orange, pink, red, blue, green)	Standard	Standard	Standard	Fashion	Standard	Coming Soon
Other All latex balloon colors that do not have a unique finish and/or do not fit into the Standard category, are grouped by some manufacturers into one or multiple categories.	Fashion	Retro and Pastel*	Pastel* or Deco	Fashion or Deluxe	Designer	Coming Soon
Pastel Matte or Macaroon Pastel Used to describe a line of popular pastel colors made by Sempertex (Betallatex). Other companies do make similar colors but have not categorized them.	N/A	Macaroon Pastel Matte	N/A	Pastel Matte	N/A	Coming Soon
Neon These are fluorescent-colored balloons that can glow in the dark under a quality black light	Neon	N/A	N/A	Neon	N/A	Coming Soon
Jewel and/or Crystal Semi-Transparent Balloons	Jewel	Crystal	Crystal	Crystal	Crystal	Coming Soon
Crystal Pastel A subset of Jewel and Crystal colors made popular by Sempertex.	N/A	Crystal Pastel	N/A	Pure Crystal Pastel	N/A	Coming Soon
Metallic and/or Pearl Used interchangeably to describe balloons with a glitter-like finish. Some companies like Qualatex break the balloons down in color sets like Pastel Pearl or Radiant Pearl.	Metallic, Radiant Pearl, or Pastel Pearl	Metallic	Metallic or Pearl	Metallic or Pearl	Metallic	Coming Soon
Chrome and/or Mirror Chrome is a patented name by Qualatex. These balloons have a rich, reflective solid color that has a metallic shine.	Chrome	Mirror	N/A	Reflex	N/A	Coming Soon

*Pastel: The standard definition of pastel is "a soft and delicate shade of a color." However, many manufacturers, like Decomex and Kalisan, use the term loosely by including an entire color selection that most customers would agree– is NOT a pastel color. Therefore, Bargain Balloons removes the term 'pastel' on our website to avoid confusion even though the term pastel may appear on the product packaging.