Clear Labels

Transparent labels and stickers, customised to your needs

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Get clear labels professionally printed by us and add striking designs to your products and packaging. Printed in full colour on transparent polypropylene, these clear labels can be personalised to suit your exact needs. To place an order, use our online calculator to select your preferred size, shape, print direction, adhesive, white ink option and laminated finish.

If you are not sure about any of our customisation options, please get in touch with us. Our team will be more than happy to talk you through all the options available to make your clear sticker labels look just how you want them.

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    Create classic designs with durable, personalised clear stickers

    Our custom clear stickers are made with a transparent plastic material called polypropylene (similar to vinyl) that allows designs or logos to stand out without distracting elements. We suggest utilising minimal graphics and solid colours to make your label designs really pop. We offer an expert design service on all our orders, so please let us know if you would like any help.

    Clear labels are perfect for showing white design elements. Our CMYK printers also use white ink, which shows up beautifully on clear labels against dark surfaces. Additionally, our coloured inks show up slightly translucent on clear labels, and we recommend adding white underprint if you want the colours on your clear stickers to fully stand out.

    These transparent sticky labels are long-lasting, with water-resistant, weather-resistant and tearproof properties. You can also add gloss lamination, which makes clear labels more durable and resistant to chemicals, oils, UV radiation and scratching. We also have matt lamination available on request, but please be aware that it will make your labels look translucent, or “frosted”.

    Use “no label” looks to promote your products and campaigns

    Clear labels have become a popular choice for product designers and advertisers. As well as enabling creative teams to experiment with unusual label design options, they also remove the need to get rid of any unwanted label backgrounds through die-cutting, which can save companies a lot of money.

    This means that clear product labels carry unique advantages. For instance, using clear labels for jars and bottles allows foods and drinks like honey, cider, sauces and spice mixes to be better seen in their containers. A set of transparent labels for bottles allows luxury or cosmetic good manufacturers to design up-market artwork without white backgrounds interfering with the design.

    Large clear labels can be used as window displays as well. We offer a reverse printing option for uses like this, where the design gets printed on the adhesive side of the clear material. These see-through labels and stickers can then be stuck on the inside of shop windows for potential customers to see from outside.

    Our clear labels are the perfect way to incorporate bold, minimalist designs in your brand image and showcase the beauty of the contents in your clear jars, bottles and containers. 

    Fill in our online order form or get in contact with us today to place your first order.

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    Delivery Information

    • Orders are printed, finished, and dispatched within 1 working day of PDF proof approval.
    • UK mainland deliveries are sent via DPD or Royal Mail Next Day, with a 1-hour delivery window confirmed by text or email.
    • Free UK mainland shipping is included. Saturday delivery and express printing are available on request (additional fees apply).
    • International shipping costs are calculated at checkout.
    • We offer plain packaging and direct-to-client delivery for trade or resale orders.

    For more details, please see our Delivery & Returns FAQs

  • Artwork Guide

    We recommend the following guidelines if you’re uploading your own designs:

    • Files: Flattened PDF or JPEG (recommended) or EPS, AI, PSD
    • Resolution: 300dpi
    • Bleed: 3mm
    • Safe Area: 3mm
    • Colour: CMYK

    For more in-depth technical guidelines, please click here .

    Not sure about these specs? You can upload what you have, and with our Artwork Check Guarantee, we’ll manually review the artwork and inform you if any adjustments are required. Alternatively, our graphics department can edit your artwork and apply these fixes for you upon request, and then send you a proof for approval before printing.

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Clear label specifications and extra info

Feature Details
Material Our clear label material is a self-adhesive, food safe, Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) plastic approx. 50 microns thick. It is strong, long-lasting, and flexible enough to be applied to curved or squeezable bottles. This makes it ideal for food and other fast-moving consumer good labels.
White ink and underprint Our professional-grade printing equipment allows us to incorporate white ink into your transparent personalised sticker designs. Our standard colour inks are slightly transparent, but we can also add a white underprint to your label design to make the colour fully opaque.
Reverse printing You can get your professional printed clear labels reverse printed, where the printwork is applied on the adhesive side of the label. This is ideal if you wish to use your labels for window advertising. You can stick a label to the inside of a window, protecting it from the outdoor elements, and still have it be seen from the outside.
Finish options You can choose to have a layer of gloss lamination added to your full colour clear labels for extra durability and further resistance to water, oils, chemicals, harsh weather, UV damage and scratching. There is also a matt lamination option that you can contact us to request, but it will give your transparent stickers a “frosted” effect and make them less clear.
Adhesive options Our permanent clear labels come with a high-tack, permanent adhesive. We can also print removable clear stickers with a low-tack adhesive, which will stick to surfaces well, while also peeling off easily and without leaving any residue. We recommend using temporary adhesive when the label will only be used for a limited time.
Durability These clear labels are waterproof, tearproof, fridge/freezer safe, fade resistant and weather resistant for 1-2 years. When lamination is added, they last even longer and become scratch resistant, yellowing and UV resistant, and oil/chemical resistant. They are not dishwasher safe.
More info For more detailed information on the specifications of our clear label material, please take a look at our Clear Polypropylene Data Sheet.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

A transparent label design should come with either a clear background layer (preferably in PDF or PNG format), or instructions on what parts of the label should be left clear. Our design team will double-check your order before printing, but we recommend providing accurate information to ensure no background parts of the label are accidentally printed in white.

You can print clear labels with self-adhesive clear label sheets and a home printer, as long as you use the correct label sheets for the printer type (inkjet sheets for inkjet printers and laser sheets for laser printers). However, you will not be able to print in white or use white backprinting, there will be fewer size and shape options available, and your finished labels will not look as professional as what we can produce with our commercial-grade equipment.

Stop bubbles showing up in your clear labels by applying them to a clean, dry surface. Bubbles appear when there is grease or dirt stopping the label from sticking properly. To avoid this, properly clean and dry the product surface with isopropyl alcohol and a lint-free cloth before applying the label.

White letters can only be printed on clear labels if your printer can print white ink. Most standard printers do not print in white ink, but ours can! When you place an order with us, you can leave instructions telling our design and print teams which parts of the label you want printed in white, including any white letters.

Our clear label material has been designed to lock ink in during printing and not smear or smudge. To make doubly sure that smearing and smudging will not occur, we recommend adding a layer of lamination to your order. The lamination will lock in the label surface and ink, making smearing or smudging impossible.

Have clean and dry hands and only hold labels at the edges to avoid leaving fingerprints. Fingerprints (and other visible marks) show up on clear labels when the adhesive is touched by fingers or picks up dirt or dust before it is applied. To avoid, make sure your hands are clean and dry when applying, and handle the label from its edges. You could also wear smooth gloves for an extra layer of protection.

Serving the UK for over 12 years, we’ve built a team of print experts backed by the latest printing technology in our factory here in Doncaster. It allows us to meet orders of any size with the highest standards of professional printing.

We have ISO accreditations (Cert No. 20115 - ISO 9001 & ISO 14001), are a British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) platinum member, and won the Medium Business of the Year award at the 2023 Doncaster Business Awards.


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