Overlay Double-Tip Highlighter Review: The UK Student's Secret Weapon for Beautiful Notes
Jun 13, 2026
Standard highlighters are one colour, one tip, one effect. The 16 Color Overlay Marker Double Tip Highlighters — 8-Pack is something entirely different. Each pen has two tips — a broad chisel tip for highlighting and a fine tip for underlining — and uses a special overlay ink that creates a translucent colour layer over text without obscuring it. The result is beautifully highlighted notes that are clear, colourful, and genuinely easier to review. With 16 colours across 8 double-tipped pens, this set gives UK students and note-takers the most versatile highlighting toolkit available.
What Is Overlay Ink?
Overlay ink is a specially formulated highlighter ink that creates a translucent colour layer over text rather than a solid colour block. This means the highlighted text remains perfectly legible — the ink enhances rather than obscures. Overlay ink also tends to be more vibrant than standard highlighter ink, producing colours that are bright and eye-catching without being garish.
Double Tip: Two Tools in One
Each pen in the 8-pack has two tips:
- Broad chisel tip — for highlighting passages, sentences, and paragraphs with a wide, even colour band
- Fine tip — for underlining key words, adding annotations, and highlighting in tight spaces where the broad tip would be too wide
Having both tips in a single pen means you can switch between highlighting and underlining without changing tools — a small but meaningful efficiency improvement for active note-takers.
16 Colours: A Complete Colour-Coding System
Sixteen colours is more than enough to implement a comprehensive colour-coding system for any subject or study method. A typical system might use:
- Yellow — key definitions and terms
- Pink — important dates and facts
- Blue — examples and case studies
- Green — supporting evidence
- Orange — questions and areas to review
- Purple — connections between concepts
With 16 colours, you have enough variety to colour-code multiple subjects simultaneously without overlap.
Who Is This Set For?
Students at GCSE, A-Level, and university level who use colour-coded note-taking will find this set transformative. Professionals who annotate reports, contracts, and documents will appreciate the dual tip and overlay ink. Planners and journallers who want vibrant, legible colour in their layouts will love the 16-colour range. Browse our full highlighter range at TTPEN UK.
Highlight smarter, study better. Shop the 16-Color Overlay Double Tip Highlighters 8-Pack today.
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