reflective tape

Visibility enhancing adhesive

Reflective tape is adhesive tape coated with material that bounces light back toward its source, making objects visible in darkness when illuminated by headlights or flashlights.

It appears on safety vests, bicycles, running shoes, and roadside markers.

The tape looks dull in daylight but glows brilliantly when light hits it at night.

Opposites
light behavior

reflective tapeLED strip

Adhesive ribbon of diodes

glow tape · light source

visibility purpose

reflective tapeinvisibility cloak

Garment rendering wearer unseen

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G