The gaffer's tape size used by technicians working in film, television and entertainment (music, theater, etc..). The gaffer is very durable, but easy to cut by hand. It has a good grip, but still easy to remove and leaves few traces. Very versatile, it can set objects to press a cable on the floor or a wall, mark locations, to make emergency repairs. The gaffer is often matte black, to be the least visible on the surface of the scenes show. Other colors are available, like red to prevent or to mark the position of the players or cameras. White gaffer can use a label, eg sound engineers to write the name of signals on the edge of a mixer, although the paper tape (painter edge) is also widely used in this case . The word comes from English gaffer tape, "scotch chief lighting." No movie can be done without at least one roll Gaffer contains all colors in three standard widths