It is important to me that Staples Colored Copy Paper matches envelopes that I can purchase in various sizes. This happened to be a lighter weight card stock that I wanted to use as a backing to attack the eye to the card design as it was removed from the matchin 5x7" blue envelope.' This was fabulous and I did not have to spend a fortune for my personally designed cards to look as if I had done so. The HP Laser Jet Pro Printer that I purchased from Staples allows me to do all kinds of fantastic printing. I am only limitied by my own creativity because Staples supplies quality papers.
It's bright yet dark - does that make sense? It's a good blend and served my purposes. It's lightweight so definitely just for regular use - not cardstock or anything.
I was looking for red paper for the Christmas season but found out that the red was simply too dark to be used for printing at least smaller print. It would probably have worked for large bold print. We had the same problem with the green...to dark but at least there was a pale green option available. So we opted for the pink (or "pale red") instead or red. Works fine and it is easy to read the print on it. If you are printing something that needs to be a bit more durable I would recommend a slightly heavier weight paper than this (20 lb.).
I use the colored copy paper to print class announcements calendars and patterns for my Quilt Shop. By using colored paper I can remind the students to check the pink sheet..... It is easy for them to find the correct sheet when looking for a color rather than all white.