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The gaffer is a large adhesive tape used by technicians working in cinema, television and shows. The gaffer is very resistant, but easy to cut by hand. It has good adhesion, but remains easy to remove, and leaves little traces. Very versatile, it can be used to attach objects, clamp a cable on the ground or on a wall, mark locations, and make emergency repairs. The gaffer is often matte black, to be the least visible on the surface of the show scenes. Other colors exist, such as red to prevent or to mark the position of actors or cameras. The white gaffer can be used as a label, for example, to sound engineers to write the signal name on the edge of a mixing table, although paper tape is also widely used in this case. The word comes from the English gaffer tape, "scotch of the lighting chief". Other Wikimedia projects: Gaffer, on Wikimedia Commons