Types
A telephone directory and its content may be known by the color of the paper it is printed on.
- White pages generally indicates personal or alphabetic listings.
- Yellow pages, golden pages, A2Z, or classified directory is usually a "business directory," where businesses are listed alphabetically within each of many classifications (e.g., "lawyers"), almost always with paid advertising.
- Grey pages, sometimes called a "reverse telephone directory," allowing subscriber details to be found for a given number. Not available in all jurisdictions for reasons of privacy.
Other colors may have other meanings; for example, information on government agencies is often printed on blue pages or green pages.
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