associated delivery line 46 the colored pulp in delivery line 46 is then deposited on the wire 52 which results in the stripe 62 similarly the colorant source 58 is coupled to dilution water lines 22 32 by colorant lines 64 66 the pulp slurry deposited on the wire 52 by the associated delivery lines 38 44 is colored by the coloring agent from the colorant source 56 to form stripes 70 72 the color of each stripe 62 70 72 preferably has a color that is discreet from the areas surrounding the stripe that is the colored stripe is either flanked by non colored portions of the paper or by one or two other colored stripes or by an edge of the paper it should be noted that after the pulp slurry 54 is deposited on the wire 52 the pulp contributed by a delivery line with colorant therein may tend to slightly diffuse into the surrounding pulp this may result in color that fades or bleeds at the outer edges of the stripes this may be a desirable effect in the finished paper product the amount of bleeding or lateral mixing can be controlled by adjusting the pulp consistency dye pump flow paper machine speed i e speed of.