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However, copyright transfer agreements (CTAs) that are signed by an author prior to publication often indicate whether, and in what form, self\u2010archiving is allowed. The SHERPA\/RoMEO database enables easy access to publishers' policies in this area and uses a colour\u2010coding scheme to classify publishers according to their self\u2010archiving status. The database is currently being redeveloped and renamed the Copyright Knowledge Bank. However, it will still assign a colour to individual publishers indicating whether pre\u2010prints can be self\u2010archived (yellow), post\u2010prints can be self\u2010archived (blue), both pre\u2010print and post\u2010print can be archived (green) or neither (white). The nature of CTAs means that these decisions are rarely as straightforward as they may seem, and this paper describes the thinking and considerations that were used in assigning these colours in the light of the underlying principles and definitions of open access.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>Detailed analysis of a large number of CTAs led to the development of controlled vocabulary of terms which was carefully analysed to determine how these terms equate to the definition and \u201cspirit\u201d of open access.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The paper reports on how conditions outlined by publishers in their CTAs, such as how or where a paper can be self\u2010archived, affect the assignment of a self\u2010archiving colour to the publisher.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The colour assignment is widely used by authors and repository administrators in determining whether academic papers can be self\u2010archived. 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