彩涂钢板的基板为冷轧基板，热镀锌基板和电镀锌基板。涂层种类可分为聚脂、硅改性聚脂，偏聚二氟乙烯和塑料溶胶。彩涂钢板的表面状态可分为涂层板、压花板和印花板，彩涂钢板广泛用于建筑家电和交通运输等行业，对于建筑业主要用于钢结构厂房、机场、库房和冷冻等工业及商业建筑的屋顶墙面和门等，民用建筑采用彩钢板的较少。它与塑钢区别在于材料的构成不同．吸铁石可以吸动．
The base plate of color coated steel plate is cold-rolled base plate, hot-dip galvanized base plate and electro galvanized base plate. Coating types can be divided into polyester, silicone modified polyester, vinylidene fluoride and plastisol. The surface state of the color coated steel plate can be divided into coating plate, embossing plate and printing plate. The color coated steel plate is widely used in construction appliances, transportation and other industries. For the construction industry, it is mainly used for the roof walls and doors of industrial and commercial buildings such as steel structure factory buildings, airports, warehouses and refrigerators, and less color steel plate is used in civil buildings. The difference between it and plastic steel lies in the different composition of the material
严格意义上讲，塑钢与彩钢在金属特性及表面处理上并不能很好的区分，因为大同小异；现在市场的区分主要在型材结构方面。
Strictly speaking, plastic steel and color steel can not be well distinguished in metal characteristics and surface treatment, because they are very similar; now the market is mainly in profile structure.