Abstract: An adhesive tape comprising a strip of material having an adhesive-free side and a side opposite the adhesive-free side having an adhesive-coated intermediate portion bounded between oppositely disposed adhesive-free marginal portions. The adhesive tape is preferably translucent to permit a user to visually detect the adhesive-free marginal portions on the opposite side of the strip of material, thus permitting the use to easily locate the leading edges adhesive tape. In this way, both of the leading edges may be readily separated from an underlying layer of a roll of adhesive tape or readily separated from an underlying release strip. Moreover, the adhesive-coated intermediate portion preferably extends a majority of the lateral extent of the adhesive tape providing enough adhesive to permit practical use of the adhesive tape.