Colour Code Charts

 

Colour Chart 1
ConductorConductor 
No.ColourNo.Colour
1BLACK7ORANGE
2WHITE8YELLOW
3RED9PURPLE
4GREEN10GREY
5BROWN11PINK
6BLUE12TAN

Colour Chart 2
ConductorConductor 
No.ColourNo.Colour
1BLACK26ORANGE / BLACK / WHITE
2WHITE27BLUE / BLACK / WHITE
3RED28BLACK / RED / GREEN
4GREEN29WHITE / RED / GREEN
5ORANGE30RED / BLACK / GREEN
6BLUE31GREEN / BLACK / ORANGE
7WHITE /BLACK32ORANGE / BLACK / GREEN
8RED / BLACK33BLUE / WHITE / ORANGE
9GREEN / BLACK34BLACK / WHITE / ORANGE
10ORANGE / BLACK35WHITE / RED / ORANGE
11BLUE / BLACK36ORANGE / WHITE / BLUE
12BLACK / WHITE37WHITE / RED / BLUE
13RED / WHITE38BLACK / WHITE / GREEN
14GREEN / WHITE39WHITE / BLACK / GREEN
15BLUE / WHITE40

RED / WHITE / GREEN

16BLACK / RED41GREEN / WHITE / BLUE
17WHITE / RED42ORANGE / RED / GREEN
18ORANGE / RED43BLUE / RED / GREEN
19BLUE / RED44BLACK / WHITE / BLUE
20RED / GREEN45WHITE / BLACK / BLUE
21ORANGE / GREEN46RED / WHITE / BLUE
22BLACK / WHITE / RED47GREEN / ORANGE / RED
23WHITE / BLACK / RED48ORANGE / RED / BLUE
24RED / BLACK WHITE49BLUE / ORANGE / RED
25GREEN / BLACK / WHITE50BLACK / ORANGE / RED

Colour Chart 3
PairPair 
No.ColourNo.Colour
1BLACK PAIRED WITH RED20WHITE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
2BLACK PAIRED WITH WHITE21WHITE PAIRED WITH BROWN
3BLACK PAIRED WITH GREEN22WHITE PAIRED WITH ORANGE
4BLACK PAIRED WITH BLUE23BLUE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
5BLACK PAIRED WITH YELLOW24BLUE PAIRED WITH BROWN
6BLACK PAIRED WITH BROWN25BLUE PAIRED WITH ORANGE
7BLACK PAIRED WITH ORANGE26BROWN PAIRED WITH YELLOW
8RED PAIRED WITH WHITE27BROWN PAIRED WITH ORANGE
9RED PAIRED WITH GREEN28ORANGE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
10RED PAIRED WITH BLUE29PURPLE PAIRED WITH ORANGE
11RED PAIRED WITH YELLOW30PURPLE PAIRED WITH RED
13RED PAIRED WITH BROWN31PURPLE PAIRED WITH WHITE
13RED PAIRED WITH ORANGE32PURPLE PAIRED WITH DK. GREEN
14GREEN PAIRED WITH WHITE33PURPLE PAIRED WITH LT BLUE
15GREEN PAIRED WITH BLUE34

PURPLE PAIRED WITH YELLOW

16GREEN PAIRED WITH YELLOW35PURPLE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
17GREEN PAIRED WITH BROWN36PURPLE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
18GREEN PAIRED WITH ORANGE37GREY PAIRED WITH WHITE
19WHITE PAIRED WITH BLUE  


 

Colour Chart 4
PairPair 
No.ColourNo.Colour
1WHITE PAIRED WITH BLUE14BLACK PAIRED WITH BROWN
2WHITE PAIRED WITH ORANGE15BLACK PAIRED WITH GREY
3WHITE PAIRED WITH GREEN16YELLOW PAIRED WITH BLUE
4WHITE PAIRED WITH BROWN17YELLOW PAIRED WITH ORANGE
5WHITE PAIRED WITH GREY18YELLOW PAIRED WITH GREEN
6RED PAIRED WITH BLUE19YELLOW PAIRED WITH BROWN
7RED PAIRED WITH ORANGE20YELLOW PAIRED WITH GREY
8RED PAIRED WITH GREEN21PURPLE PAIRED WITH BLUE
9RED PAIRED WITH BROWN22PURPLE PAIRED WITH ORANGE
10RED PAIRED WITH GREY23PURPLE PAIRED WITH GREEN
11BLACK PAIRED WITH BLUE24PURPLE PAIRED WITH BROWN
13BLACK PAIRED WITH ORANGE25PURPLE PAIRED WITH GREY
13BLACK PAIRED WITH GREEN  
 
Colour Chart 5
PairPair 
No.ColourNo.Colour
1WHITE / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE / WHITE14BLACK / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / BLACK
2WHITE / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / WHITE15BLACK / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / BLACK
3WHITE / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / WHITE16YELLOW / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE / YELLOW
4WHITE / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / WHITE17YELLOW / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / YELLOW
5WHITE / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / WHITE18YELLOW / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / YELLOW
6RED / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE/ RED19YELLOW / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / YELLOW
7RED / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / RED20YELLOW / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / YELLOW
8RED / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / RED21PURPLE / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE / PURPLE
9RED / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / RED22PURPLE / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / PURPLE
10RED / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / RED23PURPLE / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / PURPLE
11BLACK / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE / BLACK24PURPLE / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / PURPLE
13BLACK / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / BLACK25PURPLE / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / PURPLE
13BLACK / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / BLACK1/2PAIR COLOUR IS GREEN / YELLOW

Colour Chart 6
ConductorPair 
No.ColourNo.Colour
1BLACK7YELLOW
2WHITE8BROWN
3RED9PURPLE
4GREEN10GREY
5ORANGE11PINK
6BLUE12TAN
 
Colour Chart 7
ConductorPair 
No.ColourNo.Colour
1BLACK16WHITE / BROWN
2RED17GREEN / BROWN
3GREEN18YELLOW / BROWN
4BLUE19WHITE / ORANGE
5BROWN20BLACK / ORANGE
6ORANGE21RED / ORANGE
7BLACK / WHITE22GREEN / ORANGE
8RED / WHITE23BROWN / ORANGE
9GREEN / WHITE24WHITE / BLUE
10YELLOW / WHITE25RED / BLUE
11RED / BLACK26YELLOW / BLUE
13GREEN / BLACK27BROWN / BLUE
13YELLOW / BLACK28BLACK / RED
14GREEN / RED29WHITE / RED
15YELLOW / RED30

BROWN / RED

 
Colour Chart 9
PairPair 
No.ColourNo.Colour
1BLACK PAIRED WITH RED16GREEN PAIRED WITH WHITE
 
Colour Chart 10
Servo cable, screened
Colour of sheath. Orange RAL 2003
24 Volt control cable, inscreened:
Colour of sheath: grey RAL 7040 (similar to 7001)
Cable for measuring systems, screened:
Colour of sheath: green RAL 6018
Fieldbus hybrid cable:
Colour of sheath: violet RAL 4001
Power cable, unscreened:
Colour of sheath: black RAL 9005

Actuator Sensor cable:
Colour of sheath: yellow RAL 1021

 
Colour Chart 13
Core No.ColourCore No.ColourCore No.Colour
1RED13RED / BLUE25†YELLOW / GREEN
2BLUE14GREEN / RED26WHITE / GREEN
3GREEN15YELLOW / RED27GREEN / BLACK
4YELLOW16WHITE / RED28ORANGE / GREEN
5WHITE17RED / BLACK29GREY / GREEN
6BLACK18RED / BROWN30YELLOW / BROWN
7BROWN19YELLOW / BLUE31WHITE / BROWN
8VIOLET20WHITE / BLUE32BROWN / BLACK
9ORANGE21BLUE / BLACK33GREY / BROWN
10*PINK22ORANGE / BLUE34YELLOW / VIOLET
11TURQUOISE23GREEN / BLUE35VIOLET / BLACK
12GREY24GREY / BLUE36WHITE / VIOLET

• Cables with 50 or more cores are identified by a red and blue core laid adjacent to one another in each layer, the remainder of the cores in each layer being white. (Multicoloured cores are also available).

• *Cable reference 16-2-10C is a 5 pair cable coloured as follows: pair 1 white, blue pair 2 white, orange pair 3 white, green pair 4 white, brown, pair 5 white, grey.

• † The colour code of 25 core cables has core colours 23 and 24 replaced with colours 26 and 28.

 
Colour Chart 14 - VDE colour code for power cables
Multicorecables for portable and mobile equipmentNo. of coresHarmonized Cables with Green/Yellow EarthNot Harmonized without Green/Yellow Earth

Conventric Conductor Cables

2
3
4
5

-
G/Y - BRN+BLU 
G/Y - BK+BLU - BRN
G/Y - BK+BLU - BRN - BK

BRN+BLU
BK - BRN - BLU 
BK - BRN - BLU - BK
BK - BRN - BLU - BK - BK
-
-
-
-
6 onwardsG/Y on outer layer numbered in white on black cores
No.1 insider layer
Numbered in white on black cores No.1 insider layer-


Multicore cables for portable and mobile equipmentNo. of coresCAbles with Green/Yellow EarthCables without Green/Yellow EarthCables with Concentric Conductors
2
3
4
5
-
G/Y - BK - BLU 
G/Y - BK - BLU - BRN
G/Y - BK - BLU - BRN - BK
BRN+BLU
BK - BRN - BLU 
BK - BRN - BLU - BK
BK - BRN - BLU - BK - BK
BK - BLU
BK - BLU - BRN
BK - BLU - BRN - BK
-
    
6 onwardsG/Y on outer layer numbered in white on black cores
No.1 insider layer
Numbered in white on black cores No.1 insider layerNumbered in white on black cores No.1 insider layer
Colour abbreviations: G/Y = Green/Yellow. BRN = Brown, BLU = Blue, BK + Black
 
IEC colour code for ribbon cable
Core No.ColourCore No.Colour
1BROWN6BLUE
2RED7VIOLET
3ORANGE8GREY
4YELLOW9WHITE
5GREEN10BLACK
Repeated every ten conductors