Cable RANGE

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Colour Code Charts

Colour Chart 1
Conductor		Conductor
No.	Colour	No.	Colour
1	BLACK	7	ORANGE
2	WHITE	8	YELLOW
3	RED	9	PURPLE
4	GREEN	10	GREY
5	BROWN	11	PINK
6	BLUE	12	TAN

Colour Chart 2
Conductor		Conductor
No.	Colour	No.	Colour
1	BLACK	26	ORANGE / BLACK / WHITE
2	WHITE	27	BLUE / BLACK / WHITE
3	RED	28	BLACK / RED / GREEN
4	GREEN	29	WHITE / RED / GREEN
5	ORANGE	30	RED / BLACK / GREEN
6	BLUE	31	GREEN / BLACK / ORANGE
7	WHITE /BLACK	32	ORANGE / BLACK / GREEN
8	RED / BLACK	33	BLUE / WHITE / ORANGE
9	GREEN / BLACK	34	BLACK / WHITE / ORANGE
10	ORANGE / BLACK	35	WHITE / RED / ORANGE
11	BLUE / BLACK	36	ORANGE / WHITE / BLUE
12	BLACK / WHITE	37	WHITE / RED / BLUE
13	RED / WHITE	38	BLACK / WHITE / GREEN
14	GREEN / WHITE	39	WHITE / BLACK / GREEN
15	BLUE / WHITE	40	RED / WHITE / GREEN
16	BLACK / RED	41	GREEN / WHITE / BLUE
17	WHITE / RED	42	ORANGE / RED / GREEN
18	ORANGE / RED	43	BLUE / RED / GREEN
19	BLUE / RED	44	BLACK / WHITE / BLUE
20	RED / GREEN	45	WHITE / BLACK / BLUE
21	ORANGE / GREEN	46	RED / WHITE / BLUE
22	BLACK / WHITE / RED	47	GREEN / ORANGE / RED
23	WHITE / BLACK / RED	48	ORANGE / RED / BLUE
24	RED / BLACK WHITE	49	BLUE / ORANGE / RED
25	GREEN / BLACK / WHITE	50	BLACK / ORANGE / RED

Colour Chart 3
Pair		Pair
No.	Colour	No.	Colour
1	BLACK PAIRED WITH RED	20	WHITE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
2	BLACK PAIRED WITH WHITE	21	WHITE PAIRED WITH BROWN
3	BLACK PAIRED WITH GREEN	22	WHITE PAIRED WITH ORANGE
4	BLACK PAIRED WITH BLUE	23	BLUE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
5	BLACK PAIRED WITH YELLOW	24	BLUE PAIRED WITH BROWN
6	BLACK PAIRED WITH BROWN	25	BLUE PAIRED WITH ORANGE
7	BLACK PAIRED WITH ORANGE	26	BROWN PAIRED WITH YELLOW
8	RED PAIRED WITH WHITE	27	BROWN PAIRED WITH ORANGE
9	RED PAIRED WITH GREEN	28	ORANGE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
10	RED PAIRED WITH BLUE	29	PURPLE PAIRED WITH ORANGE
11	RED PAIRED WITH YELLOW	30	PURPLE PAIRED WITH RED
13	RED PAIRED WITH BROWN	31	PURPLE PAIRED WITH WHITE
13	RED PAIRED WITH ORANGE	32	PURPLE PAIRED WITH DK. GREEN
14	GREEN PAIRED WITH WHITE	33	PURPLE PAIRED WITH LT BLUE
15	GREEN PAIRED WITH BLUE	34	PURPLE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
16	GREEN PAIRED WITH YELLOW	35	PURPLE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
17	GREEN PAIRED WITH BROWN	36	PURPLE PAIRED WITH YELLOW
18	GREEN PAIRED WITH ORANGE	37	GREY PAIRED WITH WHITE
19	WHITE PAIRED WITH BLUE

Colour Chart 4
Pair		Pair
No.	Colour	No.	Colour
1	WHITE PAIRED WITH BLUE	14	BLACK PAIRED WITH BROWN
2	WHITE PAIRED WITH ORANGE	15	BLACK PAIRED WITH GREY
3	WHITE PAIRED WITH GREEN	16	YELLOW PAIRED WITH BLUE
4	WHITE PAIRED WITH BROWN	17	YELLOW PAIRED WITH ORANGE
5	WHITE PAIRED WITH GREY	18	YELLOW PAIRED WITH GREEN
6	RED PAIRED WITH BLUE	19	YELLOW PAIRED WITH BROWN
7	RED PAIRED WITH ORANGE	20	YELLOW PAIRED WITH GREY
8	RED PAIRED WITH GREEN	21	PURPLE PAIRED WITH BLUE
9	RED PAIRED WITH BROWN	22	PURPLE PAIRED WITH ORANGE
10	RED PAIRED WITH GREY	23	PURPLE PAIRED WITH GREEN
11	BLACK PAIRED WITH BLUE	24	PURPLE PAIRED WITH BROWN
13	BLACK PAIRED WITH ORANGE	25	PURPLE PAIRED WITH GREY
13	BLACK PAIRED WITH GREEN

Colour Chart 5
Pair		Pair
No.	Colour	No.	Colour
1	WHITE / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE / WHITE	14	BLACK / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / BLACK
2	WHITE / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / WHITE	15	BLACK / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / BLACK
3	WHITE / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / WHITE	16	YELLOW / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE / YELLOW
4	WHITE / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / WHITE	17	YELLOW / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / YELLOW
5	WHITE / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / WHITE	18	YELLOW / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / YELLOW
6	RED / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE/ RED	19	YELLOW / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / YELLOW
7	RED / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / RED	20	YELLOW / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / YELLOW
8	RED / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / RED	21	PURPLE / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE / PURPLE
9	RED / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / RED	22	PURPLE / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / PURPLE
10	RED / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / RED	23	PURPLE / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / PURPLE
11	BLACK / BLUE PAIRED WITH BLUE / BLACK	24	PURPLE / BROWN PAIRED WITH BROWN / PURPLE
13	BLACK / ORANGE PAIRED WITH ORANGE / BLACK	25	PURPLE / GREY PAIRED WITH GREY / PURPLE
13	BLACK / GREEN PAIRED WITH GREEN / BLACK	1/2	PAIR COLOUR IS GREEN / YELLOW

Colour Chart 6
Conductor		Pair
No.	Colour	No.	Colour
1	BLACK	7	YELLOW
2	WHITE	8	BROWN
3	RED	9	PURPLE
4	GREEN	10	GREY
5	ORANGE	11	PINK
6	BLUE	12	TAN

Colour Chart 7
Conductor		Pair
No.	Colour	No.	Colour
1	BLACK	16	WHITE / BROWN
2	RED	17	GREEN / BROWN
3	GREEN	18	YELLOW / BROWN
4	BLUE	19	WHITE / ORANGE
5	BROWN	20	BLACK / ORANGE
6	ORANGE	21	RED / ORANGE
7	BLACK / WHITE	22	GREEN / ORANGE
8	RED / WHITE	23	BROWN / ORANGE
9	GREEN / WHITE	24	WHITE / BLUE
10	YELLOW / WHITE	25	RED / BLUE
11	RED / BLACK	26	YELLOW / BLUE
13	GREEN / BLACK	27	BROWN / BLUE
13	YELLOW / BLACK	28	BLACK / RED
14	GREEN / RED	29	WHITE / RED
15	YELLOW / RED	30	BROWN / RED

Colour Chart 9
Pair		Pair
No.	Colour	No.	Colour
1	BLACK PAIRED WITH RED	16	GREEN 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.	Colour	Core No.	Colour	Core No.	Colour
1	RED	13	RED / BLUE	25†	YELLOW / GREEN
2	BLUE	14	GREEN / RED	26	WHITE / GREEN
3	GREEN	15	YELLOW / RED	27	GREEN / BLACK
4	YELLOW	16	WHITE / RED	28	ORANGE / GREEN
5	WHITE	17	RED / BLACK	29	GREY / GREEN
6	BLACK	18	RED / BROWN	30	YELLOW / BROWN
7	BROWN	19	YELLOW / BLUE	31	WHITE / BROWN
8	VIOLET	20	WHITE / BLUE	32	BROWN / BLACK
9	ORANGE	21	BLUE / BLACK	33	GREY / BROWN
10*	PINK	22	ORANGE / BLUE	34	YELLOW / VIOLET
11	TURQUOISE	23	GREEN / BLUE	35	VIOLET / BLACK
12	GREY	24	GREY / BLUE	36	WHITE / 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 equipment	No. of cores	Harmonized Cables with Green/Yellow Earth	Not 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 onwards	G/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 equipment	No. of cores	CAbles with Green/Yellow Earth	Cables without Green/Yellow Earth	Cables 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 onwards	G/Y on outer layer numbered in white on black cores No.1 insider layer	Numbered in white on black cores No.1 insider layer	Numbered 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.	Colour	Core No.	Colour
1	BROWN	6	BLUE
2	RED	7	VIOLET
3	ORANGE	8	GREY
4	YELLOW	9	WHITE
5	GREEN	10	BLACK
Repeated every ten conductors