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1 Wire & CableMethods of Color CodingTOLL free 1-800-342-7215w w w. b u y a w g . c o mAMERICAN WIRE GROUP1920 E. Hallandale Beach PH8 Hallandale, Florida 33009 Telephone: 1-954-455-3050 Fax: 1-954-455-9886E-Mail: Method 1 Colored insulation with contrasting ink tracers as required. Sixdifferent insulation colors and four different colored ink tracersare used to provide positive identification through 21 conduc-tors. The same identification sequence is repeated for cablescontaining more than 21 Method 2A neutral colored compound is used with single or double spi-ral ink tracers as required to provide positive identificationthrough 21 conductors. The identification sequence is repeatedfor cables containing more than 21 Method 3A neutral or single colored insulation compound is surface inkprinted with both conductor number and color designation toprovide positive identification through 21 conductors. Theidentification sequence is repeated for colors containing morethan 21 Method 4A neutral or single colored insulation compound is surface inkprinted with conductor number to provide positive conductoridentification through 21 conductors.

2 The identification se-quence is repeated for cables containing more than 21 Method 5A color coding using braids. Also sometimes specified usingcolored insulation and contrasting tracers as an extension ofMethod I to eliminate duplicate conductors. Up to 127 positiveconductor coding are available with this method. Usuallyspecified as per: ICEA5-61-402 Table 5-1 or ICEA 5-19-81 Method 6A color coding whereby one conductor in each layer is identi-fied by a braid, tape, ridge, stripe or Paired Color CodeA coding whereby one leg of all pairs is coded white and itsmate is coded in accordance with the first 21 conductors ofMethod 1, omitting white and repeating the sequence as Paired Color CodeFive colors are paired with each of five mate colors to give 25identified pairs. The color sequences are repeated for morethan 25 pairs using colored binder strings for group on this sheet subject to change without 2012, American Wire Group, Inc. Hallandale, Florida20120515 Used to identify conductors for point-to-point wiring and for circuit diagrams.

3 Color codes are used to establish a standard for use by dif-ferent first color code used colored tracers in a solid colored braid. Most control cable color codes are adaptations of this method. Later, forease and convenience, ink printed versions were requirements established special color Codes (ICEA Methods)Note: UL and the NEC restrict the use of green and white as colors and stripes. Special color codes are available to meet these requirements. One method isICEA Method E-2 which is similar to Method 1 and ICEA Method E-4 which is similar to Method & CableColor Coding ChartsTOLL free 1-800-342-7215w w w. b u y a w g . c o mAMERICAN WIRE GROUP1920 E. Hallandale Beach PH8 Hallandale, Florida 33009 Telephone: 1-954-455-3050 Fax: 1-954-455-9886E-Mail: on this sheet subject to change without 2012, American Wire Group, Inc. Hallandale, FloridaICEA Method 1, Table E-2 (Colored compound with tracers)Conductor Background Tracer Numberor Base Color Color1*Black 2 Red 3 Blue 4 Orange 5 Yellow 6 Brown 7 RedBlack8 BlueBlack9 OrangeBlack10 YellowBlack11 BrownBlack12 BlackRed13 BlueRed14 OrangeRed15 YellowRed16 BrownRed17 BlackBlue18 RedBlue19 OrangeBlue20 YellowBlue21 BrownBlue22 BlackOrange23 RedOrange24 BlueOrange25 YellowOrange26 BrownOrange27 BlackYellow28 RedYellow29 BlueYellow30 OrangeYellow31 BrownYellow32 BlackBrown33 RedBrown34 BlueBrown35 OrangeBrown36 YellowBrown*This conductor is in the inside of the Method 1, Table E-1 (Colored compound with tracers)

4 Conductor Background Tracer Numberor Base Color Color1*Black 2 White 3 Red 4 Green 5 Orange 6 Blue 7 WhiteBlack8 RedBlack9 GreenBlack10 OrangeBlack11 BlueBlack12 BlackWhite13 RedWhite14 GreenWhite15 BlueWhite16 BlackRed17 WhiteRed18 OrangeRed19 BlueRed20 RedGreen21 OrangeGreen*This conductor is in the inside of the Method 2, Table E-1 (Neutral colored compound with tracers)Conductor First Second NumberTracer Tracer ColorColor(Wide (NarrowTracer)Tracer)1*Black 2 White 3 Red 4 Green 5 Orange 6 Blue 7 WhiteBlack8 RedBlack9 GreenBlack10 OrangeBlack11 BlueBlack12 BlackWhite13 RedWhite14 GreenWhite15 BlueWhite16 BlackRed17 WhiteRed18 OrangeRed19 BlueRed20 RedGreen21 OrangeGreen*This conductor is in the inside of the & CableColor Coding ChartsTOLL free 1-800-342-7215w w w. b u y a w g . c o mAMERICAN WIRE GROUP1920 E. Hallandale Beach PH8 Hallandale, Florida 33009 Telephone: 1-954-455-3050 Fax: 1-954-455-9886E-Mail: on this sheet subject to change without 2010, American Wire Group, Inc.

5 Hallandale, FloridaICEA Method 4(Neutral or single color compound with surfaceprinting of numbers)Conductor Printed LegendNumber1*12233445566778899101011111 212131314141515161617171818191920202121* This conductor is in the inside of the Method 3(Neutral or single color compound with surfaceprinting of numbers and color designations)Conductor Printed LegendNumber1*1 Black22 White33 Red44 Green55 Orange66 Blue77 White Black88 Red Black99 Green Black1010 Orange Black1111 Blue Black1212 Black White1313 Red White1414 Green White1515 Blue White1616 Black Red1717 White Red1818 Orange Red1919 Blue Red2020 Red Green2121 Orange Green*This conductor is in the inside of the Method 1, Table E-2 (Neutral colored compound with tracers)Conductor Background Tracer Numberor Base Color Color1*Black-2 Red-3 Blue-4 Orange-5 Yellow-6 Brown-7 RedBlack8 BlueBlack9 OrangeBlack10 YellowBlack11 BrownBlack12 BlackRed13 BlueRed14 OrangeRed15 YellowRed16 BrownRed17 BlackBlue18 RedBlue19 OrangeBlue20 YellowBlue21 BrownBlue22 BlackOrange23 RedOrange24 BlueOrange25 YellowOrange26 BrownOrange27 BlackYellow28 RedYellow29 BlueYellow30 OrangeYellow31 BrownYellow32 BlackBrown33 RedBrown34 BlueBrown35 OrangeBrown36 YellowBrown*This conductor is in the inside of the & CableColor Coding ChartsTOLL free 1-800-342-7215w w w.

6 B u y a w g . c o mAMERICAN WIRE GROUP1920 E. Hallandale Beach PH8 Hallandale, Florida 33009 Telephone: 1-954-455-3050 Fax: 1-954-455-9886E-Mail: on this sheet subject to change without 2012, American Wire Group, Inc. Hallandale, FloridaICEA Method 5(Colored compounds with tracers)1*Black 2 White 3 Red 4 Green 5 Orange 6 Blue 7 WhiteBlack 8 RedBlack 9 GreenBlack 10 OrangeBlack 11 BlueBlack 12 BlackWhite 13 RedWhite 14 GreenWhite 15 BlueWhite 16 BlackRed 17 WhiteRed 18 OrangeRed 19 BlueRed 20 RedGreen 21 Orange Green 22 BlackWhiteRed23 WhiteBlackRed24 OrangeBlackWhite25 BlueBlackWhite26 RedBlackWhite27 OrangeBlackWhite28 BlackRedGreen29 WhiteRedGreen30 RedBlackGreen31 GreenBlackOrange32 OrangeBlackGreen33 BlueWhite Orange34 BlackWhite Orange35 WhiteRedOrange36 Orange WhiteBlue37 WhiteRedBlue38 BlackWhiteGreen39 WhiteBlackGreen40 RedWhiteGreen41 GreenWhiteBlue42 OrangeRedGreen43 BlueRedGreen44 BlackWhiteBlue45 WhiteBlackBlue46 RedWhiteBlue47 Green OrangeRed48 OrangeRedBlue49 BlueRedOrange50 BlackOrangeRed51 WhiteBlackOrange52 RedOrangeBlack53 GreenRedBlue54 OrangeBlackBlue55 BlueBlackOrange56 BlackOrange Green57 White Orange Green58 RedOrange Green59 GreenBlackBlue60 Orange GreenBlue61 BlueGreen Orange62 BlackRedBlue63 White

7 OrangeBlue64 RedBlackBlue65 Green OrangeBlue66 Orange WhiteRed67 BlueWhiteRed68 BlackGreenBlue69 WhiteGreenBlue70 RedGreenBlue71 GreenWhiteRed72 OrangeRedBlack73 BlueRedBlack74 BlackOrangeBlue75 RedOrangeBlue76 GreenRedBlack77 Orange WhiteGreen78 BlueWhiteGreen79 RedWhite Orange80 GreenWhite Orange81 BlueBlackGreen82 Orange White 83 GreenRed 84 BlackGreen 85 WhiteGreen 86 BlueGreen 87 BlackOrange 88 White Orange 89 RedOrange 90 Green Orange 91 BlueOrange 92 BlackBlue 93 WhiteBlue 94 RedBlue 95 GreenBlue 96 OrangeBlue 97 Yellow 98 YellowBlack 99 YellowWhite 100 YellowRed 101 YellowGreen 102 YellowOrange 103 YellowBlue 104 BlackYellow 105 WhiteYellow 106 RedYellow 107 GreenYellow 108 Orange Yellow 109 BlueYellow 110 BlackYellowRed111 WhiteYellowRed112 GreenYellowRed113 Orange YellowRed114 BlueYellowRed115 BlackYellowWhite116 RedYellowWhite117 GreenYellowWhite118 Orange YellowWhite119 BlueYellowWhite120 BlackYellowGreen121 WhiteYellowGreen122 RedYellowGreen123 Orange YellowGreen124 BlueYellowGreen125 BlackYellowBlue126 WhiteYellowBlue127 RedYellowBlue*This conductor is in the inside of the Background First Second NumberorTracer Tracer Base ColorColorColorCond.

8 Background First Second NumberorTracer Tracer Base ColorColorColorCond. Background First Second NumberorTracer Tracer Base ColorColorColor