Color Code
Chart 11
VDE 0815: Color Code for Industrial Electronics Cable
Marking: The conductor of the pairs are marked by the basic colors of the insulating jacket which repeat themselves in the same sequence in each unit.
The units are marked with the colors of the rings on the conductor insultation jacket and the arrangement of the colored ring in groups. The ring groups are spaced approximately 60mm apart.
In cables with more than 12 units the 13th and the subsequent units have colored spirals.
Basic Colors of the pairs
Pair
1
2
3
4
Counting the units starts with the innermost layer