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Wire Color Code Identification


NOTE: Whenever a wire is labeled with two colors; the first color listed is the basic color of the wire, and the second color is the tracer marking of the wire. If the second color is followed by by a D, the tracer is dots. If the second color is followed by an H, the tracer is hash marks.

For example: BR/O is a brown wire with an orange stripe, R/Y D is a red wire with yellow dots and BK/W H is a black wire with white hash marks.


BL: Blue
BK: Black
BR: Brown
DB: Dark Blue
DG: Dark Green
GR: Green
GY: Gray
LB: Light Blue
LG: Light Green
N: Natural
O: Orange
PK: Pink
R: Red
P: Purple
T: Tan
V: Violet
W: White
Y: Yellow