For your reference, Belden® offers color charts for a number of cable types, including snake cables, fiber optic cables, UTP cables, etc.  Some charts also are available relative to industry specifications, i.e., ICEA/Industrial cabling.

The chart categories are listed below, please click on one of these categories to view the appropriate charts.

• Belden jacket colors


• Fiber Optic Cables
    Fiber/Tube Colors
    Interbuilding Trunk
    Jacket Color Codes


• Hook-up and lead wire


• ICEA/IndustralCable
    Method 1-K-1
    Method 1-K-2
    Method 4


• Molded and Multi-conductor cable
    1-12 conductor
    1-30 conductor
    ICEA, 1-50 conductor
    Position no./color


• Molded and Paired Cables
    Belden Standard, 1-37 pairs
    Pair no./color cmbination, 1-25 pairs
    Western Electric Standard - Pair/color combination, 1-25 pairs


• Premise Cable
    Jacket colors
    DataTwist® color charts
    IBM RICS System 6000
    Modified Western Electric Standard - 2C chart


• Snake Cable
    Pair no./Pair jacket color, 1-60 pairs