Definition DIN 47100

This standard regulates the colour coding of the core insulation of telecommunication cables.

Cable identification according to DIN 47100


1	white	17	white-grey	33	green-red	49	white-green-black
2	brown	18	grey-brown	34	yellow-red	50	brown-green-black
3	green	19	white-pink	35	green-black	51	white-yellow-black
4	yellow	20	pink-brown	36	yellow-black	52	yellow-brown-black
5	grey	21	white-blue	37	grey-blue	53	white-grey-black
6	pink	22	brown-blue	38	pink-blue	54	grey-brown-black
7	blue	23	white-red	39	grey-red	55	white-pink-black
8	red	24	brown-red	40	pink-red	56	pink-brown-black
9	black	25	white-black	41	grey-black	57	white-blue-black
10	violet	26	brown-black	42	pink-black	58	brown-blue-black
11	grey-pink	27	grey-green	43	blue-black	59	white-red-black
12	red-blue	28	yellow-grey	44	red-black	60	brown-red-black
13	white-green	29	pink-green	45	white-brown-black	61	black-white
14	brown-green	30	yellow-pink	46	yellow-green-black
15	white-yellow	31	green-blue	47	grey-pink-black
16	yellow-brown	32	yellow-blue	48	red-blue-black

The first colour indicates the base colour of the core insulation. The second or third colour indicates the colour of the printed ring. For multi-coloured cores, the identification consists of a base colour and a ring colour. As it is not possible to print on the small cross sections, this arrangement was chosen in order to be able to distinguish the cores uniformly.

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