Wire Color Codes

Band -Stripe

 

Twisted-Pair Wire

pair 1

Cat5

 

4 pair UTP

pair 2

 

 

pair 3

 

pair 4

Solid Color

Twisted-Pair Wire

blue/white

green

 

TIP

blue

red

 

RING

orange/white

black

 

TIP

orange

yellow

 

RING

green/white

white

 

TIP

green

blue

 

RING

brown/white

 

 

TIP

brown

 

 

RING

Telephone Termination

Option 1 - old style

Dual Jack Telephone Wallplate

Orange

 

Pairs 1 & 2

White/Orange

 

 

Black

Yellow

Blue

 

 

 

Red

Green

White/Blue

 

 

Brown

White/Brown

 

Green

Black

Yellow

Red

 

White/Green

Green

 

 

Pairs 3 & 4

Quad Wire*

green

 

pair 1

 

 

red

 

black

pair 2

 

 

yellow

TIP

CAUTION: Quad wire is no longer acceptable

RING for installations in multi-line environments. Retrofit with UTP if possible.

ACCESSORY

GROUND

Option 2 - new style

Cable Color

Pin #

Connector Color

 

Pin 1

N/C

 

White/Orange

Pin 2

White/Orange

Quickport wallplate

Blue

Pin 3

Blue

 

White/Blue

Pin 4

White/Blue

 

Orange

Pin 5

Orange

 

 

Pin 6

N/C

Modular connector designations

6 position connectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PR2

 

 

PR1

 

 

PR1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R T

 

 

T R T R

1 2 3 4 5 6

 

1 2 3 4 5 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PR3

PR2

PR1

T T R T R R 1 2 3 4 5 6

Pairs 1 & 2

 

 

Model

 

8010

Pairs 3 & 4

Model

 

 

8011

RJ-11

RJ-14

RJ-25

Single line

Dual line telephones

Rare

telephones,

& answering

3 line KSU hookups

answering machines

machines

 

8 position connectors

 

 

PR2

RJ-45(wired to TIA T568A standard)

PR3 PR1 PR4

Ethernet (both 10BaseT and 100BaseT)

 

 

 

 

 

T R T R T R T R

Structured wiring of phones and data lines

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

(There are other wiring standards. For residential use,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

we recommend that RJ-45 jacks are wired to the T568A

 

 

 

 

 

standard.)

Cable Color

Pin #

Connector Color

RJ-14

 

Pin 1

N/C

 

 

Voice Grade Jacks

White/Brown

Pin 2

White/Orange

 

Green

Pin 3

Blue

 

White/Green

Pin 4

White/Blue

 

Brown

Pin 5

Orange

 

 

Pin 6

N/C

 

Model

8072

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Channel Plus 8051 Wire Color Codes, Telephone Termination, Quad Wire, Option 2 new style, Modular connector designations