ANSI/TIA/EIA-606-B Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Building documented these cable color standards. Generally, anyone who wants to follow building standards should be familiar with BICSI, and vendors who are BICSI certified would be familiar with these as well.
The colors
Cable colors are specified using Pantone numbers. These colors or their equivalent are to be used.
Orange
Demarcation point
Demarcation point (central office termination)
Green
Network connection
Termination of network connections on the customer side of the demarcation point
Purple
Common equipment
Termination of cables originating from common equipment (PBXs, computers, LANs, and multiplexers). White/Silver in Canada.
White
First Level Backbone
First-level backbone telecommunications media termination in the building containing the main cross-connect to TR or main cross-connect to local intermediate cross-connect). Purple in Canada.
Grey
Second Level Backbone
Second-level backbone telecommunications media termination in the building containing the main cross-connect (local intermediate cross-connect to TR). Purple (in the USA) or white (in Canada) may be used to identify second-level backbone termination in building not containing the main cross-connect.
Blue
Horizontal Cabling
Termination of station telecommunication media; required only at the TR and equipment room end of the cable, not at the telecommunications outlet.
Brown
Interbuilding Backbone
Interbuilding backbone cable termination (main cross-connect to remote intermediate cross-connect)
Yellow
Auxiliary & Miscellaneous Circuits
Termination of auxiliary circuits, alarms, maintenance, security, and other miscellaneous circuits
Red
Key Telephone Systems
Termination of key telephone systems
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