Standard Industry Color Codes

ICEA Paired Color Code

Pair Number	Leg 1 Color	Leg 1 Tracer	Leg 2 Color
1	Black	-	White
2	Red	-	White
3	Green	-	White
4	Orange	-	White
5	Blue	-	White
6	White	Black	White
7	Red	Black	White
8	Green	Black	White
9	Orange	Black	White
10	Blue	Black	White
11	Black	White	White
12	Red	White	White
13	Green	White	White
14	Blue	White	White
15	Black	Red	White
16	White	Red	White
17	Orange	Red	White
18	Blue	Red	White
19	Red	Green	White
20	Orange	Green	White
21	Black	-	White

Color Code Chart Per NEMA & ICEA Method 1/K-1

Cond. No.	Base Color	1st Tracer Color	2nd Tracer Color
1	Black	-	-
2	White	-	-
3	Red	-	-
4	Green	-	-
5	Orange	-	-
6	Blue	-	-
7	White	Black	-
8	Red	Black	-
9	Green	Black	-
10	Orange	Black	-
11	Blue	Black	-
12	Black	White	-
13	Red	White	-
14	Green	White	-
15	Blue	White	-
16	Black	Red	-
17	White	Red	-
18	Orange	Red	-
19	Blue	Red	-
20	Red	Green	-
21	Orange	Green	-
22	Black	White	Red
23	White	Black	Red
24	Red	Black	White
25	Green	Black	White
26	Orange	Black	White
27	Blue	Black	White
28	Black	Red	Green
29	White	Red	Green
30	Red	Black	Green
31	Green	Black	Orange
32	Orange	Black	Green
33	Blue	White	Orange
34	Black	White	Orange
35	White	Red	Orange
36	Orange	White	Blue
37	White	Red	Blue
38	Black	White	Green
39	White	Black	Green
40	Red	White	Green
41	Green	White	Blue
42	Orange	Red	Green
43	Blue	Red	Green
44	Black	White	Blue
45	White	Black	Blue
46	Red	White	Blue
47	Green	Orange	Red
48	Orange	Red	Blue
49	Blue	Red	Orange
50	Black	Orange	Red
51	White	Black	Orange
52	Red	Orange	Black
53	Green	Red	Blue
54	Orange	Black	Blue
55	Blue	Black	Orange
56	Black	Orange	Green
57	White	Orange	Green
58	Red	Orange	Green
59	Green	Black	Blue
60	Orange	Green	Blue

Color Code Chart Per NEMA & ICEA Method 1/K-2

Cond. No.	Base Color	Tracer Color
1	Black	-
2	Red	-
3	Blue	-
4	Orange	-
5	Yellow	-
6	Brown	-
7	Red	Black
8	Blue	Black
9	Orange	Black
10	Yellow	Black
11	Brown	Black
12	Black	Red
13	Blue	Red
14	Orange	Red
15	Yellow	Red
16	Brown	Red
17	Black	Blue
18	Red	Blue
19	Orange	Blue
20	Yellow	Blue
21	Brown	Blue
22	Black	Orange
23	Red	Orange
24	Blue	Orange
25	Yellow	Orange
26	Brown	Orange
27	Black	Yellow
28	Red	Yellow
29	Blue	Yellow
30	Orange	Yellow
31	Brown	Yellow
32	Black	Brown
33	Red	Brown
34	Blue	Brown
35	Orange	Brown
36	Yellow	Brown

Color Code for SO Cords

Tracer Color

Cond. No.	Color	Tracer Color
1	Black	-
2	White	-
3	Green	-
4	Red	-
5	Orange	-
6	Blue	-
7	White	Black
8	Red	Black
9	Green	Black
10	Orange	Black
11	Blue	Black
12	Black	White
13	Red	White
14	Green	White
15	Blue	White
16	Black	Red
17	White	Red
18	Orange	Red
19	Blue	Red
20	Red	Green
21	Orange	Green

*Note: Colors repeat after 21 conductors.