Identification of Conductors And Terminals – IEC 60445

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The IEC Standard 60445 - Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Identification of equipment terminals, conductor terminations and conductors published in August 2010 is a combination of the IEC Std 60445 - Terminal Marking and IEC 60446 - Conductor Identification.

In clause 6.1 General of this standard, the identification of conductors, the following colours are permitted:

IEC Conductor Colours
Description Colour
black
brown
red
orange
yellow
green
blue
violet
grey
white
pink
turquoise
NOTE This list of colours is derived from IEC 60757.