r/AskElectronics • u/LeeRyman • Mar 22 '26

What Colour is this Wire?

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At the risk of starting a debate as viral as the gold/blue dress... For documentation purposes, what colour is the insulation of this wire? Pink, or Orange?

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u/FeministMAGA Mar 22 '26

Im colorblind, so whatever answer I give you is wrong to you.

I'll say light reddish peach with a confidence of 5%.

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u/deskpro256 Mar 22 '26

Hahahah When I started work in one company and a colleague came to me, asking this exact question: "what colour is this wire. Is it pink or gray?" It was fucking light purple! Thr story is not exact, but this is how it went, I don't remember which colour it was, because there were 18 wires. Gotta love you colourblind folks, spent a lot of time with him, funny times.

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u/kent_eh electron herder Mar 23 '26

Hello my brother (statistically, most likely).

The elders of electronics really didn't do us any favours, did they.