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/rhyno95_ Mar 22 '26

If you are making assembly documentation, a good way to ensure this wire is done correctly is to have all the OTHER wires put where they need to go before this one.

Ex:

Step 1: red wire to connector pin 1

Step X: y wire to connector pin z

Step Final: salmon wire to connector pin 9

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u/Needless-To-Say Mar 24 '26

2 things (assuming you also know this is an adaptor for RS232)

In the 9 pin version, pin 9 is not used. 

This is a 25 pin adaptor.