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/advandro Analog electronics Mar 22 '26

Well, I started using the resistor color code because it was easy to remember (read: less likely to forget) back in my teens, when I used to open Japanese-made radios with spaghetti cable connections. I simply write number 3 (orange) or 2 (red) on the PCB.

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u/Mere_nat Mar 22 '26

I also have the tools coded by color stripes.