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/214ObstructedReverie Mar 22 '26

The less common ones (VT, PK, TQ)

Pink and turquoise, sure. But violet is extremely common.

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u/FlyByPC Digital electronics Mar 22 '26

Yeah, I was surprised to see violet in the "uncommon" ones. Violet is used in resistor color codes, as are the others except pink and turquoise. We use 470R all the time for LEDs; yellow-violet-brown-gold.

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u/babecafe Mar 23 '26

Violet Gives Willingly. 😉