Two-letter color codes

[Nathaniel Bezanson]

I'm sure there must be a bellcore standard for this, but I can't find
it right now. Likewise, you'd think some electricians would have a
thing, but my google-fu is weak this morning.

GReen and GRey/GRay could be confused, so I use GreeN and SLate.
Likewise, BLue and BLack are ambiguous, so I use BlUe and BlacK. But
this seems unusual; I see BLue all over the place. Pisses me off. And
for some reason, I like WT, YL, and OG more than WH, YE, and OR, but I
can't explain why.

Can anyone point to a standards-body standard for this? I've found
several "what we use in-house" charts and codes, but nothing with ANSI
or ISO or IEC or whatever behind it.

[eric©]

ANSI/TIA/EIA-606-A-2002  I'm on my phone now, but when I get back to my desk, I'll dig up something better for you.  There's an actual table in the spec that can be referenced.

Eric

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[Roger S]

It's because your brain likes consonants more than vowels.

[eric©]

Oh, and slate is the standard, for exactly the reason you mentioned.  Also, BLue and BlacK, although I have seen quite a few FNGs see BL and think its black.  For that reason, I don't know why they didn't go with CHarcoal, or even COal.

On Mar 8, 2012 8:35 AM, "Nathaniel Bezanson" <mys...@telcodata.us> wrote:

[John Sugg]

I believe its like this

BL = Blue

BK = Black

BR = Brown

SL = Slate

GR = Green

Sent from my iPhone

[eric©]

You may also want to reference TIA/EIA 568 and 598.  To the best of my knowledge, there is no actual standard on the two letter codes though. 

[Paul Kerchen]

Here's the IEC 60757, which uses BU for blue, BK for black, and BN for brown (leaving no room for ambiguity): http://www.hitechcontrols.com/cables/technical-information/48-color-abbreviations.html

Color	German Abbreviation		Abbreviation acc. to IEC 60757
	new	old
black	SW	sw	BK
brown	BR	br	BN
red	RT	rt	RD
orange	OR	or	OG
yellow	GE	ge	YE
green	GN	gn	GN
blue	BL	bl	BU
violet	VI	vi	VT
gray	GR	gr	GY
white	WS	ws	WH
pink	RS	rs	PK
turquoise	TK	tk	TQ

Paul

[eric©]

Yet they use gray....

I tried to pull that spec sheet up, but all I could find was places to buy it.  Any place it is viewable free?

Eric

[Paul Kerchen]

Yeah, it seems a bit extreme to charge $25 (or more) for what is
probably no more than a list of colors, names, and abbreviations. This
place seems to have it:
http://www.jugarcorp.com/iec-60757-t-18400.html. However, I'm guessing
that site isn't exactly legal; the welcome banner on the forum says
"Welcome Everybody. Just feel free to download everything for free."
So, you might get a side of PDF exploit with your colorful dish.

Here's the same info from the German language Wikipedia (but the
abbreviations are in English--all hail the dominance of English!):
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farb-Kurzzeichen

And, I've now spent way too much time on this side excursion. ;)