Color Code For Fiber Optic Cables Fibers #1-12

Cables with 1-12 Fibers

Color code, used in fiber optics, resembles that of copper. The major difference is 12-color sequence as oppose to 10-color for copper. The sequence of colors is the same, with addition of two colors - Rose (11-th) and Aqua (12-th).

There are also colors that designate the type of the optical fibers. It is not always followed by all manufacturers, and also, this code only applies to indoor cables: multimode fiber cables have orange jacket, and singlemode fiber cables have yellow.

fiber #	figure	color
1		blue
2		orange
3		green
4		brown
5		slate
6		white
7		red
8		black
9		yellow
10		purple
11		rose
12		aqua
fiber #	figure	color