The German DIN

Din

DIN or Din or din can have several meanings:* A din is a loud noise.* Dīn, an Arabic term meaning "religion" or "way of life".* Din is one of the ten aspects of the Ein Sof in Kabbalah ....

 Standard DIN 47100 regulated the color coding for the identification of cores in telecommunication

Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...

 cable

Cable

A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry...

s. The standard was withdrawn without a replacement in November 1998, but remains in widespread use by cable manufacturers.

The isolations of the several wires in a cable are either solidly colored in one color, or striped lengthwise in two colors. Use of the three-colored wires numbered 45 and up is rare.

Cable identification to DIN 47100
Number	Color	Number	Color
1	white	31	green-blue
2	brown	32	yellow-blue
3	green	33	green-red
4	yellow	34	yellow-red
5	gray	35	green-black
6	pink	36	yellow-black
7	blue	37	gray-blue
8	red	38	pink-blue
9	black	39	gray-red
10	violet	40	pink-red
11	gray-pink	41	gray-black
12	red-blue	42	pink-black
13	white-green	43	blue-black
14	brown-green	44	red-black
15	white-yellow	45	white-brown-black
16	yellow-brown	46	yellow-green-black
17	white-gray	47	gray-pink-black
18	gray-brown	48	red-blue-black
19	white-pink	49	white-green-black
20	pink-brown	50	brown-green-black
21	white-blue	51	white-yellow-black
22	brown-blue	52	yellow-brown-black
23	white-red	53	white-gray-black
24	brown-red	54	gray-brown-black
25	white-black	55	white-pink-black
26	brown-black	56	pink-brown-black
27	gray-green	57	white-blue-black
28	yellow-gray	58	brown-blue-black
29	pink-green	59	white-red-black
30	yellow-pink	60	brown-red-black