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Label Color Coding

ANSI/TIA/EIA-606
Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings


1.
Purpose of the ANSI/TIA/EIA-606 Standard
2.
Administration Concepts
3.
Administrative Labeling Map
4.
Summary of Records Elements
5.
Pathway & Space Administration
6.
Wiring System Administration
7.
Grounding and Bonding Administration
8.
Label Color Coding

8. Label Color Coding

Shown here are the color codes used for termination field labels.

Termination Type
Color
Comments
Demarcation Point
Orange
CO terminations
Network Connections
Green
also aux. circuit terms.
Common Equipment
Purple
PBX, Host, LANs, Mux
First-level Backbone
White
MC-IC terminations
Second-level Backbone
Gray
IC-TC terminations
Station
Blue
Horizontal cable terms.
Interbuilding Backbone
Brown
Campus cable terms.
Miscellaneous
Yellow
Aux., maint., security
Key Telephone Systems
Red
 





















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