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Optical Fiber Cable

Canadian Central Office Cable

The distinctive Canadian insulation color-coding utilizes colored ink in a
systematic pattern of dots/dashes/bands. These marks provide positive
identification of each conductor and each pair within a unit. Cable cores
may contain both pairs and single conductors. And, some cables may
contain spare pairs. Each insulated conductor shall be marked with
1 or 2 dots/dashes/bands in accordance with the table below.

ANSI/TIA/EIA-598-B Standard Colors

Fiber/Unit Number

Fiber Color

Premises Cable

Blue

Orange

Green

Brown

Insulation Color Codes

OSP Cable

Slate

White

Red

Black

Pair Number

Yellow

10
11

Conductor #1

Conductor #2

Solid Color

Single Band
Color

Solid Color

Double Band
Color

Blue

Violet

Orange

White

Blue

White

White

Orange

Rose

Green

White

White

Green

White

Aqua

Brown

White

Brown

White

Slate

White

Slate

White

13 and higher

The color code is repeated, Black stripe

or dash is added, according to the
ANSI/TIA/EIA-598-B specifications

FTTP

12

Wireless

Standard Jacket Colors

Blue

Red

Blue

Red

Orange

Red

Orange

Red

Green

Red

Green

Red

Brown

Red

Brown

Red

Tech Info

Cable Type

Standard Jacket Color

10

Slate

Red

Slate

Red

Single Mode Premises

Yellow

11

Blue

Black

Blue

Black

Standard Multimode Premises

Orange

12

Orange

Black

Orange

Black

Laser-Optimized 50 m Premises

Aqua

13

Green

Black

Green

Black

Index

Indoor/Outdoor

Black

14

Brown

Black

Brown

Black

Hybrid Standard Multimode Premises

Orange

15

Slate

Black

Slate

Black

Hybrid Laser-Optimized 50 m
Premises

Aqua

16

Blue

Yellow

Blue

Yellow

Outside Plant (OSP)

Black*

17

Orange

Yellow

Orange

Yellow

18

Green

Yellow

Green

Yellow

19

Brown

Yellow

Brown

Yellow
Yellow

Custom jacket colors also available

*One extruded color stripe is available. Standard stripe colors are Orange, Green, Yellow and Blue
(other colors available upon request).

OSP Flooding Compound and Jacket Marking Options

Standard

Options

Slate

Yellow

Slate

Blue

Violet

Blue

Violet

22

Orange

Violet

Orange

Violet
Violet

Jacket
Marking

Part No. Designator

(Last Digit in Part No.)

23

Green

Violet

Green

Flooding Compound

24

Brown

Violet

Brown

Violet

Dry (SAP) Block

Feet

25

Slate

Violet

Slate

Violet

Dry (SAP) Block

Meters

Flooding Compound

Feet

Flooding Compound

Meters

Special Print Dry (SAP) Block

Feet

Special Print Dry (SAP) Block

Meters

Special Print Flooding

Compound

Feet

Special Print Flooding

Compound

Meters

Spare Pair Insulation Color Codes

Conductor #1

OSP Central Members/Strength Members Options

Central Member/Strength Member
Standard
Options

20
21

Single Band
Color

Solid Color

White

Black

White

Black

White

Yellow

White

Yellow

Solid Color

Double Band
Color

Red

White

Red

White

Red

Yellow

Red

Yellow

Red

Black

Red

Black

Spare Single Insulation Color Codes

Dielectric / Dielectric

Single Conductor

Standard loose tube cables are available

with a steel center member
Single tube cables are available with steel strength
members embedded in the outer jacket

Additional OSP Options

Conductor #2

Spare Pair
Number

Spare Single Number

Solid Color

White

Triple Band Color

Black

White

Yellow

Red

White

Red

Yellow

Special protection jacket

Rodent and fuel protection
Nylon outer jacket
Contact your Superior Essex sales representative for further information.

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