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Over the years, loads of codes were defined and used. Here's a place to help keep track of the codes we've found in numeric order. For telephone set colors, go to the Phone Colors page. Most info is from WE catalogs and ads plus discussions on the ATCA and TCI listservs. If you haven't joined one of the phone clubs yet, see my links page. This is a work in progress. Please send comments, additions and corrections. Several members are working on an expanded list that includes the uses and BSP references for each color code! Bring it on!! Last update: 1 December, 2007 |
Western Electric Color CodesNumeric Order(Some uses are noted following the code and description) (MD = Manufacture Discontinued date) |
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0 Gray, French
-3 Black (most sets) -4 Ivory -5 Gray -6 Old Brass -7 Statuary Bronze -8 Oxidized Silver -9 Brown wiring -11 Gold, Medium -12 Gold, Dark -16 Old Rose -18 Dark Blue -19 Gray-Green -20 Pekin Red -26 Green, Olive -27 Walnut -29 Transparent, Clear (Display sets) -40 Green Gray, Wrinkle -42 Beige wiring -43 Beige -44 Chrome (coin set) -45 Green Gray, Textured vinyl -49 Light Olive Gray -50 Ivory -51 Moss Green, Mistletoe Green -52 Dark Gray, Oxford Gray (MD 1958) -53 Cherry Red -54 Mahogany Brown (MD 1958) -55 Dark Beige, Rose Beige (MD 1958) -56 Pastel Yellow -57 Dark Blue, Mediterranean Blue (MD 1958) -58 White (Merlin) -59 Rose Pink -60 Light Beige -61 Light Gray -62 Aqua Blue -63 Gold (Bell Chime) -64 Turquoise -66 Medium Gray -67 Stainless Steel, brushed (Coin Set) -69 Muted Red (1500/2500 faceplate) -70 Charcoal (Trimline) -71 Light Green -72 Light Yellow -73 Light Gray (Trimline) -74 Muted Pink -75 Muted Beige -76 Muted Blue -77 Muted Turquoise -80 Muted Ivory (Trimline) -82 Pearl Gray wiring -83 Gray Brown wiring -84 Bronze (Coin Set) -86 Orange (Coin Set) -87 Satin Silver (wiring) -93 Lemon Yellow (Design Line) |
-100 Avocado -104 Chocolate Brown (Design Line, Merlin) -105 Dark Green, Hunter Green (Design Line) -106 Lime Green (Design Line) -108 Teak (ComKey faceplate) -109 Walnut -111 Harvest Gold -112 Orange -113 Textured Brown -114 Bright Red -115 Royal Blue, Dark Blue -116 Bright Green -118 Textured Black -121 Off White -122 Matte Aluminum -123 Butter Yellow -124 Rust -125 Sunset Orange -126 Mint Green -127 Fern Green -128 Powder Blue -129 "Greige" (Dark Ivory - Grey/beige?) -130 Corporate Bluebell -138 Warm Gray -139 Charcoal Gray (Merlin) -142 Midnight Blue (Merlin) -143 Burgundy (Merlin, Cords) -144 Cinnabar (Merlin) -145 Teal Blue (Cords) -146 Dark Teaberry, Desert Rose -147 Creamy Apricot, Fresh Peach -148 Almond (Cords) -155 Pearl, Smoky -158 Smokey pearl (Cords) -161 Miami Sand -170 Mocha (Cords) -189 Cobblestone Gray -195 Twilight Brown -213 Cocoa Brown -215 Misty Cream (Cords) -220 Java Brown -226 Green -235 Lt. Ash (Cords) -236 Taupe Brown -242 International Gray -245 Electrical Brown (Jacks) -246 Electrical Ivory (Jacks) -254 Gray Blue -255 Cameo Green -256 Mauve -257 Yellow Essence -258 Peach -260 Pink Pearl -262 Electrical White -264 White, Oxford Or "AT&T" -265 Ultra Light Gray -266 AT&T Light Gray -267 AT&T Medium Gray -268 AT&T Dark Gray -269 AT&T Ultra Dark Gray -270 Gray -272 Light Oak -302 Green, Forest -303 Yellow, Sunny -305 Blue, Country -317 Red -318 Blue -323 Gray, Dust Dark -361 Violet -??? Gun Metal Grey (Oxford) -??? Salmon |
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Thanks for major contributions
from Arthur P. Bloom, Paul Fassbender, Steph Kerman and William Wright.
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To view 1983 Western Electric Color Charts,
follow these links:
For Phones , or For Components . (Thanks to Todd Bernstein and David Massey for providing these charts!) |
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