International Thermocouple Color Codes - Thermocouple and Extension Grade Wires

THERMOCOUPLE TYPE

(ANSI/MC96.1, ANSI/ASTM E230)

U.S. & CANADIAN

International PLUG & JACK Blue IEC 584-3

Brown Brown White Black Black White Purple Purple White Green Green White Pink Pink White Orange Orange White Orange Orange White Gray Gray White

International
Intrinsically Safe

Czech British BS 1843

+ Blue White Blue Black Yellow Blue Brown Brown Blue Red Brown Blue Orange Orange Blue Green White Blue Green White Blue

Netherlands German DIN 43710

+ Brown Red Brown Blue Red Blue Black Red Black Green Red Green

Japanese JIS C 1610

+ Brown Red White Yellow Red White Purple Red White Blue Red White

French NFC 42-324

+ Blue Yellow Blue Black Yellow Black Purple Yellow Purple Yellow Yellow Purple

ALLOY COMBINATION
Copper
(Copper-Nickel) (magnetic) (Copper-Nickel)

THERMOCOUPLE GRADE
Brown Blue Red Brown White Red Brown Purple Red Brown Yellow Red Brown Orange Red

EXTENSION GRADE
+ Blue Red White Red Purple Red Yellow Red Orange Red Black Red Black Red Gray Red Red Gray Green Green Orange Yellow Purple Black Blue

IEC 584-3

T J E K N S R B C

Constantan Iron

+ -

+ -

Blue

Brown White

+ -

Constantan

+ -

+ -

Black

+ -

Blue

Black White

+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

Nickel - Chromium
(Copper- Nickel)

Constantan

+ -

+ -

Purple

+ -

Blue

Purple White

+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

Nickel - Chromium Nickel - Aluminium

(magnetic)

+ -

+ -

Yellow

+ -

Blue

Green White

+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

+ -

(Nickel-Chromium- Silicon) (Nickel-Silicon-Magnesium)

Nicrosil Nisil

+ -

+ -

Orange

+ -

Blue

Pink White

+ -

+ -

No Standard (Use American Color Codes)

White Red White White Red White Gray Red Gray

No Standard (Use American Color Codes)

Black Red White Black Red White Gray Red Gray

No Standard (Use American Color Codes)

Green Yellow Green Green Yellow Green

Platinum Rhodium -10% Platinum Platinum Rhodium -13% Platinum Platinum Rhodium - 30% Platinum Rhodium - 6% Tungsten Rhenium - 5% Tungsten Rhenium - 26%

None Established None Established

+ + -

Green

+ + -

Blue

Orange White

+ + -

+ + -

+ + -

+ + -

+ + -

Green

Blue

Orange White

None Established

+ -

(Uncompensated)

White

+ -

No Standard (Use Copper Wire)

+ -

+ -

No Standard (Use Copper Wire) No Standard (Use American Color Codes)

Pyromation 2009

(Compensated Cable)

(Compensated Cable)

(Compensated Cable)

None Established

+ -

Green Red

Red

No Standard (Use American Color Codes)

No Standard (Use American Color Codes)

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