Ethernet Cable Colors Purpose. Again this is for most of the cables not all of them. This types of ethernet cables are used to connect dissimilar devices in a computer network.
The color of the cable does not have any performance characteristics that would make you want to choose a certain color over the other. Although the most commonly used ethernet cables are that of cat 5 and cat 6. Cat 3 ethernet cables are the oldest.
T 568b straight through ethernet cable.
Again this is for most of the cables not all of them. Here is the first side of the ethernet cable color coding. Whether it is a cat5 cat5e cat6 or even cat6a ethernet cable the color code of the outside of the cable should not be confused with the internal twisted wires that have their own color code. I ve seen enough yellow mm cables and orange sm cables to always check the print on the cable.
