Electrical wire codes

Electrical wire codes is one of the basic criteria electrical designer should be aware of in order to create an electrical wiring diagram . The electrical wire coding is provided as the following down below. The table is very easy to understand, here is an example:
You're using 5 conductors control cable, then the color coding will be follow the order of Black,Red, Blue, Orange and Yellow.

Control cable

Assign electrical cable color from following table

Conductor #	First Tracer Color	Second Tracer Color
1	Black	---
2	Red	---
3	Blue	---
4	Orange	---
5	Yellow	---
6	Brown	---
7	Red	Black
8	Blue	Black
9	Orange	Black
10	Yellow	Black
11	Brown	Black
12	Black	Red
13	Blue	Red
14	Orange	Red
15	Yellow	Red
16	Brown	Red
17	Black	Blue
18	Red	Blue
19	Orange	Blue
20	Yellow	Blue
21	Brown	Blue
22	Black	Orange
23	Red	Orange
24	Blue	Orange
25	Yellow	Orange
26	Brown	Orange
27	Black	Yellow
28	Red	Yellow
29	Blue	Yellow
30	Orange	Yellow
31	Brown	Yellow
32	Black	Brown
33	Red	Brown
34	Blue	Brown
35	Orange	Brown
36	Yellow	Brown

480 V AC

Phase A	= Brown
Phase B	=Orange
Phase C	= Yellow
Ground	= Green

120 V AC

Hot	= Black
Neutral	= White
Control	= Red
Ground	= Green

Electrical wire codes - Minimum conductor size

Reference

ANSI C2 (NESC)- National Electrical Safety Code
NFPA 70 (ANSI C1)-National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Electrical Installation Practice Handbook by Geoffrey Stokes

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