Which color is normally used for the tip of the first five pairs of UTP cable?

Which color is normally used for the tip of the first five pairs of UTP cable?

• A. Blue
• B. White
• C. Red
• D. Green

Answer: (B)

In UTP cabling, each of the first five pairs has a solid color wire and a white-with-color stripe wire. The wire that’s typically referred to as the “tip” in many diagrams is the striped wire, which sits on a white background. Because that striped conductor is white as its base, the tip color used across those first five pairs is normally white. The other options describe the solid mate colors, not the common striped tip across all five pairs.

In UTP cabling, each of the first five pairs has a solid color wire and a white-with-color stripe wire. The wire that’s typically referred to as the “tip” in many diagrams is the striped wire, which sits on a white background. Because that striped conductor is white as its base, the tip color used across those first five pairs is normally white. The other options describe the solid mate colors, not the common striped tip across all five pairs.