Color coding is really nothing new--radio component manufacturers started doing it in the 1920s. However, color coding of audio cables is an area that's sometimes overlooked. In the days before stereo ...

Pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities can help prevent contamination and cross contamination by using color coding. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines contamination as “the undesired ...

The values or ratings of electronic components are indicated by the electronic color code that was developed in the early 1920s. It is not only seen in resistors, but also in capacitors, inductors, ...

Usually marked onto the body of capacitors in the form of alphanumeric characters are the actual values of capacitance, voltage or tolerance. Although the capacitance value may be printed on the body ...