EN IEC 60757:2021

Code for designation of colours

EN IEC 60757:2021

Name:EN IEC 60757:2021   Standard name:Code for designation of colours
Standard number:EN IEC 60757:2021   language:English language
Release Date:05-Aug-2021   technical committee:CLC/SR 3 - Information structures, documentation and graphical symbols
Drafting committee:IEC/TC 3 - IEC_TC_3   ICS number:01.070 - Colour coding

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST HD 457 S1:2003
Koda za označevanje barv (IEC 60757:2021)
Code for designation of colours (IEC 60757:2021)
Code zur Farbkennzeichnung (IEC 60757:2021)
Code de désignation de couleurs (IEC 60757:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60757:2021
ICS:
01.070 Barvno kodiranje Colour coding
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60757

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2021
ICS 29.020; 01.070 Supersedes HD 457 S1:1985 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Code for designation of colours
(IEC 60757:2021)
Code de désignation de couleurs Kennbuchstaben für die Bezeichnung von Farben
(IEC 60757:2021) (IEC 60757:2021)
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Ref. No. EN IEC 60757:2021 E
European foreword
The text of document 3/1486(F)/FDIS, future edition 2 of IEC 60757, prepared by IEC/TC 3
“Documentation, graphical symbols and representations of technical information” was submitted to the
IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN IEC 60757:2021.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2022–04–21
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024–07–21
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes HD 457 S1:1985 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60757:2021 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1 Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the
relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2 Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60445 - Basic and safety principles for man-- -
machine interface, marking and
identification - Identification of equipment
terminals, conductor terminations and
conductors
IEC 60757
Edition 2.0 2021-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
BASIC SAFETY PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION FONDAMENTALE DE SÉCURITÉ

Code for designation of colours

Code de désignation de couleurs

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 01.070; 29.020 ISBN 978-2-8322-9881-7

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Letter codes for colours . 5
5 Application of colour designations . 6
5.1 Multiple colours on the same item . 6
5.2 Alternating colours of the same item . 6
5.3 Colours on different subitems of an item . 6
Annex A (informative) Examples of colours . 7

Table 1 – Colours and their letter code . 6
Table A.1 – Examples of the colours and their RGB encoding . 7

IEC 60757:2021 © IEC 2021 – 3 –
INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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CODE FOR DESIGNATION OF COLOURS

FOREWORD
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