• Typical large count fiber cables come organized into separate groups of color coded jackets called buffer tubes
  • Each buffer tube contain 12 strands of fiber
    • The 12 strands are color coded: blue, orange, green, brown, slate, white, red, black, yellow, violet, rose, and aqua
    • Each buffer tube is also color coded in the same way: blue, orange, green, brown, etc.
  • Because buffer tubes contain 12 strands of fiber, fiber cables come in counts of 12 (12, 24, 36, 48...)
  • Below is the color coding for up to 144 count fiber optic cable (144 strands of fiber, separated into 12 buffer tubes)

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