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Is 2379 Colour - Code

The document provides color coding standards for identifying different types of pipelines. It lists color codes for general services like water, air, oils, acids, industrial gases, and medical gases. The pipelines are identified using a combination of three color bands - ground color, first color band, and second color band. This allows one to determine the type of fluid or gas flowing through the pipeline based on the specified color code.

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Is 2379 Colour - Code

The document provides color coding standards for identifying different types of pipelines. It lists color codes for general services like water, air, oils, acids, industrial gases, and medical gases. The pipelines are identified using a combination of three color bands - ground color, first color band, and second color band. This allows one to determine the type of fluid or gas flowing through the pipeline based on the specified color code.

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PURPOSE: To understand pipeline identification mechanism.

REFERENCE: IS - 2379
DESCRIPTION: The pipelines shall be identified as per below mentioned color codes :
GROUND COLOR
SECOND COLOR BAND
FIRST COLOR BAND
FLOW

Colour Code For General Services


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Ground color

First Color Band Second


Band

Sea green
Sea green
Sea green
Sea green
Sea green
Sea green
Sea green

French blue
French blue
Light orange
Light grey
Light brown
Light grey
Canary yellow

---Signal red
----Signal red
Canary yellow
Signal red

Sky blue

---

---

Sky blue
Sky blue
Black

Silver grey
French blue
---

-------

Light brown
Light brown
Light brown
Light brown

Brilliant green
Canary yellow
Light grey
Light orange

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Ground color

1
2
3

Dark violet
Dark violet
Dark violet

First Color Band Second


Color
Band
Brilliant green
Light orange
French Blue
Light orange
Signal red
Light orange

A
A.1
A.2
A3.
A.4
A.5
A.6
A.7
B
B.1
B.2
B.3
B.4
C
C.1
C.2
C.3
C.4

WATER
Cooling
Drinking
Treated
Domestic, hot
Soft water
Warm water
Waste water
AIR
Compressed up to and
including 15 Kg/cm2
Plant air
Instrument air
Drainage
OILS
High speed diesel fuel
Quenching oil
Lubricating oil
Transformer oil

Color

Colour Code For Acids

Sulphuric Acid
Nitric Acid
Hydrochloric acid

Colour Code For Industrial Gases


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1
2
3

Ammonia
Acetylene
Nitrogen

Ground color

First Color Band Second


Band
Canary yellow Dark violet
--Canary yellow Service brown
--Canary yellow Black
---

Color

4
Oxygen
Colour Code For Medical Gases

Canary yellow White

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Ground color

Sky blue

Air

---

First Color Band Second


Band
White
Black

Color

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