Alro Steel Metals • Industrial Supplies • Plastics Color Codes Last updated on May 14, 2020 CONTROLLED 1 Product Color Codes Table of Contents Carbon Steel Bar ......................................................................................3 Tool Steel ..................................................................................................3 High Speed Tool Steel ...............................................................................3 Chrome Bar ..............................................................................................3 Aluminum ..................................................................................................4 Stainless Steel ..........................................................................................4 Alloys .......................................................................................................5 Brass .......................................................................................................5 Bronze ......................................................................................................5 Cast Iron ...................................................................................................5 Copper ......................................................................................................5 Rerod .......................................................................................................5 Carbon Steel Plate ...................................................................................6 Carbon Steel Sheet ..................................................................................6 Expanded Metal Grating ...........................................................................6 Thicknesses ..............................................................................................7 Gauges (aluminum sheet equivalent in decimal) ......................................7 Epox Z Kote® Tubing .................................................................................7 Wide Flange Beams ..................................................................................8 I Beams ....................................................................................................9 Junior Beams ............................................................................................9 Junior Channels ........................................................................................9 Channels A-36 ..........................................................................................9 1045 Channels .......................................................................................10 A572 Gr. 50 Channels ............................................................................10 Ship & Car Channels ...............................................................................10 Pipe .....................................................................................................11 Round Tubing .........................................................................................11 Revisions .......................................................................................... 12-15 Click on any item above to be taken to that page. CONTROLLED 2 Carbon Steel Bar Aqua Pink Aqua Aqua Aqua Gold Beige Orange Yellow Black Lt. Blue Red Gold Pink White Black Red 1008 C1018 1022 1035 1038 1042 C1045 10L50 1060 1090 Strip Mill Dark Pink Lt. Blue Pink Brown Blue Dark Fluorescent Fluorescent Light Red Blue Gray Green Yellow Pink Silver Blue Green Purple C1117 C11L17 C1137 C11L37 C1141 11L41 1144 C11L44 1213 C12L14 Dark Red Red Blue Yellow Silver Beige Purple White Dark Fluorescent Lt. Blue Green Pink Red Orange C12L14+ C1215 A311 M1044 Chrome Fatigue- Super A-36 HR 1018 SE Class B Plated proof 1200® (Stressproof®) Tool Steel Dark Black Yellow Black Green Green Lt. Blue Beige Pink Blue Fluorescent Dark Dark Red Silver Lt. Blue Orange Red Brown Dark Blue Blue Blue A-2 A2 Stress A-6 A-8 A-10 A-11 D-2 D-3 D-5 D-7 Relieved Dark Purple Red Orange Green Yellow Green Dark Dark Brown Blue White Blue Silver Green Black Orange White Green L-6 0-1 0-2 0-6 S-2 S-7 W-2 H-13 Viscount ESR S-7 44® Dark Orange Purple Red Green Blue Pink Orange Black Aqua Purple Brown White Gray Gray Black Pink Lt. Blue Green P-20 S-1 S-3 S-5 DC-53 A-2363 Staminal DRM1 DRM3 High Speed Tool Steel Chrome Bar Aqua Gray Black White GoldGold Orange Yellow Blue Black Orange Brown Gold Pink Tape Tape Tape M-2 M-3 M-4 M-42 T-15 1045 1045/1050 1045/1050 Chrome Bar Chrome Bar Chrome Bar 75K min. 100K min. IHCP yield / .0005 yield / .001 100K min. min. plate min. plate yield / .001 min. plate Color codes are subject to change at any time without notice. If you have any questions concerning our color codes, please contact your local Alro Sales Representative. CONTROLLED August 16, 2016 Rev. “J” 3 Aluminum Orange Pink Yellow Brown Beige Red Green Brown Green Dark Gold Blue 2011 2017-T4 2024 3003 3105 5052 5083 5086 Dark Dark Orange Black Aqua White Yellow Orange Gray Blue Purple Yellow 6013 6005 6061 6061 CF 6061 6042 6063 6262 Domestic Extruded Red Aqua Gold Pink Black Orange Lt. Blue Purple Aqua Gold CF 6262 Alumold / Tool & Jig 7075 Cast Mold Mic 6 Duramold 2 / 1100-H14 QC-7 Plate Plate M1 K100S/ATP-5/ALCA 5 Duramold 5 / MAX 5 / M5 Stainless Steel Red Red Orange Gray Dark Red Purple Yellow Brown Blue Gold Red Brown 201 303 304 304L 304 309 316 316L True Bar Beige Green Pink Red Orange Pink White Black Pink Yellow Green White Pink 321 330 347 409 410 416 420 439 Black Brown Lt. Blue Green Gold Black White Fluorescent Purple Gold Green 440A 440C 440F 2B Finish #3 Finish #4 Finish #8 Finish 15-5 PH Dark Orange Blue Aqua Red Gold Black Gold Silver Aqua Yellow 17-4 PH 17-4 PH 17-4 PH 17-4 PH HH1150 H900 Annealed H1150 Color codes are subject to change at any time without notice. If you have any questions concerning our color codes, please contact your local Alro Sales Representative. CONTROLLED May 14, 2020 Rev. “U” 4 Alloys Dark Black Red Brown Yellow Blue Brown Orange Purple White Gold White Gray Gold Purple Silver Yellow White 4140 4140 4140 4140 4140 41L40 4145M 4150 4150 41L50 HRA & CF HT DCF/QT CF Q&T ANN DCF as Rolled HR Q&T Q&T SR HRA Dark Purple Green Brown Blue Green Orange Gray Brown Black Aqua Aqua Red Orange Green Silver Yellow Black White Green 52100 6150 8620 8620H 86L20 8620 8620 HR E9310 ETD 150 4130 HRA HR & CF w/bismuth Calcium Treated Annealed Dark Silver Beige Beige Blue Red Yellow Gold Green Yellow Lt. Blue Purple Pink Yellow White Silver Purple 4130 4130 4320 4340 AQ 4340 4340 5120 Toolox® as Rolled Normalized HRA HR Q&T 44 Brass Yellow Green Aqua Black White Fluorescent Red Orange Green White Gold Pink 260 Soft 260 260 345 353 C360 C360 464 1/4 Hard 1/2 Hard Half-Hard Half-Hard Naval (import only) Bronze Cast Iron Orange Yellow Purple Green Brown Yellow White Aqua Lt. Blue Red Gold Beige Red Orange Pink 660/932 C954 510 630 Ext NI 959 80-55-06 65-45-12 G2 G2S 75-55-15 Aluminum Phosphoric Aluminum Ductile Ductile Gray Iron Gray Iron Ductile Bronze Bronze Iron Iron Iron Copper Dark Blue Black Pink Aqua Fluorescent Brown Dark Beige Silver Green Pink Silver White Green Blue Yellow Dot 110 110 110 145 145 145 172 182 187 C17510 1/4 Hard 1/2 Hard Tellurium Tellurium Tellurium Beryllium Chrome Soft 1/4 Hard 1/2 Hard Rerod Red Aqua Black Ungraded Grade 40 Grade 60 Color codes are subject to change at any time without notice. If you have any questions concerning our color codes, please contact your local Alro Sales Representative. CONTROLLED August 26, 2019 Rev. “T” 5 Carbon SteelGold Plate Pink Pink Gray Aqua Pink Gold White White White Black Brown Black Orange Dark Blue Dark Blue Gold Stripe White Stripe White Stripe C1119 Clean Cut 20® C1144 A-36 A-36 Laser 1020 1020 Laser 1045 1060 Modified Modified Quality Quality Red Red Pink Gold Aqua Green Green Green Green White Green Yellow Purple Dark Blue Dark Blue Dark Blue AR 235 AR 360 AR 400 AR 400F AR 450F AR 500 AR 500F AR 600F PVQ A285 Grade C Red Pink Aqua Gold Aqua Gold Beige Purple Purple Orange Lt. Blue Lt. Blue Lt. Blue Lt. Blue Dark Blue Lt. Blue PVQ A515 PVQ A516 PVQ A516 HSLA A588 A514 A514 A514 A514 A514 Grade 70 Grade 70 Gr. 70, Normalized Corten® Grade B Grade E Grade F Grade H Grade S Pink Gold Gold Aqua Beige Silver Yellow Yellow Orange Yellow Brown Orange Lt. Blue Dark Blue Cherry Red Dark Blue Bright Yellow A514 Manganese A570 A572 A572, Gr. 50 A572 A656 46100 46100 NIJ III Grade Q Grade 30 Grade 50 (Charpy Tested) Grade 65 Grade 80 Armor Armor Silver Purple Yellow 100XF A1018 CS Type B Carbon Steel Sheet Aqua Gold White Yellow Yellow Purple Yellow Purple Orange Lt. Blue SCS CR P & O AKDQ Galvanized Galvannealed A606 Type 4 G90 Aqua Black Silver Brown Yellow Orange Dark Blue A1011 HSLA A1011 HSLA A1011 HSLA HR A1011 Grade 50 Grade 60 Grade 80 CS, Type B Expanded Metal Grating Dark Yellow White Yellow Red Gold Blue Green 3# 3.14# 4# 4.27# 5# 6.25# Color codes are subject to change at any time without notice. If you have any questions concerning our color codes, please contact your local Alro Sales Representative. CONTROLLED January 14, 2020 Rev. “W” 6 Thicknesses Plate • Tubing • Angles • Hot Rolled Strip • Hot Rolled Flats • Bar Channel Gold Aqua Pink Silver White White Green Orange Dark Blue 1/8” 3/16” (.190) 1/4” 5/16” 3/8” 7/16” 1/2” 9/16” Aqua Green White Silver Brown Yellow Orange Dark Blue 5/8” 3/4” 7/8” 1” 1-1/8” 1-1/4” 1-5/16” 1-3/8” Pink Green Brown Yellow Dark Blue 1-1/2” 1-5/8” 1-3/4” 1-7/8” 2” Aluminum sheet Gauges