wire colours in USBC power cable

[k8943]

Cut open an Anker USBC+ cable with the humble ambition of using it to power my Raspberry Pi 4 (running Fluidd / Klipper for 3D printer).

There are  rather more wires  than I was  expecting. Anyone know their way around these?

outer shielding

red, white, green + two  naked steel multicore wires

two shielded pairs: (blue + yellow) and (orange + purple)

[fabiodl]

Never assume anything on the colors. I personally cut USB cables where the colors where totally misleading. Give it with a continuity check.

[k8943]

my thoughts entirely - fortunately the AWG sort  of narrows it down

first  time inside a USB-C and guess extra data  lines are par for the course

[tooki]

Never assume anything on the colors. I personally cut USB cables where the colors where totally misleading. Give it with a continuity check.

Well, I’d expect a quality company like Anker to stick to the spec (which does specify colors for the wires other than the differential pairs). And it looks like it does: fat red for power, bare stranded for ground.