To me far more important that color is tags, one on each end if it is more that a foot long.
The tags should have a short (two or three word) description, the authority for the patch (person's name or position, order number, or trouble ticket number) and where the _other_ end of the patch is, followed by where _this_ is. (For short cords "this" will cover both ends, probably.
Why "this end"? Make a mistake and pull the wrong one out of a mostly clear jack-field sometime. Clarity will occur.
Ha, I don't see many other people who do that. So is the labeling device of choice still the Dymo Rhino stuff? Preferences for/against heat shrink vs other methods? Always fun to see what others are doing. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.