Lately I've been seeing colour coded screw bits, like in the set below (from Lidl's store brand, Powerfix).
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- Red for Phillips head
- Blue for Pozidriv
- Orange for slotted
- Yellow for Torx
- Pink for hex
Is this colour code universal? Or do other brands / manufacturers use different codes?
Best Answer
The colour codes are NOT universal. There is no agreed upon universal colour code for colouring bits (to my knowledge).
I have found that each brand (mostly) follows their own colour coding. Powerfix uses the colours you describe, and some brands, either intentionally or otherwise, use the same colours as other brands.
But mostly, they do not. For example, Halfords uses
While Wera uses
And then if all the tools in a set are the same, e.g. hex keys, Wera uses colours for the sizes instead.