How to tell the difference between headphone wires?

Question

I'm trying to fix my TRRS type headphones but I can't tell the difference between these five wires.

-Blue -Red -Green -Copper (red-ish?) -Black

Make a nick in the wire jacket and beep it out with a multimeter. — Daniel, Jun 26 '16 at 23:21
Consider [this](https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/6698/headphone-wire-color-coding) question. Voted to close due for off topic: repair. — user2943160, Jun 27 '16 at 02:22
@Daniel modern headphone wires are sometimes very non-trivial to strip :) — rackandboneman, May 12 '18 at 22:29

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '16 at 23:22

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Wire color isn't standard. Never trust wire color. Always use a continuity tester to find which wire goes to which conductor.

answered Jun 26 '16 at 23:22

Passerby

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+1. In a batch of 50 nominally identical headphones, same part number, purchased at the same time, I found four or five different colour coding standards used. – Jun 27 '16 at 09:44

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