If I recall, I may have bought the wrong stuff. Mine is white and black wires wrapped in a grey sleeve with a white rip cord. I talked to a guy at Westlake and he said i should have bought this other model #...I already ripped up my carpets and wired my system before I discovered it was VERY hard, oxidizing after a month, and went to high end store and they showed me what $1.00 ft + wire looks and FEELS like. It's firm, yet soft to the touch. This stuff you could seriously draw blood if you scratched hard enough with it. I think I seriously bought the wrong kind. This stuff is used by Microsoft for business applications I was told..