Positive speaker wires have a positive symbol or a negative symbol to indicate the corresponding connector on the wires.
Blue and white speaker wire which is positive.
Since two conductor speaker wire usually has a black and red conductor and the black is designated negative with the red being positive we use those two conductors for the first speaker.
Identify the black positive wire on a ceiling light fixture.
This is only visible if the insulation is clear or see through so that color can be distinguished.
If a speaker wire doesn t have a two tone color scheme look for a single stripe or dashed lines these usually indicate the positive end along one of the sides.
Typically the positive wire is red and the ground or negative is black.
This can help you make out easily which speaker wire is positive or which one is negative.
If the insulation is a dark color the stripe or dash is more likely to be white.
The negative wire will usually be copper in color for this same instance.
If your wire has light colored insulation this stripe or dash may be dark.
However most speaker wires don t do colors.
When you re hanging a chandelier or any other ceiling light first find the 3 wires coming out of the hole in the ceiling where the light will go.
Every speaker wire will have an indicator to tell them apart such as color.
This leaves the green and white or yellow conductors for the right speaker.
Some terminals are also color coded.
The left because we do many things from left to right.
It is easy to check the bare wire colors and material or even markings.
The most common color coding used in wires are copper and silver.
Most of the high end positive speaker wires are see through or bare.
In other words the insulation is clear.
In some high end speaker wires the insulation is transparent or see through enough to see the bare wires.
Good news is with speakers it doesn t really matter which one you choose as your positive and which as your negative just so long as you are consistent.
In dealing with speaker wires the positive speaker wire will be silver in color.