Abstract: Color-coded staples and a method of associating staples with electrical cabling is disclosed in which the staples are colored according to the gauge wire in the cables to be secured by the staples. The cables include electrically conductive wire of a particular gauge size. A color scheme is identified for the exterior of the cables in which one cable is colored to represent its associated gauge wire and another cable having a different gauge wire is colored a different color to represent its associated gauge wire. Preferably, there are at least two different staple sizes, each size has staples colored to match the different colored cables that can be secured by that size staple.