Unveiling the True Colors A Guide to Backup Light Illumination

Reverse lights do have to be white...marker lights and turn signals can not be blue, red, or bright white...as these are emergency colors. Here's the wiring diagram. Should be blue with a red stripe for hot and white with a black stripe for ground. White with green should be reverse. Larger diameter green should be the trailer brake wire from the output of the trailer brake controller. I did not need any wire from the truck for the backup camera. The camera has three wires - black and red go to the reverse light wire and ground ... Yes, that meant running a wire from the tail lamp to the HU - but, who cares? I'm already running the video cable anyways. Brown (on the car) is ... The reverse light wire is green with a black stripe. Black is the color of the ground around rear light area. There is a blue/wht wire and a black wire going to the back up light. I assume the blue wire is the positive and black is the ground. Is that correct? The color of the light from a backup light shall be white, in accordance with regulations. Backup lights must not be continuously lit when the vehicle is in ... I don't know which wire is reverse and from what I think I've read, there's more than one color it might be depending on your ridge. This video shows how to tap into the hot wire on the reverse light bulb so that the rear camera turns on automatically when the vehicle ...