COLOR OF THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

We are living in a golden age of printed circuit boards, and they come in a rainbow of colors. This raises the question: which color soldermask is most popular, which is most desirable, and why?  

But first, let’s examine the rainbow of PCB options.  white, black, red, blue, green, or yellow. These are the colors you’ll find at most board houses, and remain constant with few exceptions; some manufacturer offers purple, but you can get purple from a few other manufacturers. There are rumors of orange soldermask. Matte black and matte green are generally the seventh and eighth colors available from any PCB manufacturer. We’ve seen pink PCBs in the wild, as well.