# Oxygen — Gas cylinder color codes by standard and country

For Oxygen, standard is UK older convention (pre BS EN 1089-3); shoulder color is white; body color is black, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Gas:** Oxygen
- **Standard:** UK older convention (pre BS EN 1089-3) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Shoulder color:** white
- **Body color:** black

## What the source says

> the older UK convention used black bodies with white shoulders for oxygen before shifting fully to white bodies under BS EN 1089-3

## Source

- https://actisshealthcare.com/medical-gas-pipeline-colour-code

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2028-08-04.
Part of [Gas cylinder color codes by standard and country](https://referencesource.org/gas-cylinder-color-codes/).