The four pairs of conductors are "colour coded" based on the "ancient" coding of "Telephone Exchange" cable wiring -
having a Colour wire of each "Pair" - plus a "Mate" - with the "Mate(s)" of the first 20 "Colour" wires being White.
The mnemonic for organizing/terminating cable pairs was
"PAT the MLA"
Positive, A side, Tip, Mate, Left, A side
The order of the "Coloured" wires was
1 Blue
2 Orange
3 Green
4 Brown
5 Slate.
It then went on
6 Blue-White
7 Blue-Orange
8 Blue-Green
9 Blue-Brown
10 Blue-Slate
11 Orange-White
12 Orange-Green
13 Orange-Brown
14 Orange-Slate
15 Green-White
16 Green-Brown
17 Green-Slate
18 Brown-White
19 Brown-Slate
20 Slate-White
Hence, one could designate the first (or only) 20 "pairs" in a cable - by this "colour code"
The next 20 pairs in any cable would have a different coloured "mate", and so on.