On August 6, 2014 at 03:20, Ernie Gilman said...
There's nothing sacred about any colors of CAT5 wires.
Sure there is; it's called standards, as in TIA/EIA-568A or TIA/EIA-568B
To further clarify, whether you use A or B standard for Ethernet 10/100, you'll still have blue and brown pairs unused.