Where do I find stereo hook up settings for my 96 chevy lumina i wanna know what wires are hot?

Question

It is a 96 chevy lumina all the colors don't match and i need to figure out how to hook it up. We have the wiring harness and all that.

Answer 1

Here is your harness colors::

Battery  ORANGE  (+)  

Accesory  YELLOW  (+)  

Ground  BLACK/WHITE  (-)    

Illumination  GRAY/BLACK  (+)    

Dimmer  BROWN/WHITE  (+)  

Power Antenna  PINK  (+)  

LF Speaker (+)  TAN  

LF Speaker (-)  GRAY  

RF Speaker (+)  LIGHT GREEN  

RF Speaker (-)  DARK GREEN  

LR Speaker (+)  BROWN  

LR Speaker (-)  YELLOW  

RR Speaker (+)  DARK BLUE  

RR Speaker (-)  LIGHT BLUE

Answer 2

the most important wires are red or orange which is hot , black for ground , yellow for memory and purple is remote . the other wires are speaker . as for the purple in the dashboard if u have pwr antenna < blue > that where the purple hooks to