Casino chip colors

Knowing what color the chips are can be helpful to any player. First, it helps keep things organized at the table by you knowing what you and your follow players are wagering. Second, it helps the house know what you are betting. It also helps each shift supervisor know what the total count is in the rack and whether a chip fill is required. Chips might feel the same, sound the same, but each color represents a different value. Here are the colors found in the majority of casinos in the US.

White, yellow or blue chips are one dollar. (sometimes blue is a $10 chip)
Red chips are five dollars and are called nickels.
Green chips are twenty-five dollars and are called quarters.
Black chips are one hundred dollars.
Purple Chips are five hundred dollars and are called Barneys.
Orange chips are one thousand dollars and are called pumpkins.

You may occasionally encounter a different color for the dollar chip but red and green are the standards in most casinos. The reason casinos uses different color chips is to make it easy for the dealers, pit personnel and surveillance cameras to determine how much a player is betting. By matching the color of the chips with the table signs it makes it easy to tell the minimum bet for a table with just a quick glance. A red sign would denote a five-dollar table and a green sign would tell you that the minimum bet is twenty-five dollars. This makes it convenient for the players. There are some tables that have minimums that don't correspond to chip colors such as $10 and $15 games. All you have to do is note, which color sign the casino you are visiting uses. Then remember it for your next visit. (Connecticut casinos use yellow for ten-dollar tables and orange for fifteen-dollar tables) Some casinos may have the same color sign for all table minimums. If this is the case you will need to read them before sitting down. But for most of them all you will need to do is look for the color of your choice, have a seat and place your bet.