Ping color code chart: what the dots mean
The colored dot on a Ping iron is its lie angle. Black is Ping's standard; every other color is a set number of degrees more upright or flatter, on every club in the set. When you buy a single Ping iron to fill a gap, match the dot as well as the model.
Checked September 30, 2026.
The current chart
Ping uses 10 color codes, from 5° upright to 4° flat, in 1° steps. The last column shows what that does to one club: a G440 7-iron, which is 62° at Black.
| Dot | Lie compared with Black | G440 7-iron |
|---|---|---|
| Maroon | 5° upright | 67° |
| Silver | 4° upright | 66° |
| White | 3° upright | 65° |
| Green | 2° upright | 64° |
| Blue | 1° upright | 63° |
| Black | Standard (Ping's baseline) | 62° |
| Red | 1° flat | 61° |
| Orange | 2° flat | 60° |
| Brown | 3° flat | 59° |
| Gold | 4° flat | 58° |
Ping states the range (10 codes, 5° upright to 4° flat) but publishes the chart itself as an image, so the color for each step comes from retailer copies of Ping's chart. They agree with each other and with Ping's range.
Older Ping irons: a different scale
Ping updated its chart around 2018. Before that, colors moved in steps of about 0.75°, and two more colors were in use, Yellow and Purple. So a Blue dot on an older set may be 0.75° upright rather than 1°. A Yellow or Purple dot tells you the club follows the older chart.
| Dot | Lie compared with Black (older chart) |
|---|---|
| Maroon | 4.5° upright |
| Silver | 3.75° upright |
| White | 3° upright |
| Green | 2.25° upright |
| Yellow | 1.5° upright |
| Blue | 0.75° upright |
| Black | Standard (Ping's baseline) |
| Red | 0.75° flat |
| Purple | 1.5° flat |
| Orange | 2.25° flat |
| Brown | 3° flat |
| Gold | 3.75° flat |
From retailer guides to the older chart; some list the middle colors as a range (Green as 2° to 2.25°, for example). Ping hasn't said, in anything we could find, exactly which models moved to the new chart when. In our catalogue, Ping G400, Ping i200 and Ping G came out before 2018; for those, ask the seller or a Ping fitter which chart applies.
Black-dot lies for the Ping sets we cover
The lies on our spec pages are Black dot. To get another color, add or subtract its degrees from the chart above.
| Set | Year | 7-iron lie, Black |
|---|---|---|
| Ping G740 | 2026 | 63° |
| Ping i540 | 2026 | 62° |
| Ping G Le4 | 2026 | 62° |
| Ping G440 | 2025 | 62° |
| Ping i240 | 2025 | 62° |
| Ping i530 | 2024 | 62° |
| Ping Blueprint S | 2024 | 62° |
| Ping Blueprint T | 2024 | 62° |
| Ping G730 | 2024 | 62° |
| Ping G430 | 2023 | 62° |
| Ping G Le3 | 2023 | 62° |
| Ping i230 | 2022 | 62° |
| Ping i525 | 2022 | 62° |
| Ping G425 | 2021 | 62° |
| Ping i59 | 2021 | 62° |
| Ping G710 | 2020 | 62° |
| Ping G410 | 2019 | 62° |
| Ping i210 | 2018 | 62° |
| Ping i500 | 2018 | 62° |
| Ping G400 | 2017 | 62° |
| Ping i200 | 2017 | 62° |
| Ping G | 2016 | 62° |
Buying a single used Ping iron
Match the dot to your set. One Red iron in a Black set sits a degree flatter than the clubs around it. Listings usually state the dot (“Black Dot” in the title); if a listing doesn't, ask, or check the photos for the dot on the head.
Complete my set matches the model, club, hand and flex, not the dot yet. Use Complete my set to find the clubs that fit your gap, then check each listing's dot before you buy.
A fitter can sometimes change it. If the only club you can find is one color off, ask a club fitter whether that head can be bent to your color before you buy.
Sources
Ping: Fitting Color Code Chart (the 10 codes and their range) and Ping's iron color code chart (the chart itself, by height and wrist-to-floor). PGA TOUR Superstore and TGW (the color for each degree, and the 2018 update). GlobalGolf (the older colors). Ping set lies from our iron catalogue; each set's page names its source.