Trying to install a ceilng light

Trying to install a ceilng light

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Trying to install a ceilng light bdknoll 07-03-2006
I'm trying to install a simple light but I am having some issues. The
light has white/black/bare and the box in the ceiling (prewired before
I moved in) has red, grey, and yellow. I've a circuit tester and I
figured out that grey is hot, but I do not know which of the other two
(yellow or red) is ground. I should also mention the house is only 3
months old.

I tried to wire it this way but it didn't work:

Light fixture black --> Celing Grey
Light fixture white --> Ceiling Orange
Light fixture bare --> Ceiling Yellow

Also, there are 3 switches in the same box for the room. One controls
the ceiling light I'm trying to install. One is for an outlet. And
the other is supposedly for a fan.

Can anyone help??

Can I screw anything up if I wire it wrong? Or can I just try
different combinations until it works?



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