color code

noun

any system of marking or visual designation that uses specific colors for indicating or simplifying, as on a chart or map or in an industrial plant.

color-code

[ kuhl-er-kohd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, col·or-cod·ed, col·or-cod·ing.

First recorded in 1955–60

In Brazil people color code their underwear according to their needs.

By this time each joint of the latter has been numbered and given its color code.

But not one of the colonists had ventured to try to break the color code and learn what lay locked in those bands.

The word signal, snap numbers, color code, and play name are part of the semiosis.

He ran over the color code in his mind and compared it with the memorized leads.

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