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• color code
  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
  color-code

  verb (used with object)

  to distinguish or classify with a color code.

color code

¹ American  

noun

1. 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.

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color-code ² American  

[kuhl-er-kohd] / ˈkʌl ərˌkoʊd /

verb (used with object)

color-coded, color-coding

1. to distinguish or classify with a color code.

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Etymology

Origin of color-code

First recorded in 1955–60