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.
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color-codeverb (used with object)to distinguish or classify with a color code.
color code
1 Americannoun
color-code
2
American
[kuhl-er-kohd]
/ ˈkʌl ərˌkoʊd /
verb (used with object)
color-coded,
color-coding
Etymology
Origin of color-code
First recorded in 1955–60
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"Beyond imaging, a DNA color code could have very useful applications in data storage on DNA," says Tadija Keki?,
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
To find out how much information you will get, on average, from an initial word, you can calculate the entropy for each possible associated color code and weight it with the probability of occurrence.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 28, 2023
It's not legislation to have to put on the front and color code it so that a busy working parent can decide.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023
At 12:44 p.m., the flight crew asked the controller how credible the threat was, using a preestablished color code.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2022
The mother had devised the color code to save time.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Adapting an approach commonly used by immunologists, the team was able to color-code individual particles within cells using antibodies and then sort them by color.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Rescuers physically tag properties and blocks they have checked, but they also use software that allows them to map addresses and color-code them based on their findings.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
As Shapiro rose to be a manager, he became fluent in the color-code vocabulary.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
We put them all in the same location on every box and color-code them by room.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2018
And as with Himes, you can’t color-code for good and bad guys.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2016
A color-coded world map in the report plotted out that threat: green for lower-risk countries, where retail consolidation was low, and red for higher risk.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Make the whole thing painless: simple, clear, color-coded by deadline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
To use it while playing Wordle, a player would run a separate script/program and enter the color-coded feedback after each guess.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
The air quality in Imperial Valley is already so poor that schools use a system of color-coded flags to signal whether it’s safe for children to go outside during gym or recess, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
It had color-coded little flag things sticking out the side.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Census reports suggests that the old civic-cultural norm in “whiteness” is fading and that no other official color-coding can tell us who “we” really are.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024
Intentional use of color-coding was very important to participants, increasing both their understanding and perception of credibility.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
This late-August morning, the Oregon air quality index, with a slightly different color-coding system than PurpleAir, has an “unhealthy” scarlet dot over our locale.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2023
Placing colored strips on stair risers, varying textures of furniture and color-coding objects can all improve the ability to navigate safely.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2021
A note on insulation color-coding: Insulating plastic is color-coded to identify live/hot, neutral and ground wires but these codes vary around the world.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
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