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

Example Sentences

"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

The observatory has also changed its aviation color code warning for aircraft.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2023

The mother had devised the color code to save time.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez