colour code

See also: colour-code

English

Alternative forms

• color code (American English)
• colour-code

Noun

colour code (plural colour codes)

1. (British spelling) Any system where colours are used to categorize elements of sets.

Related terms

• code blue • code brown • code red • code silver • code white • code yellow
• false colour

Translations

system where colors are used to categorize elements of sets

German: Farbschlüssel m, Farbenschlüssel m, Farbcode m Spanish: codificación colorida f Swedish: färgkod c

Verb

colour code (third-person singular simple present colour codes, present participle colour coding, simple past and past participle colour coded)

1. (transitive, British spelling) To mark items with a colour code as a means of sorting.