color code

A form of colour code — Any system where colours are used to categorize elements of sets.

Meanings

nouncolor code (plural color codes)

plural color codes · alternative colour code · alternative color-code

  1. USalternativeAlternative spelling of colour code.
verbcolor code (third-person singular simple present color codes, present participle color coding, simple past and past participle color coded)

present singular third person color codes · participle present color coding · participle past color coded · past color coded · alternative colour code · alternative color-code

  1. USalternativetransitiveAlternative spelling of colour code.
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APA

color code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20code

MLA

“color code.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20code. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “color code,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/color%20code.

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