Meanings
nouncolour code (plural colour codes)
plural colour codes · alternative colour-code · alternative color code
- UKAny system where colours are used to categorize elements of sets.
- UKAn individual mapping of a colour to an element in such a set.
verbcolour code (third-person singular simple present colour codes, present participle colour coding, simple past and past participle colour coded)
present singular third person colour codes · participle present colour coding · participle past colour coded · past colour coded · alternative colour-code · alternative color code
- UKtransitiveTo mark items with a colour code as a means of sorting.
Translations
German Farbschlüssel, Farbenschlüssel
- Farbschlüsselsystem where colors are used to categorize elements of sets
- Farbenschlüsselsystem where colors are used to categorize elements of sets
- Farbcodesystem where colors are used to categorize elements of sets
Spanish codificación colorida
- codificación coloridasystem where colors are used to categorize elements of sets
Swedish färgkod
- färgkodsystem where colors are used to categorize elements of sets
Cite this entry
APA
colour code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour%20code
MLA
“colour code.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour%20code. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colour code,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour%20code.
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