colour-coded

adjective

Having different colours so that people can distinguish them.

Meanings

adjective
  1. UKHaving different colours so that people can distinguish them.

    And a new airport-style system of colour-coded lounges to access platforms has been described as 'bewildering' by many non-regular users of the station, compounded by a lack of passenger information screens away from the main concourse.

    2020 July 29, Paul Stephen, “A new collaboration centred on New Street”, in Rail, page 54
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of colour-code
Cite this entry
APA

colour-coded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour-coded

MLA

“colour-coded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour-coded. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colour-coded,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colour-coded.

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