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Definition of color code noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

color code

noun

(Canadian English usually colour code) noun

a system of marking things with different colors so that you can easily identify them Follow the color code carefully on all electrical wiring.

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color-coded (Canadian English usually colour-coded)

adjective The files have labels that are color-coded according to subject.

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