color code

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   system using colors to designate classifications

   Broadercode

Questions about color code

What does color code mean?

color code means "system using colors to designate classifications".

Is color code a common word?

color code is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.