A system of marking things with different colours as a means of identification.
色标；色码（用不同颜色做辨识标记的系统）
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Generally, these tanks are color coded and marked by the NFPA diamond system.
The color code now skyrockets to Condition Red.
The color code has morphed over the years, but here's a summary of the current version.
One afternoon, when our nation's security color code went to orange, a commercial popped up on my TV screen for homeland security training and jobs.
Each pair of interacting systems could be given a color code based on the scheme described above.
She uses a colour code to help tell apart her 22-month-old identical triplet sons.
Only eight of the 30 Web sites used the standard color code.
Passengers will be assigned a color code - green, yellow or red - based in part on their city of departure, destination, traveling companions and date of ticket purchase.
The legend shows the color code for studied populations.
We propose a simplified model, wherein each system will be labeled with a color code based on two factors.
Mark your sets with the date and a number or color code.
Its remote control panel might have 21 buttons, but a simple colour code made it easy to use.
The website will be updated weekly using a colour code to denote changes, with gold heralding the peak period.
Glass panels on the facade adhere to a color code: yellow marks the living spaces, blue marks the bedrooms, and green has been used for the natural-ventilation chimneys.
Didn't you learn the color code and memorize it?
To mark the six months since the September 11 atrocities, your administration has launched a national colour code showing the level of the terrorist threat facing the country.
The color code lets you know the range of alcohol that is likely in the user's system.
Finally, a color code is assigned to each passenger - green for normal screening, yellow for extra searches, and red for not being allowed to fly.
verb
Mark (things) with different colours as a means of identification.
色标；色码（用不同颜色做辨识标记的系统）
each unit is colour-coded for clarity
各个部件都标了色码以便于区分。
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Another very nice feature found here is that the connectors controlling the front panel are color coded to make it easier to see what connects to what.
Similarly our efforts to develop way-finding aids and to distinguish between thematic galleries by color-coding the labels goes relatively unnoticed.
These high-risk roads are colour-coded and shown on the map, which shows the statistical risk of death or injury.
Breaking this soft wash of color every few yards was a door, clearly marked and color coded, each sporting a simple privacy lock and message board.
They go beyond identifying particular postcodes and streets and actually colour-code individual houses.
The researchers color-coded the little nylon bags for easy identification of the contents later on.
Thoughtfully, the boxes for the different parties are colour-coded according to party.
The other powerful feature is the facility to colour code different file types so that you can see at a glance how much space is being taken up by different sorts of files.
Prices are color coded so you know how old they are.
A study of the causes of adverse medication errors in anesthesia revealed that mix-ups of syringes were not eliminated by color coding the labels.
The parents of a 22-year-old woman who was killed by a drug mix-up said she had died for the sake of a few pence - the cost of colour-coding the different dosages.
The different virus families are colour-coded.
The government plans to institute a new system that's really going to color code passengers as they go through security.
We could even call them clues, and color code them.
The roads are colour-coded so that certain traffic lanes are barred to certain types of vehicles.
Caps are often color coded by product to help shoppers make quick decisions and retailers set up merchandising displays.
Not being able to color code folders is a major loss for me.
Using a simplified, less cluttered design, each section is colour-coded, so visitors can easily identify where they are, and the site is more intuitive, which means it can be navigated more easily.
Such graphic organizers allow students to manipulate and reconfigure brainstormed ideas and color code and group those ideas in ways that visually represent their thoughts.
For security reasons (I assume), taxis in Israel are color coded.