COLOR CODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does color code mean? 

• COLOR CODE (noun)
  The noun COLOR CODE has 1 sense:

1. system using colors to designate classifications

  Familiarity information: COLOR CODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLOR CODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

System using colors to designate classifications

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("color code" is a kind of...):

code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)

 Context examples 

Some practitioners use colored pencils or crayons to allow patients to color code areas of more or less severe pain.

(Pain Map, NCI Thesaurus)