colour code

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English

This map of the world uses a colour code to highlight an estimate of economic freedom in each country in 2014.

Alternative forms

color code (American English)
colour-code

Noun

colour code (plural colour codes)

(British spelling) Any system where colours are used to categorize elements of sets.

Related terms

code black • code blue • code brown • code grey • code orange • code pink • code red • code silver • code white • code yellow
false colour

Translations

system where colors are used to categorize elements of sets

German: Farbschlüssel m, Farbenschlüssel m, Farbcode m
Swedish: färgkod c

Verb

colour code (third-person singular simple present colour codes, present participle colour coding, simple past and past participle colour coded)

(transitive, British spelling) To mark items with a colour code as a means of sorting.

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