color codes
Resistor band meanings
Color codes are systems that use colors to convey information quickly.
Electrical wires follow color codes so technicians know which is ground.
Hospitals use color codes for emergencies: Code blue means cardiac arrest.
The verb means to organize by color: She color-coded her files by project.
Also spelled colour codes outside the U.S.
- CMYKSubtractive color model
- map legendsSymbol meaning reference
- heat mapColor-coded intensity chart
- hexadecimalSixteen-digit numeral system
- RGBAdditive color model
hex · metro lines · spectrum · hue · palette · paint chips · wiring · gradient · swatch · resistor · signal flags · analogous · tint · blazonry · numbering · shade · pigment · bands
- codespassword, binary, DNA, RNA, passcode
- color termsblack, white, red, blue, green
- electrical wiringwires, wire, ground wire, circuit, grounding wire
- encodingcipher, UTF-8, encryption, binary, ASCII
- map symbolscompass rose, scale bar, map key, north arrow, symbols
- Paint termsswatches, paint chips, chips, palettes, primers
color, code, colors, colorful, colorless, multicolored, monochrome, discoloration, chromatic