color coded
idiom
: each marked by a particular color
The trails on the mountain are all color coded.
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The data are displayed in an image that is color coded to draw attention to areas of impaired diffusion.
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
States with high numbers of outages are color coded as yellow, orange or red, and users can click into a state to see the outages in more detail.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
All of the pieces are color coded, so figuring out which clip goes to which loop is simple and intuitive.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2025
These categories are color coded and range in difficulty from yellow to green to blue to purple.
—Megan Cartwright, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
District pages include some additional features, such as: A searchable map of private schools in the district’s boundaries, color coded by the predominant race of each school’s student body.
—Sergio Hernandez, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2025
Those levels are color coded, with green at the end corresponding with better air quality, and maroon at the other, corresponding with hazardous air quality.
—Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Our enclosures, our frames, are push-button connect, color coded, and very simple to put together.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
The date is displayed vertically in a window at 11 o’clock, color coded to the date function selector on the crown.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 21 June 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2025
States with high numbers of outages are color coded as yellow, orange or red, and users can click into a state to see the outages in more detail.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
All of the pieces are color coded, so figuring out which clip goes to which loop is simple and intuitive.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2025
These categories are color coded and range in difficulty from yellow to green to blue to purple.
—Megan Cartwright, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
District pages include some additional features, such as: A searchable map of private schools in the district’s boundaries, color coded by the predominant race of each school’s student body.
—Sergio Hernandez, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2025
Those levels are color coded, with green at the end corresponding with better air quality, and maroon at the other, corresponding with hazardous air quality.
—Ainsley Platt, arkansasonline.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Our enclosures, our frames, are push-button connect, color coded, and very simple to put together.
—Scott Kramer, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
The date is displayed vertically in a window at 11 o’clock, color coded to the date function selector on the crown.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 21 June 2024
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“Color coded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color%20coded. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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