Color code

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A color code is a system for displaying information by using different colors.

Reading a color code is often difficult or impossible for the color blind.

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Examples of color codes:

• Bottled gases
• Electrical wiring
• Electronic color code
• Web colors for HTML color codes
• 25-pair color code
• Optical fibers
• Fire extinguishers
• Hanky code
• Jumper cables
• Traffic lights
• Navigation lights, sea marks and characteristic lights
• Ribbon colors see: Category:Ribbon symbolism
• United States Department of Homeland Security's Advisory System
• Utility color codes
• The roleplaying game Paranoia uses color codes to indicate security clearance levels