Color code

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A color code is a system for displaying information by using different colors. Color codes are often difficult or impossible for color blind people to understand.

Examples of color codes:

• The Color Code is the title of a book (References, Joseph et al., 2002) combined with a nutritional practice by the same name in another book publication (Heber, 2001). The Color Code combines food science, medical knowledge and nutritional practices to encourage consumer intake of colorful plant foods for achieving optimal health.
• Bottled gases
• Electrical wiring
• Electronic color code
• Web colors for HTML color codes
• 25-pair color code
• Fire extinguishers
• Hanky code
• Jumper cables
• Navigation lights, sea marks and characteristic lights
• Ribbon colors see:
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Advisory System
• Utility color codes

References

• Heber D. What Color Is Your Diet? The 7 Colors of Health, ReganBooks, HarperCollins, 2001, ISBN 0060988622
• Joseph JA, Nadeau DA, Underwood A. The Color Code: A Revolutionary Eating Plan for Optimum Health, Hyperion, 2002, ISBN 0786886218

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