Color code

Color code and color identification are synonymous with:

• Identification colors that symbolize certain subsets of objects
• Micro color code , a microscopic security feature against product piracy
• for electrotechnical components a color coding for their values, see
  • Resistor (component): color coding on resistors
  • Capacitor color code
  • Coil (electrical engineering): printing / color codes
• the color representation of the properties of a thermocouple
• a breakdown or grouping of a continuous color spectrum from which chemical states can be read, see indicator (chemistry)
• Pressurized gas bottles have a color on their shoulder, possibly also on their cylinder jacket or a color corresponding to their content
• Media lines, their shut-off devices, connection points and measuring devices for pressure or flow, covers of underground lines often have color markings
  • Natural gas - yellow
  • (Cold) water, oxygen - blue
  • Superheated steam, hot water, district heating - red
  • Compressed air - gray
  • Medical gases

For pressurized gas cylinders and medical gases, there were changes in the color codes in 2003/2006, which have not yet been standardized across Europe.

Color code denotes:

• generally representative numerical values ​​that cause a color in Internet programming, see web color
• individual values ​​within the hexadecimal color definition

See also:

• Road marking with red cycle paths, blue and green short-term parking zones
• Identification of multi-core cables
• Identification of the hierarchy level of the person responsible for comments in the administration's file notes
• Signal color
• Color wheel
• Color space
• Color fan

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.