Editing Color code (section)

==Examples==
Systems incorporating color-coding include:

*In electricity:
** [[25-pair color code]] – telecommunications wiring
** [[ANSI Z535#Sub-Standards|ANSI Z535.1]] Color Safety Code Standards
** [[Audio and video interfaces and connectors#Color codes|Audio and video interfaces and connectors § Color codes]]
** [[Fiber-optic cable#Color coding|Optical fibers § Color codes]]
** [[Electrical wiring]] – AC power phase, neutral, and grounding wires
** [[Electronic color code]] AKA resistor or EIA color code (today – IEC 60062:2016)
** [[Ethernet physical layer#Twisted-pair cable|Ethernet twisted-pair wiring]] – local area networks
** [[Jump start (vehicle)|Jumper cables]] used to jump-start a vehicle
** [[PC System Design Guide#Color-coding scheme for connectors and ports|PC99 connectors and ports]]
** [[Surround sound#Channel identification|Surround sound ports and cables]]
** [[Three-phase electric power#Color codes|Three-phase electric power § Color codes]] (electrical wiring)
*In video games
** [[Health (gaming)|Health]] and [[Magic (gaming)|magic points]]
** To distinguish friend from foe, for instance in ''[[StarCraft]]'', ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved|Halo]]'', or ''[[League of Legends]]''
** To distinguish rarity or quality of items in adventure and [[role-playing game]]s<ref>{{cite web|title=Color-Coded Loot|publisher=Giant Bomb|url=http://giantbomb.com/color-coded-loot/3015-4702/|access-date=13 June 2016}}</ref>
*In navigation:
** [[Characteristic light]]
** [[Navigation light]]
** [[Sea mark]]
** [[Traffic light]]s
*Other technology:
** At point of sale (especially for [[packaging]] within a huge range of [[Stock keeping unit|products]]: to quickly differentiate variants, brands, categories)
** ANSI Standardized Safety Colors [[ANSI Z535]] 
** [[Bottled gas]]es
** [[Fire extinguisher]]s
** [[Kerbside collection]] 
** [[Pipe marking]]
** [[Queen bee#Identification|Queen bee birth year code]]
** [[Utility color code|Underground utility location]]
** [[Hospital emergency codes]] often incorporate colors (such as the widely used "Code Blue" indicating a [[cardiac arrest]]),
*In military use:
** [[Homeland Security Advisory System]]
** [[Artillery shell]]s and other munitions, which are color-coded according to their pyrotechnic contents
** [[List of Rainbow Codes]]
** [[NATO Military Symbols for Land Based Systems#Affiliation|NATO Military Symbols for Land Based Systems]]
** [[Rainbow Herbicides]]
*In social functions:
** [[Black hat hacking]], [[White hat (computer security)|white hat]], [[grey hat]]
** [[Blue-collar worker]], [[white-collar worker]], [[pink-collar worker]], [[grey-collar]], [[green-collar worker]]
** [[Handkerchief code]]
** [[ISO 22324]], Guidelines for color-coded alerts in public warning
** [[Jeff Cooper#Combat mindset and the Cooper color code|Cooper's Color Code]] of the combat mindset
** [[Rank in judo]]
** [[Ribbon]] colors ''see:'' [[:Category:Ribbon symbolism]]
* In religion:
** [[Liturgical colours|Clerical vestments, frontals and altar hangings in Christian churches]]