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Rainbow colour systems

Everyday colour systems – as rainbows
 
The colours for each rainbow are ordered by the individual system
Snooker balls 
In order of value, lowest to highest

Red 1pt | Yellow 2pts | Green 3pts | Brown 4pts | Blue 5pts | Pink 6pts | Black 7pts
London Underground Lines currently in operation
In order of year first in operation (in whole or in stages)

Metropolitan 1863 | Hammersmith & City 1863 | District 1868 | Circle 1868 | Northern 1890 | Waterloo and City 1898 |
Central 1900 | Bakerloo 1906 | Piccadilly 1906 | Victoria 1968 | Jubilee 1979
Nandos Peri-ometer
In order of heat of Peri Peri marinade sauces

Extra hot | hot | medium | lemon & herb
2015 UK General Election 
In order of parliamentary seats won (and share of vote if numbers are tied)

Conservative 331 | Labour 232 | Scottish National Party 56 | Liberal Democrats 8 | Democratic Unionist Party 8 | Sinn Fein 4 | Plaid Cymru 3 | Social Democratic & Labour Party 3 | Ulster Unionist Party 2 | UKIP 1 | Green Party 1 | Others 1
Sing-a-rainbow
In order of the song lyrics
 
Red and yellow and pink and green. Purple and orange and blue…
Met Office weather warnings
In order of severity
 
Green: No severe weather | Yellow: Be aware | Amber: Be prepared | Red: Take action
Monopoly sets
In order of property prices and position around the board

Brown: £60 | Light blue: £100-£120 | Pink: £140-£160 | Orange: £180-£200 | Red: £220-£240 | Yellow: £260-£280 | 
Green: £300-£320 | Dark blue: £350-400
Supermarket milk packaging
In order of fat content
 
Blue (whole) | Green (semi-skimmed) | Orange* (1%) | Red (skimmed)
 
*The major supermarkets are yet to totally agree on this. Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Morrisons and Aldi have opted for orange whilst Waitrose opted for purple.
United States Homeland Security Advisory System 2003-2011
In order of 'terror alert' level

Red: Severe | Orange: High | Yellow: Elvated | Green: Guarded | Blue: Low
Traffic light food labelling
In order of amount of nutrients (calories, fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt)
 
Red: High | Amber: Medium | Green: Low
Four colour printing inks
In the widely used CMYK order
 
Cyan | Magenta | Yellow | Key (Black)
British Judo Association Kyu grades
In belt order
 
6th Kyu: red  | 5th Kyu: yellow | 4th Kyu: orange | 3rd Kyu: green | 2nd Kyu: blue | 1st Kyu: brown
Yo Sushi plates
In order of price
 
Green £2.15 | Light blue £2.50 | Purple £3.65 | Orange £4.15 | Pink £4.55 | Grey £5.25 | Yellow £6.25 
Figures correct as of March 2015
Olympic medals
In order of best placed athlete

Gold: 1st | Silver: 2nd | Bronze: 3rd
European ski piste classifications
In order of difficulty
 
Green: easy | Blue: moderate | Red: intermediate | Black: difficult
Energy efficiency rating
In order of efficiency
 
A: 92-100 (Very energy efficient – lower running costs | B:81-91 | C:69-80 | D:55-68 | E:39-54 | F:21-38 | G:1-20 (Not energy efficient – higher running costs)
Electrical codes used to indicate the values or ratings of electronic components
In number order
 
Black 0  |  Brown 1  |  Red 2  |  Orange 3  |  Yellow 4  |  Green 5  |  Blue 6  |  Violet 7  |  Gray 8  |  White 9
Teletubbies
In order of mention in theme song
 
Tinky Winky |  Dipsy | Lala  |  Po
Wales' colour-coded schools tables
In order of performance

Green: highly effective| Yellow: effective | Orange: in need of improvment | Red: in need of greatest improvement
Trivial Pursuit categories
In order of appearance on question cards

Cyan: Geography | Pink: Entertainment | Yellow: History | Brown: Art & Literature | Green: Science & Nature |
Orange: Sports & Leisure
Wahl hair clipper combs
In order of hair length – from short to long
 
Red: No. 1 - 1/8" (3mm) | Purple: No. 2 - 1/4" (6mm) |  Dark blue: No. 3 - 3/8" (10mm) |  Orange: No. 4 - 1/2" (13mm) | Yellow: No. 5 - 5/8" (16mm) |  Lavender: No. 6 - 3/4" (19mm) |  Green: No. 7 - 7/8" (22mm) |  Blue: No. 8 - 1" (25mm) 
 
Chakras
In order of of arrangement from top to bottom

Red: Muladhara | Orange: Svadhishthana | Yellow: Manipura | Green: Anahata | Blue: Vishudda | Indigo: Ajna |
Violet: Sahasrara
Rainbow colour systems
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Rainbow colour systems

Everyday colour systems – as rainbows The colours for each rainbow are ordered by the individual system

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