Color has often been used effectively to capture attention or differentiate items, but its use in healthcare as a patient safety strategy has frequently fallen short of achieving its intended results.

The values or ratings of electronic components are indicated by the electronic color code that was developed in the early 1920s. It is not only seen in resistors, but also in capacitors, inductors, ...

Usually marked onto the body of capacitors in the form of alphanumeric characters are the actual values of capacitance, voltage or tolerance. Although the capacitance value may be printed on the body ...