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In the United States, the cold tap is usually on the right side of the faucet, and the hot tap is usually on the left side. Additionally, even though the taps may not be labelled with "hot" and "cold", sometimes the hot tap will have some sort of color marking in red, and the cold tap will have some sort of color marking in blue.

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