The main protagonist travels forward in time and encounters a strange war where the weapons were all color-coded. Like, fire weapons were red, etc. The time traveller might have eventually "looped" time and started back where he started. This novel/novella was probably from the '50s or '60s-era.
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Poul Anderson's "Flight to Forever" is a 1950 novella about a guy who travels forward in time, encounters wars, and eventually goes all around the circle of time and back to his starting point. But there are no color-coded weapons, so not the one you're looking for.– user14111Commented Aug 15, 2022 at 5:16
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In "Time Machine II" by George Pal and Joe Morhaim, the Blitz-born son of the Time Traveler and Weena has modernized his father's invention and is helping the remnants of far-future humanity defend itself against giant mutant bees. He finds a cache of assorted weapons from some long-forgotten conflict: "Chris looked at the rifle in his hand and understood; the blue color represented frozen destruction, while the red-colored weapon he used in the arsenal was a heat gun." (Dell, 1981, pg. 139) Later in the struggle, there are yellow rifles that are nerve weapons and green ones that use sonic waves.
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Hmm. That 1981 Dell printing is the only one, so it's not a 50s/60s book; on the other hand it's described as a sequel to the 1960 movie The Time Machine so it may have inherited a 60's sensibility from that.– DavidWCommented Nov 1, 2023 at 13:43