How to combine these two phrases? size-based and color-based [duplicate]

Solution 1:

You can split the nouns over the same verb complement (where a noun and a verb participle together function as a compound modifier) when the latter is shared and the noun phrases would be joined by a single conjunction (usually and or or):

We design color- and size-based models.

This is equivalent to writing "color-based and size-based models."

Use of the bare dash (no complement) indicates that the reader should be on the lookout for the next "dashed" combination, which will supply the applicable complement.