Template:Color/doc

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Prose text intended for readers should never be manually colored. (MOS:PROSECOLOR)

This template can be used to specify the foreground color of a span of text. Acceptable values are RGB hex codes, e.g. #C9E72A, or any of the web colors: red, blue, green, moccasin, darkorchid, etc. To set the background color of a span of text, use {{background color}}.

Usage

• {{color|name of color or hex code of color|Text}}

For example:

• Template:Demo inline
• Template:Demo inline

If the second parameter is omitted, the color value is displayed as text:

• Template:Demo inline
• Template:Demo inline

Performance considerations

The template generates an HTML span tag:

<span style="color:{{{1}}}">{{{2}}}</span>

It runs at speeds in excess of 700 per second, and so is functionally identical to using the HTML markup directly.

Template data

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TemplateData for Color

{
	"description": "The color template can be used to add a span of text with any given text color",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Color",
			"description": "CSS name of color or hex code of color, e.g. 'red' or '#00F000'.",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Text",
			"description": "The string of text to be formatted in the desired color",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		}
	}
}

Redirects

• {{COLOR}}
• {{Colored text}}
• {{Colour}}
• {{COLOUR}}
• {{Fgcolor}}

See also

• {{resize}}
• {{colored link}}
• {{background color}}
• {{font color}} – allows setting both text and background color
• {{coltit}} – colored table header cell