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'''Colours''' are most commonly found in Wikipedia articles within [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|templates]] and [[Wikipedia:How to use tables|tables]]. |
'''Colours''' are most commonly found in Wikipedia articles within [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|templates]] and [[Wikipedia:How to use tables|tables]]. |
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Revision as of 09:36, 11 April 2006
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Colours are most commonly found in Wikipedia articles within templates and tables.
If you are looking for a colour, see:
To use a colour in a template or table you can use the hex triplet. Example: bronze is #CD7F32.
Alternatively, some common colours can be referred to by name (HTML 4 colours). Orange is also included. Example: green.
Wikimedia color schemes
Wikipedia uses this color scheme on its Main Page:
| background:#f5fffa border:#cef2e0 | background:#cef2eo border:#a3bfb1 | ||
| background:#f5faff border:#cedff2 | background:#cedff2 border:#a3b0bf | ||
| background:#faf5ff border:#ddcef2 | background:#ddcef2 border:#afa3bf | ||
| background:#fcfcfc border:#cccccc |
Commons uses this colour scheme on commons:Help:Contents.
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background color: #d0e5f5
background color: #f1f5fc |
background color: #faecc8
background color: #faf6ed |
Examples
- {{HD header}}
- {{Hinduism footer small}}
- Infoboxes on year pages: 1822
- Many userboxes use colour
See also
- Wikipedia:Infobox colours
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Color - inactive
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability/Color - inactive