Template:Color icon

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This template generates a shape filled with a specified color, together with a label of the color's name. (The label is included for accessibility reasons.) The template supports HTML color names and hexadecimal color codes.

Examples

Template code	Output
{{color icon|red}}	Red
{{color icon|red|border=none}}	Red
{{color icon|dark red}}	Dark red
{{color icon|purple|violet}}	Violet
{{color icon|#800080|violet}}	Violet
{{color icon|#999|[[grey]]}}	Grey
{{color icon|white|shape=square}}	White
{{color icon|white|border=black}}	White

Parameters

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Generate a colored shape labeled with the color's name

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Color	1	The HTML color name or hexadecimal color code (the latter of which must start with #)	String	required
Color Label	2	The name of the color, if this is different than the "color" parameter	String	optional
Border	border	The color of the border, or "none" if there should be no border; defaults to #666 (gray)	String	optional
Shape	shape	Either "square" or "circle"; defaults to "circle"	String	optional

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