User:Jesus Presley/sandbox/Version Color Scheme

Result of my research below[edit]

Suggested standard scheme (complete)
Colour	Meaning
Pink #FFC0CB	Old test release; unsupported
Red salmon	Old release; no longer supported
Yellow khaki	Older release; still supported
Green #A0E75A	Current release
Blue skyBlue	Future release
Gold gold	Current test release
Purple Plum	Future test release

Suggested standard scheme (only major version stages)
Colour	Meaning
Red #FF8E82	Old release; no longer supported
Yellow #FCED77	Older release; still supported
Green #A0E75A	Current release
Purple #E6A7E6	Preview or beta release
Blue skyBlue	Future release or developer version

Different color schemes across en:WP[edit]

Summary of the colors used in Version history tables[edit]

As of Nov. 2012. No unified palette is used, some colors mark different release stages, which is confusing (Purple: test release or future release?)

Collected colors
Colour	Meaning
Red salmon	Former release; no longer supported
Grey silver	Obsolete
Pink #ffc0cb	Former test release
Pink pink	Former test release
Pink	Old test release; unsupported
Yellow khaki	Former release; still supported
Green #a0e75a	Current supported release
Blue skyBlue	Future release
Gold gold	Current test release
Purple #d6b4f1	Future test release
Purple Plum	Future test release
Red #FA8072	Old release; unsupported
Orange #FFA500	Old release; extended support only
Yellow #F0E68C	Old release; supported
Green #A0E75A	Current release
Purple #D6B4F1	Test release
Blue #87CEEB	Future release
Red #fa8072	Prior version outside of Regular Life Cycle
Pink/Beige #ffdead	Discontinued
Green #33DD44	Current
Blue #2fc0ff	Beta
Purple Plum	Future Release
Yellow #f0e68c	Prior version with varying degrees of support
Green #A0E75A	Current version
Blue #87ceeb	Future version
Blue lightblue	Beta release
Purple #d6b4f1	Dev release

Collected info from random software pages[edit]

History of Mozilla Thunderbird[edit]

Colour	Meaning
Red	Former release; no longer supported
Pink	Former test release
Yellow	Former release; still supported
Green	Current supported release
Blue	Future release
Gold	Current test release
Purple	Future test release

Firefox[edit]

Color	Meaning
Red	Former release; no longer supported
Yellow	Former release; still supported
Green	Current supported release
Blue	Future release

Firefox release history[edit]

Color	Meaning
Red	Former release; no longer supported
Pink	Former test release
Yellow	Former release; still supported
Green	Current supported release
Blue	Future release
Gold	Current test release
Purple	Future test release

Internet Explorer versions[edit]

Color	Meaning
Pink	Old test release; unsupported
Red	Old release; unsupported
Orange	Old release; extended support only
Yellow	Old release; supported
Green	Current release
Purple	Test release
Blue	Future release

Chrome[edit]

Color	Meaning
Red	Old release
Green	Stable release
Blue	Beta release
Purple	Dev release

Red Hat Enterprise Linux[edit]

Prior version outside of Regular Life Cycle

Prior version with varying degrees of support

Current version

Future version

OpenSUSE[edit]

Color	Meaning
Red	Release no longer supported
Green	Release still supported
Blue	Future release

Windows Media Player[edit]

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.

OpenGL[edit]

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.

ReactOS[edit]

Color	Meaning
Red	Release no longer supported
Green	Current release
Blue	Future release
Gray	Skipped release

Gecko[edit]

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.

vBulletin[edit]

Color	Meaning
Red	Pre-release beta versions
Green	Supported stable branch
Blue	Future versions

GNU C Library[edit]

Not used

Amarok[edit]

Colour	Meaning
Red	Release no longer supported
Green	Release still supported
Blue	Future release

JScript[edit]

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.

Lubuntu[edit]

Release no longer supported	Release still supported	Future release

iTunes Version History[edit]

	Obsolete		Discontinued		Current		Beta		Future Release

IOS version history[edit]

	Obsolete		Discontinued		Current		Beta

Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard#Release_history[edit]

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.