Template:Color/doc

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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[edit]

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

For example:

  • {{color|red|Hello, world!}}Hello, world!
  • {{color|#00F000|Hello, world!}}Hello, world!

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

  • {{color|#00F000}}#00F000
  • {{color|red}}red

Performance considerations[edit]

The template generates an HTML span tag:

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

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

Template data[edit]

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Color in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Color

The color template can be used to add a span of text with any given text color

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Color1

CSS name of color or hex code of color, e.g. 'red' or '#00F000'.

Stringrequired
Text2

The string of text to be formatted in the desired color

Stringsuggested

Redirects[edit]

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

See also[edit]