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{{Warning|1={{big|'''Links should clearly be identifiable as links to readers'''.}}<br />Refrain from implementing coloured links that may impede user ability to distinguish links from regular text, or colour links for purely aesthetic reasons. See the guides to editing articles for accessibility at [[WP:CONTRAST|contrast]], [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility|accessibility]] and [[WP:NAVBOXCOLOUR|navbox colors]].}}

To use a colour in a [[wikipedia:template|template]] or [[wikipedia:table|table]] you can use the [[hexHTML tripletcolor names]] (e.g. ''bronze is #CD7F32'') or [[HTMLhex color namestriplet]] (e.g. red''#CD7F32'' as analogue of ''bronze'').

Editors are encouraged to make use of [[Brewer palettes]] for charts, maps, and other entities, using '''[https://colorbrewer2.org/ this tool]'''.