Help:Using colours

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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.

Wikipedia color scheme

Wikipedia uses the following color scheme on its main page:

this is an example of text with color applied to its background and foreground
this is an example of text with color applied to its background and foreground


Examples

See also