Help:Using colours

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Editors should generally follow it, though exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on this guideline's talk page.

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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.

Wikimedia colour schemes

Wikipedia

Wikipedia uses this colour scheme on its Main Page.

Please note that the colour for the border on the larger boxes is also the colour of the backgrounds of the smaller (title) boxes.

background:`#f5fffa` border:`#cef2e0`		background:`#cef2e0` border:`#a3bfb1`
background:`#f5faff` border:`#cedff2`		background:`#cedff2` border:`#a3b0bf`
background:`#faf5ff` border:`#ddcef2`		background:`#ddcef2` border:`#afa3bf`
background:`#fcfcfc` border:`#cccccc`

And additionally on the Community Portal:

background:#fffcf5 border:#f2e6ce background:#f2e6ce border:#d9ceb8

Additional 3-colour palettes using this same generation scheme are at the top of the talk page.

Commons

Commons uses this colour scheme on commons:Help:Contents.

background colour: #d0e5f5

background colour: #f1f5fc

border colour: #abd5f5

background colour: #faecc8

background colour: #faf6ed

border colour: #fad67d

Examples

Note. If a page layout has two or more backgrounds with no spacing between their borders, e.g., the Community Portal, use the darkest border that applies.

Help:Using colours

Wikimedia colour schemes

Wikipedia

Commons

Examples

See also