Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Battlebox colour scheme

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For the "colour_scheme" parameter in {{Battlebox}}, use the value from the appropriate "Colour" cell in the following table.

Colour scheme for battleboxes

Land Battles (black text)
Colour	Locality	Example
background:#ffcccc	North America	Battle of New Orleans
background:#ccffcc	South America	Battle of Goose Green
background:#ffff99	Asia¹	Battle of Ager Sanguinis
background:#cccccc	Europe¹	Battle of Lützen (1632)
background:#eeddbb	Africa	Battle of Romani
background:#ffccaa	Oceania²	Battle of Iwo Jima
background:#ffccff	Fictitious³	Nirnaeth Arnoediad
empty	Other/Unknown	none
Naval Battles (blue text)
Colour	Locality	Example
background:#ffcccc;color:#2222cc	North America	Battle of Lake Erie
background:#ccffcc;color:#2222cc	South America	Battle of the River Plate
background:#ffff99;color:#2222cc	Asia¹	Battle of Syllaeum
background:#cccccc;color:#2222cc	Europe¹	Battle of Naupactus (429 BC)
background:#eeddbb;color:#2222cc	Africa	Battle of the Nile
background:#ffccaa;color:#2222cc	Oceania²	Battle of Midway
background:#ffccff;color:#2222cc	Fictitious³	the Sacrifice of Thunder Child
background:#ccccff;color:#2222cc	Open ocean⁴	The Glorious First of June
Notes: The official border between the Asian and European continents is the Ural Mountains, Black Sea, Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara and Dardanelles. Oceania covers Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Antarctica. "Fictitious" includes mythological, literary, movie, science fiction, fantasy battles. A fictitious battle in Europe remains fictitious. "Open ocean" can mean outside of the 12 nautical mile territorial limit of any nation on a continent, or the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone of continental nations.