Wikipedia:Colours

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Shortcut: WP:COLOR WP:COLOUR

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

1 Wikimedia colour schemes
- 1.1 Wikipedia
- 1.2 Commons
2 Examples
3 See also

[edit] Wikimedia colour schemes

[edit] Wikipedia

Wikipedia uses this colour scheme on its Main Page.

Please note that the colour for the border on the lighter boxes is also the colour of the backgrounds of the darker (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 and Wikisource Main Page:

background:#fffaf5 border:#f2e0ce background:#f2e0ce border:#bfb1a3

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

[edit] Commons

The Wikimedia Commons uses this colour scheme on commons:Main Page and commons:Help:Contents.

background colour: #d0e5f5

background colour: #f1f5fc

border colour: #abd5f5

background colour: #faecc8

background colour: #faf6ed

border colour: #fad67d

Further information: HTML color names

[edit] 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.