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:
  1. The official border between the Asian and European continents is the Ural Mountains, Black Sea, Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara and Dardanelles.
  2. Oceania covers Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Antarctica.
  3. "Fictitious" includes mythological, literary, movie, science fiction, fantasy battles. A fictitious battle in Europe remains fictitious.
  4. "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.