Template:Color box

    

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Usage

{{color box|color|text|text color}}

Shortcuts/Redirects:

• Colorbox
• Colourbox
• Colour box
• Color square
• Legend3

• Colors are most commonly specified as either a color keyword or as the hexadecimal triplet representing an RGB combination. See web colors for details.
• If specified, the text is centered within the box.
• If no color is specified for the text, it is displayed using the default style foreground color as prescribed by CSS. For most users this is black.
• The optional parameter |border= will change the color of the outline box. The default is black.

Examples

Visual effect	Markup
	{{color box|Green}}
Default color for this text	{{color box|Yellow|Default color for this text}}
White text in a blue box	{{color box|Blue|White text in a blue box|White}}
Using X11 color names	{{color box|SteelBlue|'''Using X11 color names'''|Cornsilk}}
Using RGB hex triplets	{{color box|#012345|''Using RGB hex triplet''|#FEDCBA}}
Red	{{color box|Yellow|Red|#f00|border=#f00}}

Variants

• {{Color box}}, a small color box with black borders and text color. (e.g.      or  ORANGE  )
• {{RouteBox}}, a borderless version with text color and wikilinks. (e.g.  ORANGE )
• {{Colorbull}}, a colored bullet with wikilinks. (e.g. ■)
• {{legend2}}, another borderless version (e.g.,   )
• {{Color sample}}, a small color box with black borders. (e.g.,  )
• {{Swatch inline}}. (e.g., orange)
• {{Background color}}. (e.g., orange)

See also

• {{Infobox color}}, an infobox for the detailed description of a color.
• {{Legend}}

Adds a rectangular color box.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Color	1	Color of the box. Example Green	String	required
Text	2	The text in the box. Example Hello, world!	String	suggested
Text color	3	Sets the color of the text inside the box. Example Yellow	String	suggested
border	border	Adds border outside the box. Example border=#FF0	Unknown	optional

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