Tɛmplet:Color

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This template can be used to specify the foreground color of a span of text. Acceptable values are RGB hex codes, e.g. #C9E72A, or any of the web colors: red, blue, green, moccasin, darkorchid, etc. To set the background color of a span of text, use {{background color}}.

Usage

{{color|name of color or hex code of color|Text}}

For example:

{{color|red|Hello, world!}} → Hello, world!
{{color|#00F000|Hello, world!}} → Hello, world!

If the second parameter is omitted, the color value is displayed as text:

{{color|#00F000}} → #00F000
{{color|red}} → red

Performance considerations

The template generates an HTML span tag:

<span style="color:{{{1}}}">{{{2}}}</span>

It runs at speeds in excess of 700 per second,Tɛmplet:Clarify and so is functionally identical to using the HTML markup directly.

Template data

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The color template can be used to add a span of text with any given text color

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Color	`1`	CSS name of color or hex code of color, e.g. 'red' or '#00F000'.	String	required
Text	`2`	The string of text to be formatted in the desired color	String	suggested

Tɛmplet:Color

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