Template:Color box/doc

Usage

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

• 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

Template	Description	Example
{{Color box}}	a small color box with black borders and text color	or  ORANGE
{{Color box striped}}	a striped version
{{RouteBox}}	a borderless version with text color and wikilinks	Template:RouteBox
{{Colorbull}}	a colored bullet with wikilinks	■
{{Legend2}}	another borderless version
{{Color sample}}	a small color box with black borders
{{Swatch inline}}		Template:Swatch inline
{{Background color}}		orange
{{Rail color box}}	a version with more display options (part of Module:Adjacent stations)	Template:Rcb, Template:Rcb, etc.
{{Diagonal split color box}}	a small color box split diagonally	, etc.
{{Motor type}}	A small color box corresponding to the motor type	Template:Motor type, etc.

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 {{color box|Green}}	String	required
Text	2	The text in the box. Example {{color box|Green|Hello, world!}}	String	suggested
Text color	3	Sets the color of the text inside the box. Example {{color box|Green|Hello, world!|Yellow}}	Unknown	suggested
Border	border	Adds border outside the box. Example {{color box|Green|Hello, world!|Yellow|border=#FF0}}	Unknown	optional