Template:Legend/doc

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{{legend|background-color|caption|outline=outline color|border=css border}}

• background-color is passed to the CSS background-color property of the color box.
• The optional outline parameter is the color of the outline around the box. Not to be confused with the CSS outline property.
• The optional border argument which overrides the outline argument and sets the CSS property (e.g., 1px solid #aaa) of the border that will be drawn around the box.

{{demo|

{{legend|black|Africa}}

{{legend|green|Americas}}

{{legend|blue|Oceania}}

{{legend|#ffa|Europe|outline=silver}}

{{legend|#ff2800|Asia|outline=#A2A9B1}}

}}

{{markup|

[[File:Celts in Europe.png|upright=.9|thumb|right|The Celts in Europe, past and present:

{{legend|#1a8000|Present-day Celtic-speaking areas}}

{{legend|#27c600|Other parts of the six most commonly recognized "Celtic nations" and where a Celtic language is spoken but not the dominating language}}

{{legend|#97ffb6|Other parts of Europe once peopled by Celts; modern-day inhabitants of many of these areas often claim a Celtic heritage and/or culture}}

{{legend|#D2FFD2|Lusitanian area of Iberia, "Celticity" uncertain}}

{{legend|yellow|The core Hallstatt territory, expansion before 500 BC}}

]]

|

[[File:Celts in Europe.png|upright=.9|thumb|right|The Celts in Europe, past and present:

{{legend|#1a8000|Present-day Celtic-speaking areas}}

{{legend|#27c600|Other parts of the six most commonly recognized "Celtic nations" and where a Celtic language is spoken but not the dominating language}}

{{legend|#97ffb6|Other parts of Europe once peopled by Celts; modern-day inhabitants of many of these areas often claim a Celtic heritage and/or culture}}

{{legend|#D2FFD2|Lusitanian area of Iberia, "Celticity" uncertain}}

{{legend|yellow|The core Hallstatt territory, expansion before 500 BC}}]]

}}

{{legend

| #ded

| The meadow is green.

| outline = #00e

| border = 2px solid #e00

| textcolor = #00e

| size = 200%

| text = green

}}

{{legend

| #ded

| The meadow is green.

| outline = #00e

| border = 2px solid #e00

| textcolor = #00e

| size = 200%

| text = green

}}

{{legend

| [legend box's colo(u)r]

| [text following legend box]

| outline =

| border =

| textcolor =

| size =

| text =

}}

Using certain special characters in {{para|text}} that have meaning in wikitext can cause unexpected results. To use {{asterisk}} in {{para|text}}, use {{para|text|{{tlf|asterisk}}}}. To use # in {{para|text}}, use {{para|text|{{tlf|number sign}}}}.

One way to determine the exact color is via freeware IrfanView. Open image. Then:

:Edit menu > Show Paint dialog > click on the eyedropper > click somewhere in the image > click on the color at the bottom of the Paint dialog > Write down the Red, Green, and Blue color numbers (RGB).

Online sites that can identify the color of any pixel in an uploaded image are also available:

• [https://imagecolorpicker.com/ imagecolorpicker.com]

Convert RGB colors to hex color or color name (if there is one):

• [https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_converter.asp Color Converter].

• Variant blocks
• {{tl|legend striped}}, two colors, for striped color areas
• {{tl|legend inline}}, uses display:inline to avoid line breaks after each legend
• {{tl|legend0}}, without the line-feed
• {{tl|leftlegend}}, with text-align set to left
• {{tl|color box}} and {{tl|RouteBox}}, with text placed inside the colored legend and article linking
• {{tl|legend-line}}, legends for lines
• {{tl|image key}}, allows legend templates being used in image captions to use multiple columns

• Lists of colors
• Web colors

Templates that list colors

• {{tl|Colornames}}
• {{tl|X11 color chart}}
• {{tl|Web Colors}}

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{

"params": {

"1": {

"label": "Color",

"description": "The color for the legend entry, in any CSS format",

"example": "\"#6D6E00\", \"#ffa\", \"yellow\"",

"type": "line",

"required": true

},

"2": {

"label": "Caption",

"description": "Label for the legend entry",

"example": "\"soda\" is most common",

"type": "string",

"suggested": true

},

"border": {

"label": "CSS border style",

"description": "CSS style for the legend entry's border",

"type": "string"

},

"outline": {

"label": "Entry outline",

"description": "CSS color for the outline of the legend entry",

"example": "silver",

"type": "line"

},

"text": {

"label": "Text in the entry",

"description": "Text to be displayed in the legend entry box, i.e. within the color specified",

"example": "Af",

"type": "line"

},

"textcolor": {

"label": "Text color",

"description": "CSS color of text inside the legend's colored box",

"type": "string"

},

"size": {

"label": "Size",

"description": "Font size of the legend entry, including colored box",

"type": "string"

}

},

"description": "Shows a legend row with a colored box and a caption."

}

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