Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/Legends/sandbox

| 1

| colspan=8 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|table mark}};" | Metal

| rowspan=3 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|Metalloids}};" | Metalloid

| colspan=3 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|table mark}};" | Nonmetal

| rowspan=5 style="vertical-align:middle; background:{{element color|unknown chemical properties}};"| unknown chemical properties
{{element color|unknown chemical properties}}
Unknown chemical properties (grey) may be used instead of predicted

| 2

| rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|Alkali metals}};" | Alkali metal
{{element color|alkali metal}}

| rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|Alkaline earth metal}};" | Alkaline earth metal
{{element color|alkaline earth metal}}

| colspan=4 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|table mark}};" | Inner transition metal

| rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|Transition metal}};" | Transition metal
{{element color|transition metal}}

| rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|Post-transition metal}};" | Post-{{zwsp}}transition metal
{{element color|post-transition metal}}

| rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|other nonmetal}};" | Other Nonmetal
{{element color|other nonmetal}}

| rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|Halogen}};" | Halogen
{{element color|halogen}}

| rowspan=2 style="vertical-align:bottom; background:{{element color|Noble gas}};" | Noble gas
{{element color|noble gas}}

| 3

| style="vertical-align:bottom; background-color:{{element color|lanthanide}};" |Lanthanide
{{element color|lanthanide}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom; background-color:{{element color|actinide}};" |Actinide
{{element color|actinide}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Superactinide

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Eka-{{zwsp}}superactinide

| 4

| style="vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#d8bcbc;" | predicted
{{element color|alkali metal (predicted)}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffecd3;" | predicted
{{element color|alkaline earth metal (predicted)}}

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Situation does not arise

| style="vertical-align:bottom;" |

| style="background-color:#d1ddff;" | predicted
{{element color|superactinide (predicted)}}

| style="background-color:#c6dd9d;;" | predicted
{{element color|eka-superactinide (predicted)}}

| style="background-color:#ffe2e2;" | predicted
{{element color|transition metal (predicted)}}

| style="background-color:#dfdfdf;" | predicted
{{element color|post-transition metal (predicted)}}

| style="background-color:#e2e2aa;" | predicted
{{element color|Metalloid (predicted)}}

| style="background-color:#d3ffd3;" | predicted
{{element color|Other non-metal (predicted)}}

| style="background-color:#ffffd6;" | predicted
{{element color|Halogen (predicted)}}

| style="background-color:#ddffff;" | predicted
{{element color|Noble gas (predicted)}}