Template:Col/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Col.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
To view the template page itself, see Template:Col.

Usage

• {{col}} will create CadetBlue
• {{col|WORD}} will create WORD
• <font color={{col}}>WORD</font> is the same as {{col|WORD}}: WORD

Advanced Usage

• {{col/A|WORD}} will create WORD.
• {{col/a|WORD}} will create Template:Col/a. The "A" has to be capitalized.
• Col/A includes EVERY SINGLE color, even the colors that are, in my opinion, too irritating, boring, light, or duplicating.

Colors Available/Excluded

Includes the 78 (out of 147) most vivid, least annoying colors available by word.

• YES: Blue, BlueViolet, Brown, BurlyWood, CadetBlue, Chartreuse, Chocolate, Coral, CornflowerBlue, Crimson, DarkBlue, DarkCyan, DarkGoldenRod, DarkGreen, DarkKhaki, DarkMagenta, DarkOliveGreen, Darkorange, DarkOrchid, DarkRed, DarkSalmon, DarkSeaGreen, DarkSlateBlue, DarkSlateGrey, DarkTurquoise, DarkViolet, DeepPink, DeepSkyBlue, DodgerBlue, FireBrick, ForestGreen, Fuchsia, Gold, GoldenRod, Green, HotPink, IndianRed, Indigo, LightCoral, LightSalmon, LightSeaGreen, Lime, LimeGreen, Magenta, Maroon, MediumAquaMarine, MediumBlue, MediumOrchid, MediumPurple, MediumSeaGreen, MediumSlateBlue, MediumTurquoise, MediumVioletRed, MidnightBlue, Navy, Olive, OliveDrab, Orange, OrangeRed, Orchid, PaleVioletRed, Peru, Purple, Red, RosyBrown, RoyalBlue, SaddleBrown, Salmon, SandyBrown, SeaGreen, Sienna, SlateBlue, SpringGreen, SteelBlue, Teal, Tomato, Violet, YellowGreen.
• NO: (B/W) Black, White, and any other color that had the word "White" in it: GhostWhite, AntiqueWhite, WhiteSmoke, FloralWhite
• NO: (TOO LIGHT) the colors that are too light in my opinion: AliceBlue, Azure, Beige, BlanchedAlmond, Cornsilk, HoneyDew, Ivory, Lavender, LavenderBlush, LemonChiffon, LightCyan, LightGoldenRodYellow, LightYellow, Linen, MintCream, MistyRose, Moccasin, OldLace, PapayaWhip, PeachPuff, SeaShell, PaleGoldenRod, Bisque, Gainsboro, PaleTurquoise, Wheat, Thistle, PowderBlue, Khaki, LightBlue, PaleGreen, Pink, Silver, LightGreen, LightPink, SkyBlue, Tan, LightSkyBlue.
• NO: (HURTS) the colors that hurt my eyes: GreenYellow, LightSteelBlue, Yellow, Aquamarine, Aqua, Cyan, Plum
• NO: (BORING) colors that are boring: DarkGray, DarkGrey, Gray, Grey, LightSlateGrey, SlateGrey
• NO: (DUPLICATES) colors that are the same as another color in the list but worse: LawnGreen, MediumSpringGreen, Turquoise

Comparison

WHY template:col IS BETTER THAN template:random colour:

1. you have to know that COLOR is spelled in the english way, COLOUR
2. T:Random Colour will generate colors that are irritating (T:Col cannot generate irritating colors)
3. or too light to see (T:Col cannot generate colors too light to be seen).
4. or boring colors like gray (T:Col cannot generate boring colors).
5. T:Col is 4 times shorter to write out.
6. T:Col has an advanced function, T:Col/A, for more choices.
7. T:Col can do everything that T:Random Colour can, and more.

See Also

• template:Col/A
• template:random colour
• template:color, just random words, most not usable as colors in HTML.
• Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Col