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== Purpose ==
{{tl | Font color }} is how you insert colorized text, such as
{{ font color | red | red }},
{{ font color | orange | orange }},
{{ font color | green | green }},
{{ font color | blue | blue | link = cat }} and
{{ font color | indigo | indigo }},
and [[Help:Color#Color generation guide|many others]].
You can specify its {{ font color | bg=yellow | fg=indigo | text=background }} color at the same time.

{{tl | Font color }} is also how you can color wikilinks 
to something other than blue for when you need to work within background colors. 
Normally <kbd>[<nowiki/>[ wikilink ]]</kbd> &rarr; [[wikilink]], 
but here we use a {{tl | font color }} with {{para | link }} to create a black wikilink &rarr; 
{{ font color | black | violet | link=yes | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;wikilink&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }}
You can make any text link to any page using the {{para|link}} parameter.

This template will use [[Wikipedia:HTML5]] recommendations, 
inserting the span tags
{{tag|span|params=style="color:''color''"}} and
{{tag|span|params=style="background-color:''color''"}}, so the page increases its readability and usability in both the wikitext and the rendered page.

== Usage ==

{{tlf | Font color }} has a one-color and a two-color form:
: <kbd>{<nowiki/>{font color | ''color'' | ''text'' }}</kbd>
: <kbd>{<nowiki/>{font color | ''text color'' | ''background color'' | ''text'' }}</kbd>.

Either form has a <kbd>|link=</kbd> option, for colorizing (otherwise blue or red) wikilink text.
: <kbd>|link{{=}}yes</kbd> &rarr; <code>[<nowiki/>[''text'']]</code>
: <kbd>|link=''[[wp:pgn|fullpagename]]''</kbd> &rarr; <code>[<nowiki/>[''fullpagename'']]</code>

You can also name the other fields.
: <kbd>{<nowiki/>{font color | fg=''color'' | text=''text'' }}</kbd>
: <kbd>{<nowiki/>{font color | fg=''text color'' | bg=''background color'' | text=''text'' }}</kbd>
You can name <kbd>|fg=</kbd> or <kbd>|bg=</kbd>, which is nice, but...
if you name either of them, you must also name <kbd>|text=</kbd>, which is a compromise.
(See [[Help:Template#Parameters]] for why.)

Spacing is of no concern.
:<code>.</code><kbd>{<nowiki/>{font color|tan|green|text with four words}}</kbd><code>.</code> &rarr; <code>.</code>{{font color|tan|green|text with four words }}<code>.</code>
:<code>.</code><kbd> {<nowiki/>{font color|tan|green|text with four words}} </kbd><code>.</code> &rarr; <code>.</code> {{font color|tan|green|text with four words }} <code>.</code>
:<code>.</code><kbd> {<nowiki/>{ font color  |  tan  |  green  | text with four words  }} </kbd><code>.</code> &rarr;  <code>.</code> {{ font color  |  tan  |  green  |  text    with    four     words }} <code>.</code>

=== Parameters ===
{{Aligned table
 |cols=3 |style=padding:0.5em 0;line-height:1.35em;margin-bottom:1.0em;
 |col1style=font-family:monospace;padding-right:1.5em;
 |col2style=padding-right:2.5em; |col3style=text-align:center;
 |row1style=font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;| | Use / description | Default value

 | {{{1}}}   | ''text color''     | inherited
 | {{{2}}}   | ''text''             | 
 | link      | {{=}}yes or {{=}}''fullpagename'' | 
}}

:Or

{{Aligned table
 |cols=3 |style=padding:0.5em 0;line-height:1.35em;margin-bottom:1.0em;
 |col1style=font-family:monospace;padding-right:1.5em;
 |col2style=padding-right:2.5em; |col3style=text-align:center;
 |row1style=font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;| | Use / description | Default value

 | {{{1}}}   | ''text color''       | inherited
 | {{{2}}}   | ''background color'' | inherited
 | {{{3}}}   | ''text'' |
 | link      | {{=}}yes or {{=}}''fullpagename''   | 
}}

== Examples ==

{|class=wikitable
!Markup
!Renders as
|-
 | <code><nowiki>{{ font color | green | green text }}</nowiki></code>
 | {{ font color | green | green text }}
|-
 | <code><nowiki>{{ font color | blue | do not style text as a link }}</nowiki></code>
 | {{ font color | blue | do not style text as a link }}
|-
 |  | <code>{<nowiki/>{ font color'''{{big | {{! }}<nowiki/>{{! }} }}'''yellow | default text in yellow background }}</code>
 | {{ font color |  | yellow | default text in yellow background }}
|-
 |  | <code>{<nowiki/>{ font color'''{{big | {{! }} }}'''bg=yellow | text = default text in yellow background }}</code>
 | {{ font color | bg=yellow | text = default text in yellow background }}
|-
 | <code><nowiki>{{ font color | white | black | white with black background }}</nowiki></code>
 | {{ font color | white | black | white with black background }}
|-
 | <code><nowiki>{{ font color | #ffffff | #000000 | white with black background }} ([[hexadecimal colors]]) </nowiki></code>
 | {{ font color | #ffffff | #000000 | white with black background}} ([[hexadecimal colors]])
|}

{|class=wikitable
!Markup
!Renders as
|-
 | <code><nowiki>{{ font color | white | blue | Wikipedia:Example | link = yes }}</nowiki></code>
 | {{ font color | white | blue | Wikipedia:Example | link = yes }}
|-
 | <code><nowiki>{{ font color | white | blue | Wikipedia:Example | link = Wikipedia:Sandbox }}</nowiki></code>
 | {{ font color | white | blue | Wikipedia:Example | link = Wikipedia:Sandbox }}
|-
 | <code><nowiki>{{ font color | text = Wikipedia:Example | link = Wikipedia:Sandbox | bg
 = blue | fg = white }}</nowiki></code>
 | {{ font color | text = Wikipedia:Example | link = Wikipedia:Sandbox | bg = blue | fg = white }}
|}

The {{para|link}} parameter is a good way to colorize wikilinks,
and it is about as much typing as the [[wp:pipe trick|pipe trick]].

Although a wikilink accepts a ''font color'' (or other template or markup):
:<code>{{big|[<nowiki/>[}}Wikipedia:Example{{big|{{!}}}}{<nowiki />{font color|white|blue|the Wikipedia:Example page}}{{big|]]}}</code>
:→ [[Wikipedia:Example | {{ font color | white | blue | the Wikipedia:Example page}}]] (a font-colored link),
a ''font color'' does not accept a wikilink, it creates wikilinks itself with {{para|link}}.
*{{OK }} {<nowiki/>{ font color | green | violet | Wikipedia:Example | link=yes }} → {{ font color | green | violet | Wikipedia:Example | link=yes }} (a {{para|link}} {{tl | font color }})
*{{cross }}{<nowiki/>{ font color | green | violet | the [<nowiki/>[Wikipedia:Example]] page}} → {{ font color | green | violet | the [[Wikipedia:Example]] page }} (Text with [<nowiki/>[wikilink brackets]] overrides the designated color)
*{{cross }}{<nowiki/>{ font color | green | violet | [<nowiki/>[Wikipedia:Exammple]] }} → {{ font color | green | violet | the [[Wikipedia:Exammple]] page }} (Text with [<nowiki/>[wikilink brackets]] overrides the designated color)
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==See also==
* [[WP:COLOR|Important Manual of Style information]]
* [[Web colors]]
* [[HTML color names]]
* [[List of colors]]
* [[Help: Link color]]
* {{tl|color}}
* {{tl|background color}}
* {{tl|coltit}} — colored table header cell
* {{tl|color contrast ratio}}
* {{tl|hilite}}
* {{tl|font}}
* {{tl|tq}}
* {{tl|xt}}

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