Template:Col

MediumVioletRed

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Usage

• {{Col}} will create Salmon
• {{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

• Black & white: Black, White, and any other color that had the word 'White' in it: GhostWhite, AntiqueWhite, WhiteSmoke, FloralWhite
• 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.
• Hurts: the colors that hurt my eyes: GreenYellow, LightSteelBlue, Yellow, Aquamarine, Aqua, Cyan, Plum
• Boring: colors that are boring: LightGray, LightGrey, DarkGray, DarkGrey, Gray, Grey, LightSlateGrey, SlateGrey
• Duplicates: colors that are the same as another color in the list but worse: LawnGreen, MediumSpringGreen, Turquoise

Comparison

WHY this 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:Coloured text
• Template:Col/A
• Template:Random colour
• Template:Color, just random words, most not usable as colors in HTML.
• Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Col