మూస:Element color

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This template returns the element's legend color, to be used in HTML makeup:

• {{Element color|Alkali metals}} → #ff9d9d
• {{Element color|alkali metal}} → #ff9d9d

Overview

State of matter (font color)

Color attribute value (font color); color number can can be used as background but the key is not defined then.

•    Solid → #000000
  
•    Liquid → #000000
  
•    Gas → #000000
  
•    Unknown phase → #000000
  

•    Solid (predicted) → #000000
  
•    Liquid (predicted) → #008000
  
•    Gas (predicted) → #ff0000
  

Occurrence (cell border; aka frame)

Border attribute value

•    Primordial → 2px solid #6e6e8e
  
•    From decay → 2px dashed #6e6e8e Note: "Natural radio" deprecated
  
•    Synthetic → 2px dotted #6e6e8e
  
•    Undiscovered → 2px solid transparent
  
•    None → 2px solid transparent
  

Metal–nonmetal categories

•    Alkali metals → #ff9d9d
  
•    Alkaline earth metals → #ffdead
  
•    Lanthanides → #ffbfff
  
•    Actinide → #ff99cc
  
•    Superactinide → #d1ddff
  
•    Eka-superactinide → #c6dd9d
  
•    Transition metal → #ffc0c0
  
•    Post-transition metal → #cccccc
  
•    Metalloid → #cccc99
  
•    Diatomic nonmetal → #e7ff8f
  
•    Polyatomic nonmetal → #a1ffc3
  
•    Noble gas → #c0ffff
  

•    Unknown chemical properties → #e8e8e8
  
•    Unknown → #ffffff
  

Metal–nonmetal categories, reduced set

•    Metals → #eee8aa
  
•    Metalloids → #cccc99
  
•    Nonmetals → #b0e0e6
  
•    Inner transition metals → #d8bfd8
  

Year and era

•    Antiquity to Middle Ages → #ffb9b9
  
•    Before 1800 → #dfcdff
  
•    1800-1849 → #cbffb9
  
•    1850-1899 → #b9ffe4
  
•    1900-1949 → #ffe2b9
  
•    1950-1999 → #fff6b9
  
•    2000-present → #ffb9ef
  
•    Future → transparent
  

Example: {{Periodic table (discovery periods)}}

Blocks

•    s-block → #ff9999
  
•    p-block → #fdff8c
  
•    d-block → #99ccff
  
•    f-block → #9bff99
  
•    g-block → #fd99ff Note: unused, g-block does not exist. This color is used to derive the 'predicted' color
  

In period 8, theoretical elements:

•    s-block (predicted) → #ffcccc
  
•    p-block (predicted) → #ffffbf
  
•    d-block (predicted) → #c7eeff
  
•    f-block (predicted) → #cdffcc
  
•    g-block (predicted) → #febfff
  

Numbers

Used in: Valence (chemistry)#Maximum valences of the elements These colors correspond to the Alkali metal–noble gases range

•    0 → #c0ffff
  
•    1 → #ff8989
  
•    2 → #ffdead
  
•    3 → #ffbfff
  
•    4 → #cccccc
  
•    5 → #cccc99
  
•    6 → #a0ffa0
  
•    7 → #ffff99
  
•    8 → #d1ddff
  
•    9 → #c6dd9d
  

Metalloid cite classes

See Template:Periodic table (list of metalloid lists)

•    Metalloid citeclass 1of4 → #baffba Note: currently: 93%
  
•    Metalloid citeclass 2of4 → #badcff Note: currently: 44%
  
•    Metalloid citeclass 3of4 → #ffbadc Note: currently: 24%
  
•    Metalloid citeclass 4of4 → #ffffba Note: currently: 9%
  

Setting a default color

|1=not a color name |default=#aabbcc → #aabbcc (use # not #)

|1=not a color name |default=thistle → thistle

Misc

•    Rare earth metal → #Ffbffe Note: discussed, Nov/Dec 2013
  
•    Halogen → #ffff99 Note: deprecated as a nonmetal category. See nonmetal
  

"Unknown" variants

•    Unknown → #ffffff
  
•    Unk → #Ffffff Note: deprecated
  
•    Unknown (white) → #Ffffff Note: deprecated
  
•    White → #ffffff
  
•    X → #Ffffff Note: Deprecated, redireced to Unknown (white)
  
•    Unknown chemical properties → #e8e8e8
  
•    (See below) → #f8f8f8 Note: deprecated
  
•    Future → transparent
  
•    Redirect → #c0c0c0
  
•    Unassessed → transparent
  
•    Unknown phase → #000000
  
•    Undiscovered → 2px solid transparent
  
•    none → 2px solid transparent
  

Wikipedia article quality

Used in: Wikipedia:WikiProject Elements/Articles/Periodic Table by Quality

•    aq-FA → #6699ff
  
•    aq-A → #66ffff
  
•    aq-GA → #55cc55 Note: Formal color is #66ff66
  
•    aq-B+ → #66ff66 Note: or aq-Bplus
  
•    aq-B → #bcff66 Note: Formal color is #b2ff66
  
•    aq-C → #ffff66
  
•    aq-Start → #ffaa66
  
•    aq-Stub → #ff6666
  
•    aq-Unassessed → #f8f9fa
  

Wikipedia article importance

•    imp-Top → #ff00ff
  
•    imp-High → #ff88ff
  
•    imp-Mid → #ffbbff
  
•    imp-Low → #ffddff
  
•    imp-??? → #f8f9fa
  
•    imp-n/a → #f5f5f5
  

Color names

•    Black → #000000
  
•    White → #ffffff
  

•    blue → #0000ff
  
•    green → #008000
  
•    red → #ff0000
  
•    yellow → #ffff00
  

Table background

•    table title → #d8d8d8
  
•    table header → #e0e0e0
  
•    table colheader → #e8e8e8
  
•    table mark → #f0f0f0
  
•    table background → #f8f8f8
  
•    table border → #a9a9a9
  

Available background colors for periodic tables
Usage: {{Element color|table header}}

Specification (1st parameter)	Alternative specification	Returns color	Note
title	caption	#d8d8d8
header		#e0e0e0
colheader	rowheader, subheader, colh, rowh, subh	#e8e8e8
mark		#f0f0f0
background	bg	#f8f8f8	Also the default return value
border		#a9a9a9	Equals predefined color "grey"

The return values are complete color values to be used as a CSS style, including the # but not the ; character.

Deprecated or unknown meaning

Do not use these color names. In general, it is advised to use a more specific, meaningful color name. These color names are not used in main space, and most are redirected to another color.

•    D → transparent Note: Historical (previously for years and eras), kept to ensure that old revisions do not appear broken.
  
•    E → transparent Note: Historical (previously for years and eras), kept to ensure that old revisions do not appear broken.
  
•    F → transparent Note: Historical (previously for years and eras), kept to ensure that old revisions do not appear broken.
  
•    X → #Ffffff Note: Unspecific, redirected to Unknown (white)
  
•    Disambig → #00fa9a Note: Not a legend color, unknown intention.
  
•    UnknownC → transparent Note: Unclear meaning. Redirected to Unknown phase
  
•    veryreactive → transparent Note: Testing or sandbox.
  

Colors hardcoded

The same colors, with the same key, may be hardcoded in templates and pages:

• See Category
• {{Periodic table (32 columns, micro)/elementcell}}
• {{Periodic table (Goldschmidt classification)}} (cells, not the legend)
• {{Periodic table (electron configuration)}}
• {{Periodic table (electron configuration lanthanides)}}
• Period 7 element

Deprecated parameters

Color names tracked

Usage will link page to {{element color/dummy}} (not from userspace) List of color names to be researched: | actinoid | actinoids | future | inner transition metal | inner transition metals | lanthanoid | lanthanoids | natural radio | other metal | other metals | other metal (predicted) | other metals (predicted) | poor metal | poor metals | poor metal (predicted) | poor metals (predicted) | rare earth metal | rare earth metals | x | unk | unknown (white) | unknown property | unknown properties | (see below) | (seebelow) | seebelow | see below | see below (border) | white | black | red | yellow | blue | green <!-- blocks --> | ??? | imp-??? | imp-unassessed | s-block-p | s-block light | p-block-p | p-block light | d-block-p | d-block light | f-block-p | f-block light | g-block-p | g-block light <!-- aq-pref missing--> | fa | a | ga <!-- gaS conflict plural-s--> | b | c | start | stub | list | bplus | b+ | future | current | disambig | na | redirect | book | template | category | unassessed <!-- IMP prefix missing--> | top | high | mid | low | bottom | na | n/a | ??? | unassessed <!--table--> | tablecolh | tablerowh | unknownc | veryreactive | halogen | halogen (predicted) | halogens (predicted)

See also

• {{element cell/overview}}
• {{element frame}}

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