Template:Element color/secondary/doc

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Usage

Colors in this /secondary list should not appear in mainspace.

Available for deprecated colors and development, tests, etc.

Examples

(no parameter 1 input) → transparent Note: no input
monkey → transparent Note: input not in list

Developing

Era

Discovery periodd, sequential range

era01 → #ffffb2
era02 → #fed976
era03 → #feb24caa
era04 → #fd8d3c
era05 → #fc4e2a
era06 → #e31a1c
era07 → #b10026

NNNM (2017/2018)

Development (see WT:ELEMENTS)

Reactive nonmetal → #f0ff8f
Reactive nonmetal2 → #EBFF66 Note: test, contrasts

Corrosive nonmetal → #f0ff8f Note: abandoned
Other nonmetal 2013 → #a1ffb9 Note: abandoned, similar to current Other nonmetal category

Predicted, claimed (2017-2018)

See Legend testcases

primordial-2018 → 2px solid #6e6e8e
from decay-2018 → 2px dashed #6e6e8e
synthetic-2018 → 2px dotted #6e6e8e

Group A-B ranges (2017)

See Periodic table (group names) (/sbox edit diff /test | Source e Talk hist links # /subpages /doc) (Sep 2017)

AB-group A → #FFAFC6 Note: new set 2017
AB-group B → #AFE0FF Note: new set 2017
AB-group none → #FEFFAF Note: new set 2017

Wikilink blue

For testing purposes (e.g., contrast checks)

A wikilink → #0645ad Note: basic wl (help)
A wikilink visited → #0B0080 Note: wl, visited

Deprecated

Categoriews depr, before 2021

Alkali metal legacy → #ff6666 Note: deprecated on 1 December 2020 due to accessibility concerns
Rare earth metal → #Ffbffe Note: discussed, Nov/Dec 2013
Halogen 2010 → #Ffff99 Note: deprecated as a nonmetal category, later restored with identical color

Categories earlier developments

superactinide → #d1ddff Note: reserved for future use, but color is used directly on Extended periodic table
eka-superactinide → #c6dd9d Note: reserved for future use

Blocks

s-block legacy → #ff6699 Note: deprecated on 12 July 2014 to match outside sources
p-block legacy → #99ccff Note: deprecated on 12 July 2014 to match outside sources
d-block legacy → #ccff99 Note: deprecated on 12 July 2014 to match outside sources
f-block legacy → #66ffcc Note: deprecated on 12 July 2014 to match outside sources
g-block legacy → #ffcc66 Note: deprecated on 12 July 2014 to match outside sources

'Unknown' variants

Unk → #Ffffff Note: deprecated
Unknown (white) → #Ffffff Note: deprecated
X → #Ffffff Note: Deprecated, redireced to Unknown (white)
(See below) → #f8f8f8 Note: deprecated
Redirect → #c0c0c0
Unassessed → transparent

States of matter

A solid 2013 → #000000
A liquid 2013 → #008000
A gas 2013 → #ff0000
A unknown phase 2013 → #696969
A solid 2018a → #000000 Note: deprecated on 23 January 2021 due to accessibility concerns
A liquid 2018a → #007000 Note: deprecated on 23 January 2021 due to accessibility concerns
A gas 2018a → #cb0000 Note: deprecated on 23 January 2021 due to accessibility concerns
A unknown phase 2018a → #606060 Note: deprecated on 23 January 2021 due to accessibility concerns

Not defined

Do not use these color names. In general, it is advised to use a more specific, meaningful color name.

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
Disambig → #00fa9a Note: Not a legend color, unknown intention.
UnknownC → transparent Note: Unclear meaning. Redirected to Unknown phase
veryreactive → transparent Note: Testing or sandbox
Future → transparent

Tracking and warning

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Template data

This subtemplate should only be called from its parent template.

This is the TemplateData documentation for the template used by the new VisualEditor.

Element color/secondary

Template data

This template returns an RGB color number, for usage in css style setting (style="background:#ab23a6"). For certain input, a css fontcolor or border style is returned.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Color class name	`1`	Predefined class name to return its legend color Example s-block	String	required