Template:ColorString

This template creates one or more color boxes or lines, together by a text string which may contain also wikilinks.

It can be transcluded with Legtab, Leglin, Colorstring, and also by Image generation with the parameter |cb=

• The parameter |cb= needs a slash-separated sub-parameter sequence,
• the other templates can be provided with either pipe-separated or slash-separated parameters.

The template has either only one unnamed parameter, a string of possible subparameters separated by slashes,
or unnamed parameters separated by pipes; in both cases an unlimited number of (sub)parameters can be specified.

Subparameters

are either pairs of colorcode and text, or just the colorcodes. Each valid color code (CSS color names, hex triplet, tincture names) can be used.
The text can be also wiki-formatted, e.g. a link.
In any case, the parameter sequence can start with an optional pair of control codes preceding the parameter string;
they are also slash/pipe-separated, e.g. "-/-", specifying

• the possibility to create a field name, when used within |other fields 1 or |other fields
• the layout of the color box[es] or color line[s].

The first control code may be (see Igen/cbox)

• "-" or missing: default;
• " " requesting the generation of a field name
• "e" only when the second code is "T": an "e" will display a bordered example of the file

The second control code specifies

• a " " or missing for {{Legend}} or {{Legtab}} with parameter pairs,
• a "C" for {{Legend}} but Text "Colors" with parameter pairs,
• a "D" for {{ColorBox}} with (tincture) parameter pairs,
• a "M" or "-" for {{Legend-small}} with parameter pairs,
• a "T" for template:{{Tbc}} always with parameter pairs,
• a "B" for {{ColorBox}} with single parameter values WWWWWW "B" is usable for non-standard tinctures
• a "L" for {{Legend}} with single parameter values, ¹)
• a "S" for {{Legend-small}} with single parameter values.

¹) the "L" possibility exists just for completion – normally a "Legend" without an explaining second value will not be useful.

When parameter lists of pairs ("", " ", "C", "D", "-", "M", "T") should contain an URL address
in the second parameter, that is only possible with a parameter list separated by pipes "|"
(otherwise the slashes in the URL address would disturb a slash-separated parameter list).

Whenever possible, the boxes are tooltipped.

In a Legend with parameter pairs ("", " ", "C", "-", "M")

• Legend-lines can be drawn, by just expanding the color value e.g. #030 to #030 dashed 2px
• a workaround exists for striped and bordered boxes, by an extension of the the first parameter:

• the color value is preceded by a sequence of one character and ")", e.g. "6)" for SVGstripes6.svg: 

000 ■ 2 spaces: the CSS code for the line, e.g. "#F00 solid 2px":

line

000 ■ 3 spaces: the color value is followed by a space and the CSS code for the border, e.g. "#FF0 #F00 2px dotted":

bordered legend

000 ■ 4 spaces: the color value is followed by two spaces and the CSS code for the line, e.g. "#FF0  3px dashed red":

line wth background

• the second parameter, the descriptional text, can be ("", " ", "=", "#", "<"); then the first parameters color is used:
• empty or =: the first value will be displayed.
• # like = but when the first value is a color name, its code becomes displayed
• < like # but the code display is teletyped

Examples

See there an example with many colors. See there examples for Tbc parametrizing.

This parameter string...	...yields:
#FF0	#FF0
/B/vert/#396	vert#396
/D/#BC3F4A/sanguine</small>	sanguine
lime/{{W|green}} /#0f47af/azure /#DA121A/gules /#999/{{Wf|cendrée}}	green   azure   gules   cendrée
with hex codes (and pipes): -|S|#000|#00f|#F0F|#396	#000   #00f   #F0F   #396
with the (full!) tincture names: argent//argent-d//or// azure//carnation//céleste// cendrée//gules//naranja// purpure//sable//tawny//vert //invisible	argent   argent-d   or   azure   carnation   céleste   cendrée   gules   naranja   purpure   sable   tawny   vert   transparent
with exotic tincture names /L/brunâtre/murrey/ orange_t/sanguine	brunâtre   murrey   orange_t   sanguine
with the CSS color names: /S/black/silver/maroon/red/ green/lime/olive/yellow/ navy/blue/purple/fuchsia/ teal/aqua/gray/olivedrab/ azure_CSS	black   silver   maroon   red   green   lime   olive   yellow   navy   blue   purple   fuchsia   teal   aqua   gray   olivedrab   azure_CSS
with URI addresses and other links |M|Peru|{{W|Peru}} article |plum|{{Plainlinks|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum|Plum}} URI |crimson	Peru article   Plum URI   crimson
striped legend (see the "striped" description) this example with second parameter empty or space/ /0)#000/ /1)#900/ /2)#369/ /3)wmg/	#000 #900 #369 wmg
{{Legend-line}}s within a legend table: //#DA2/desert/#03C solid 3px /stream/#030 dashed 2px/border /G)#8CF/glacier (precede with two slashes to set the lines width)	desert  stream  border glacier
{{Legend-line}}s and small legends: /-/#D00/area 1/#F00 solid 3px /line 1/#0CC/area 2/#030 dotted 3px/line 2 (precede with /-/ or /M/ to set the small width)	area 1  line 1   area 2  line 2
Bordered Legends: /#F00 #030 dotted 3px/dotted border /1)blue solid 1px red/solid border /#FFF 7px #000 solid/fat border	dotted border solid border   fat border
An example for same-colored borders: /lime lime solid 1px/ /orchid orchid solid 1px/ /gules gules solid 1px/ /navy #000080 solid 3px/dark blue	lime   orchid   gules   dark blue