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

  • {{Element color|Alkali metal}}transparent
  • Some color codes are designed as fontcolor.
  • Some return values are designed as full border settings:
  • {{Element color|Synthetic}}2px dotted #6e6e8e

Note: the true code returned is like: #ffc0c0; (# being "#"). This way, any HTML page will not use "#" to start a numbered list.

style=color attribute value
In code: style="color:{{element color|gas}};"

State of matter (font color)

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  • A  Solid → transparent 
  • A  Liquid → transparent 
  • A  Gas → transparent 
  • A  Unknown phase → transparent 
style=border attribute value
In code: style="border:{{element color|synthetic}};"

Occurrence (cell border)

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  •    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 

Background color options

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style=background attribute value
In code: style="background:{{element color|alkali metals}};"

Metal–nonmetal categories

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  •    Alkali metals → transparent 
  •    Alkaline earth metals → transparent 
  •    Lanthanides → transparent 
  •    Actinide → transparent 
  •    Transition metal → transparent 
  •    Post-transition metal → transparent 
  •    Metalloid → transparent 
  •    Reactive nonmetal → transparent 
  •    Noble gas → transparent 
  •    Unknown chemical properties → transparent 

Standard atomic weight

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  •    saw-header → #b0e0e6 
  •    saw → #e1fcff 
  •    msi-header → #c3ffd8 
  •    msi → #e1ffec 
msi = most stable isotope
  •    Antiquity to Middle Ages → #ffb9b9 
  •    Before 1800 → #dfcdff 
  •    1800-1849 → #cbffb9 
  •    1850-1899 → #b9ffe4 
  •    1900-1949 → #ffe2b9 
  •    1950-1999 → #fff6b9 
  •    2000-present → #ffb9ef 

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

  •    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 

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 
  •    unknown valence → #ededed 

Metalloid cite classes

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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

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


Usable in mainspace

  •    Unknown → #ffffff Note: Deprecated, too generic
  •    White → #ffffff 
  •    Unknown chemical properties → transparent  -- Category
  • A  Unknown phase → transparent  --SoM
  •    Undiscovered → 2px solid transparent Note: Border -- Occurrence
  •    none → 2px solid transparent Note: Border -- Occurrence

Wikipedia article quality

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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 → #bcff66 Note: Formal color is #b2ff66
  •    aq-C → #ffff66 
  •    aq-Start → #ffaa66 
  •    aq-Stub → #ff6666 

Wikipedia article importance

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  •    imp-Top → #ff00ff 
  •    imp-High → #ff88ff 
  •    imp-Mid → #ffbbff 
  •    imp-Low → #ffddff 
  •    imp-??? → #f8f9fa 
  •    imp-n/a → #f5f5f5 
  •    Black → #000000 
  •    White → #ffffff 
  •    blue → #0000ff 
  •    green → #008000 
  •    red → #ff0000 
  •    yellow → #ffff00 
  •    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 #e8e8e8
mark #f0f0f0
background bg #f8f8f8 Also the default return value
border   #a9a9a9 Equals predefined color "grey"

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


This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Element color in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Element color

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

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Color class name1

Predefined class name to return its legend color

Example
alkali metal
Stringrequired

Deprecated and experimental parameters

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Those not for mainspace are kept in {{Element color/secondary}}