Template:Element color/secondary

transparent

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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

Categories

Deprecated per Januari 2021

usually, block color set is used instead

   alkali metals → #ff9d9d 

   alkaline earth metals → #ffdead 

   lanthanides → #ffbfff 

   actinides → #ff99cc 

   transition metals → #ffc0c0 

   posttransition metals → #cccccc 

   other metals → #cccccc 

   metalloids → #cccc99 

   reactive nonmetals → #f0ff8f 

   other nonmetals → #a0ffa0 

   halogens → #ffff99 

   noble gases → #c0ffff 

   unknown chemical properties → #e8e8e8 Note: unknownchemicalproperty, unknownchemicalproperties, unknownproperty, unknownproperties

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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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

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