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== Purpose ==
{{tl | Font color }} is how you insert colorized text, such as
{{ font color | red | red }},
{{ font color | orange | orange }},
{{ font color | green | green }},
{{ font color | blue | blue | link = cat }} and
{{ font color | indigo | indigo }},
and [[Help:Color#Color generation guide|many others]].
You can specify its {{ font color | bg=yellow | fg=indigo | text=background }} color at the same time.
{{tl | Font color }} is also how you can color wikilinks
to something other than blue for when you need to work within background colors.
but here we use a {{tl | font color }} with {{para | link }} to create a black wikilink →
{{ font color | black | violet | link=yes | wikilink }}
You can make any text link to any page using the {{para|link}} parameter.
This template will use [[Wikipedia:HTML5]] recommendations,
inserting the span tags
{{tag|span|params=style="color:''color''"}} and
{{tag|span|params=style="background-color:''color''"}}, so the page increases its readability and usability in both the wikitext and the rendered page.
== Usage ==
{{tlf | Font color }} has a one-color and a two-color form:
: <kbd>{<nowiki/>{font color | ''color'' | ''text'' }}</kbd>
You can name <kbd>|fg=</kbd> or <kbd>|bg=</kbd>, which is nice, but...
if you name either of them, you must also name <kbd>|text=</kbd>, which is a compromise.
(See [[Help:Template#Parameters]] for why.)
Spacing is of no concern.
:<code>.</code><kbd>{<nowiki/>{font color|tan|green|text with four words}}</kbd><code>.</code> → <code>.</code>{{font color|tan|green|text with four words }}<code>.</code>
:<code>.</code><kbd> {<nowiki/>{font color|tan|green|text with four words}} </kbd><code>.</code> → <code>.</code> {{font color|tan|green|text with four words }} <code>.</code>
:<code>.</code><kbd> {<nowiki/>{ font color | tan | green | text with four words }} </kbd><code>.</code> → <code>.</code> {{ font color | tan | green | text with four words }} <code>.</code>
☒N{{ font color | green | violet | the [[Wikipedia:Example]] page}} → the Wikipedia:Example page (Text with [[wikilink brackets]] overrides the designated color)
☒N{{ font color | green | violet | [[Wikipedia:Exammple]] }} → the Wikipedia:Exammple page (Text with [[wikilink brackets]] overrides the designated color)
For actual mainspace template usage, here are search links for
