This template in itself is not used. It acts as a container for specific colors:

This color code can be used to set a color in a periodic table.

Overview កែប្រែ

State of matter កែប្រែ

Metal–nonmetal categories កែប្រែ

Metal–nonmetal categories, reduced set កែប្រែ

Years and eras កែប្រែ

Blocks កែប្រែ

Note: use lowercase blocknames

In period 8, theoretical elements:

Numbers កែប្រែ

Used in: Valence (chemistry)#Maximum valences of the elements These colors correspond to the Alkali metal–noble gases range

"Unknown" variants កែប្រែ

Wikipedia article quality កែប្រែ

Used in: Wikipedia:WikiProject_Elements/Articles/Periodic_Table_by_Quality

Wikipedia article importance កែប្រែ

Color names កែប្រែ

Table background កែប្រែ

Notes:

  1. This table background template requires a parameter.
  2. Different from element cell backgrounds, they are not intended to be in a legend.

Usage:

  • {{Element color/Table|header}} → #e0e0e0
The parameter spec is also the first unnamed parameter:
  • {{Element color/Table|header}} → #e0e0e0


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, colh, rowh, subh #e8e8e8
mark #f0f0f0
background bg #f8f8f8 Also the default return value
border   #a9a9a9 Equals predefined color "grey"

The default value (returned when the first parameter is not recognised) is background:

  • {{Element color/Table|}} → #f8f8f8.
This default can be overridden by parameter:
  • {{Element color/Table|default=#a0f4c0}} → #f8f8f8

The return values are complete color values to be used as a CSS style, including the # but not the ; character.

Alternative: simple template {{element color|...}} កែប្រែ

All colors are also available via the simple template {{element color|...}}. That is, enter the nam as a parameter to the template:

The outcome (color id) is the same. The template is a bit more lax for the input (any capitalisation accepted, also singular accepted).

Deprecated or unknown meaning កែប្រែ

Do not use these color names. In general, it is advised to use a more specific, meaningfull color name. These color names are not used in main space, and most are redirected to an other color.

Colors hardcoded កែប្រែ

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

Infoboxes with hardcoded series color (header background color):

See also កែប្រែ