Template:Background color/doc

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{{Background color|<color>|<text>}}

Web colors provides a list of colors which can be used. Simple colors, like black, blue, red, green, etc. can just be spelled out. Alternatively, colors can be specified using either RGB or hex notation.

• {{Background color|red|Hello, world!}} results in Hello, world!
• {{Background color|green|Hello, world!}} results in Hello, world!

• Category:Pages using Template:Background color with invalid color combination (246)

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