Template:Period color/sandbox
 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Period color (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
Usage change
Returns the correct colour for a geological period. Currently requires expansion to work with all periods.
The colours originally used the World Geological Map (Paris) colours, the global standard used at by the international commission for stratigraphy.
The rgb values in this chart were originally generated using Ogg's free TS creator to generate a chart, saved as an .svg, opened with Inkscape.
The template has been updated to use the values stated at https://engineering.purdue.edu/Stratigraphy/charts/RGB.pdf. Please be careful not to leave any spaces in the rgb() declaration when editing this template.
Spacing change
When changing this template.
- Do not space for Supereon (geology)
- 1 space for Eon
- 2 spaces for Era
- 3 spaces for Period (geology)
- 4 spaces for Epoch (geology)
- 5 spaces for Stage (Geology)
How to use this template on a page change
Example 1:
|{{period color|archaean}}
Makes this:
Example 2:
| style="background:{{period color|archaean}}" | Archaean
Makes this:
| Period name and color |
|---|
| Archaean |
"Templates & Tables"
Example 3:
<span style="background:{{period color|archaean}};padding:1px;">Archaean</span>
Makes this:
Archaean
"Plain text (padding)"