Template:Legend

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Shows a legend row with a colored box.

Usage

{{legend|color|label|outline = outline color}}

or

{{legend|color|label|border = CSS border}}

where

• color is the background color of the legend row box;
• label is the label text of the legend row box;
• either [optional]

• outline [optional] is the color of the outline around the box;
• border [optional] if you need to customize the border further, which overrides the outline argument and sets the CSS description (e.g. 1px solid #aaa) of the border that will be drawn around the box.

Examples

Use in text

: {{legend|black|Africa}}
: {{legend|green|Americas}}
: {{legend|blue|Oceania}}
: {{legend|#ffa|Europe|outline=silver}}
: {{legend|#ff2800|Asia}}

gives

  Africa

  Americas

  Oceania

  Europe

  Asia

Use in a caption

[[Image:Celts in Europe.png|200px|thumb|right|The Celts in Europe, past and present: 
{{legend|#1a8000|present-day Celtic-speaking areas}}
{{legend|#27c600|other parts of the six most commonly recognized 'Celtic nations' and where a Celtic language is spoken but not the dominating language}}
{{legend|#97ffb6|other parts of Europe once peopled by Celts; modern-day inhabitants of many of these areas often claim a Celtic heritage and/or culture}}]]

gives

File:Celts in Europe.png

The Celts in Europe, past and present:

  present-day Celtic-speaking areas

  other parts of the six most commonly recognized 'Celtic nations' and where a Celtic language is spoken but not the dominating language

  other parts of Europe once peopled by Celts; modern-day inhabitants of many of these areas often claim a Celtic heritage and/or culture

See also

• For a version of this template using display: inline to avoid line breaks after each legend, see {{legend inline}}.
• For a version of this template without block formatting, see {{legend2}}.
• For legend rows representing lines, see {{legend-line}}.