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Shows a legend row with a colored box.
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==Usage==
 <nowiki>{{</nowiki>legend|''background-color''|''caption''|outline=''outline color''|border=''css border''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>

*''background-color'' is passed to the [[Cascading Style Sheets|css]] background-color property of the color box.
*The optional ''outline'' parameter is the color of the outline around the box.
*The optional ''border'' argument which overrides the ''outline'' argument and sets the css description (e.g., <code>1px solid #aaa</code>) of the border that will be drawn around the box.

==Examples==
===Use in text===
 <nowiki>{{legend|black|Africa}}</nowiki>
 <nowiki>{{legend|green|Americas}}</nowiki>
 <nowiki>{{legend|blue|Oceania}}</nowiki>
 <nowiki>{{legend|#ffa|Europe|outline=silver}}</nowiki>
 <nowiki>{{legend|#ff2800|Asia|outline=#A2A9B1}}</nowiki>  <small><span style="color:gray">''(#A2A9B1 is the [[Help:Basic table markup|wikitables]] border color.)''</span></small>

{{legend|black|Africa}}
{{legend|green|Americas}}
{{legend|blue|Oceania}}
{{legend|#ffa|Europe|outline=silver}}
{{legend|#ff2800|Asia|outline=#A2A9B1}}

===Use in captions===
{{markup|<nowiki>
 [[File:Celts in Europe.png|upright=.9|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}}
 {{legend|#D2FFD2|Lusitanian area of Iberia, "Celticity" uncertain}}
 {{legend|yellow|The core Hallstatt territory, expansion before 500 BC}}
 ]]
</nowiki>|
[[File:Celts in Europe.png|upright=.9|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}}
{{legend|#D2FFD2|Lusitanian area of Iberia, "Celticity" uncertain}}
{{legend|yellow|The core Hallstatt territory, expansion before 500 BC}}]]
}}

=== Use with all parameters ===
<pre>
{{legend
| #ded <!--light green-->
| The meadow is green.
| outline   = #00e <!--blue >> will be not used because overridden by border-parameter-->
| border    = 2px solid #e00 <!--red-->
| textcolor = #00e <!--blue-->
| size      = 200%
| text      = green
}}
</pre>
{{legend
| #ded <!--light green-->
| The meadow is green.
| outline   = #00e <!--blue >> will be not used because overridden by border-parameter-->
| border    = 2px solid #e00 <!--red-->
| textcolor = #00e <!--blue-->
| size      = 200%
| text      = green
}}

==Full parameter list==
<pre>
{{legend
| [legend box's colo(u)r]
| [text following legend box]
| outline =   <!--colo(u)r of border around legend box-->
| border =    <!--use to specify custom CSS styling for border (overrides 'outline')-->
| textcolor = <!--colo(u)r of 'text'-->
| size =      <!--'text' font-size-->
| text =      <!--to place text inside the legend box-->
}}
</pre>

==Limitations==
Using certain special characters in {{para|text}} that have meaning in wikitext can cause unexpected results. To use {{asterisk}} in {{para|text}}, use {{para|text|{{tlf|asterisk}}}}. To use # in {{para|text}}, use {{para|text|{{tlf|number sign}}}}.

==See also==
*Variant blocks
**{{tl|legend striped}}, two colors, for striped color areas
**{{tl|legend inline}}, uses ''display:inline'' to avoid line breaks after each legend
**{{tl|legend0}}, without the line-feed
**{{tl|leftlegend}}, with text-align set to left
**{{tl|color box}} and {{tl|RouteBox}}, with text placed inside the colored legend and article linking
*{{tl|legend-line}}, legends for lines
*{{tl|image key}}, allows legend templates being used in image captions to use multiple columns

* [[Lists of colors]]
* [[Web colors]]
'''Templates that list colors'''
* {{tl|Colornames}}
* {{tl|X11 color chart}}
* {{tl|Web Colors}}

==TemplateData==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Color",
			"description": "The color for the legend entry, in any CSS format",
			"example": "\"#6D6E00\", \"#ffa\", \"yellow\"",
			"type": "line",
			"required": true
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Caption",
			"description": "Label for the legend entry",
			"example": "\"soda\" is most common",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"border": {
			"label": "CSS border style",
			"description": "CSS style for the legend entry's border",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"outline": {
			"label": "Entry outline",
			"description": "CSS color for the outline of the legend entry",
			"example": "silver",
			"type": "line"
		},
		"text": {
			"label": "Text in the entry",
			"description": "Text to be displayed in the legend entry box, i.e. within the color specified",
			"example": "Af",
			"type": "line"
		},
		"textcolor": {
			"label": "Text color",
			"description": "CSS color of text inside the legend's colored box",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"size": {
            "label": "Size",
			"description": "Font size of the legend entry, including colored box",
			"type": "string"
		}
	},
	"description": "Shows a legend row with a colored box and a caption."
}
</templatedata>

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