TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/concepts/ColourPalettes.tid

created: 20140216102454178
modified: 20230803045407958
tags: Concepts
title: ColourPalettes
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

A colour palette is a [[data tiddler|DataTiddlers]] that supplies a [[CSS|Cascading Style Sheets]] colour value, such as ''yellow'' or ''#fe0'', for each of several colour names, like this:

```
page-background: #fe0
table-border: #ccc
...
```

Several palettes form part of the core. The system tiddler [[$:/palette]] always contains the title of the currently selected palette tiddler. You can change a palette using the <<.icon $:/core/images/palette>> ''palette'' button, found on the "Tools" tab in the sidebar.

To retrieve the value of a named colour from the current palette, e.g. for use in a stylesheet tiddler, use the <<.mlink colour>> macro:

```
<<colour page-background>>
```

Palette tiddlers should have the following fields:

|!Name |!Value |
|title |Typically starting with `$:/` |
|type |`application/x-tiddler-dictionary` |
|tags |`$:/tags/Palette` |
|name |Displayed in the palette browser |
|description |Displayed in the palette browser |
|text |`name: value` colour definitions |
First pass at switchable colour palettes Fixes #410 Still some cleaning up to do, and we need a way for incomplete palettes to inherit from a base palette. 2014-02-17 12:09:10 +00:00			`created: 20140216102454178`
Merge PR #7661 2024-06-06 16:15:41 +00:00			`modified: 20230803045407958`
More reference docs mangling 2014-09-11 14:52:47 +00:00			`tags: Concepts`
First pass at switchable colour palettes Fixes #410 Still some cleaning up to do, and we need a way for incomplete palettes to inherit from a base palette. 2014-02-17 12:09:10 +00:00			`title: ColourPalettes`
			`type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki`

Merge PR #7661 2024-06-06 16:15:41 +00:00			`A colour palette is a [[data tiddler\|DataTiddlers]] that supplies a [[CSS\|Cascading Style Sheets]] colour value, such as ''yellow'' or ''#fe0'', for each of several colour names, like this:`
First pass at switchable colour palettes Fixes #410 Still some cleaning up to do, and we need a way for incomplete palettes to inherit from a base palette. 2014-02-17 12:09:10 +00:00
			```
Improvements to wording 2014-12-28 09:50:19 +00:00			`page-background: #fe0`
			`table-border: #ccc`
			`...`
First pass at switchable colour palettes Fixes #410 Still some cleaning up to do, and we need a way for incomplete palettes to inherit from a base palette. 2014-02-17 12:09:10 +00:00			```

Fix sizes of SVG icons in documentation Fixes #4153 2019-10-13 14:35:36 +00:00			`Several palettes form part of the core. The system tiddler [[$:/palette]] always contains the title of the currently selected palette tiddler. You can change a palette using the <<.icon $:/core/images/palette>> ''palette'' button, found on the "Tools" tab in the sidebar.`
Improvements to wording 2014-12-28 09:50:19 +00:00
Overhaul the macro and variable documentation #1519 2015-02-24 16:41:16 +00:00			`To retrieve the value of a named colour from the current palette, e.g. for use in a stylesheet tiddler, use the <<.mlink colour>> macro:`
First pass at switchable colour palettes Fixes #410 Still some cleaning up to do, and we need a way for incomplete palettes to inherit from a base palette. 2014-02-17 12:09:10 +00:00
			```
Improvements to wording 2014-12-28 09:50:19 +00:00			`<<colour page-background>>`
First pass at switchable colour palettes Fixes #410 Still some cleaning up to do, and we need a way for incomplete palettes to inherit from a base palette. 2014-02-17 12:09:10 +00:00			```

			`Palette tiddlers should have the following fields:`

Improvements to wording 2014-12-28 09:50:19 +00:00			`\|!Name \|!Value \|`
			\|title \|Typically starting with `$:/` \|
			\|type \|`application/x-tiddler-dictionary` \|
			\|tags \|`$:/tags/Palette` \|
Update ColourPalettes.tid (#2806) 2017-03-17 13:54:32 +00:00			`\|name \|Displayed in the palette browser \|`
Improvements to wording 2014-12-28 09:50:19 +00:00			`\|description \|Displayed in the palette browser \|`
			\|text \|`name: value` colour definitions \|