created: 20150221154058000
modified: 20220416090558106
tags: Macros [[Core Macros]]
title: colour Macro
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
caption: colour

The <<.def colour>> (or <<.def color>>) [[macro|Macros]] returns the [[CSS|Cascading Style Sheets]] value of one the colours in the current [[palette|ColourPalettes]].

If no such entry exists in the current palette, the system looks for a configuration tiddler with the title `$:/config/DefaultColourMappings/<palette>/<colour-name>` and transcludes the colour from the text field. If no such entry exists, the [[vanilla palette|$:/palettes/Vanilla]] is used instead. If no such entry exists in the vanilla palette, the system looks for a configuration tiddler with the title `$:/config/DefaultColourMappings/<colour-name>` and transcludes the colour from the text field. This enables to plugins to ship defaults for colours that are not present in the core palettes.

!! Parameters

;name
: The name of the palette entry, e.g. `page-background`

<<.macro-examples "colour">>