Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Exchanges maps

This page provide conventions for wiki area maps, to display complex area maps : with several area, and respective labels.

If you use these conventions to completing background such as topographic ones, apply a transparancy of 40%.^{[citation needed]}

Convention

The goal of a free, on-line encyclopedia is furthered when maps are properly designed with a clear, consistent look and feel. The following are the suggested standard colours for maps:

Recommendations for map colours
Colour	Colorimetry ( hex / RGB )	Used for
Black	#000000 R:0 G:0 B:0	Primary label colour
Brown	#A08070 R:160 G:128 B:112	Political borders. Country, state, and province borders should be brown.
Light brown	#D0C0A0 R:208 G:192 B:160	Secondary political borders. Cities, counties, districts, etc.
Light yellow	#FFFFD0 R:255 G:255 B:208	Primary territory of interest, or one of four choices for four-colour maps.
Pink	#FFD0D0 R:255 G:208 B:208	Another colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Orange	#F8A20C R:248 G:162 B:12	A third colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Green	#3CE67B R:60 G:230 B:123	A fourth colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Light blue	#CEFEF2 R:206 G:254 B:242	An alternate colour to be used for four-colour maps.
Orange	#F7D3AA R:247 G:211 B:170	Alternative colour for the above tan (surrounding territories).
Medm blue	#9EC7F3 R:158 G:199 B:243	Bodies of water. Oceans, lakes, wide rivers.
Blue	#1821DE R:24 G:33 B:222	Water borders, if necessary. For lake or ocean borders that need a colour contrasting with surrounding land, or for rivers.
Red	#B00000 R:176 G:0 B:0	Points of interest, especially cities.
Red-orange	#F07568 R:240 G:117 B:104	Alternative colour for the above red (points of interest).
Medium red	#E0584E R:224 G:88 B:78	Border colour for areas highlighted in red-orange
Green	#A0F090 R:160 G:240 B:144	Parks or natural preservation areas

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