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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 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions/Topographic_maps|topographic ones]], apply a transparancy of 40%.{{refnec}}

==Convention==
</noinclude>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:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Recommendations for map colours<includeonly> ([[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions/Exchanges_maps|see more]])</includeonly>
! width="10%"| Color
! Hex 
! width="12%"| RGB 
! Sample 
! Used for
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| Black || #000000 || 0, 0, 0 || style="background: #000000;" | &nbsp; || Primary label color
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| Brown || #A08070 || 160, 128, 112 || style="background: #A08070;" | &nbsp; || Political borders. Country, state, and province borders should be brown.
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| Light brown || #D0C0A0 || 208, 192, 160 || style="background: #D0C0A0;" | &nbsp; || Secondary political borders.
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| Light yellow || #FFFFD0 || 255, 255, 208 || style="background: #FFFFD0;" | &nbsp; || Primary territory of interest, or one of four choices for four-color maps.
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| Pink || #FFD0D0 || 255, 208, 208 || style="background: #FFD0D0;" | &nbsp; || Another color to be used for four-color maps.
|-
| Orange || #F8A20C || 248, 162, 12 || style="background: #F8A20C;" | &nbsp; || A third color to be used for four-color maps.
|-
| Green || #3CE67B || 60, 230, 123 || style="background: #3CE67B;" | &nbsp; || A fourth color to be used for four-color maps.
|-
| Light blue || #CEFEF2 || 206, 254, 242 || style="background: #CEFEF2;" | &nbsp; || An alternate color to be used for four-color maps.
|-
| Orange || #F7D3AA || 247, 211, 170 || style="background: #F7D3AA;" | &nbsp; || Alternative color for the above Tan (surrounding territories).
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| Medium blue || #9EC7F3 || 158, 199, 243 || style="background: #9EC7F3;" | &nbsp; || Bodies of water. Oceans or lakes.
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| Blue || #1821DE || 24, 33, 222 || style="background: #1821DE;" | &nbsp; || Water borders, if necessary. For lake or ocean borders that need a color contrasting with surrounding land, or for rivers.
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| Red || #B00000 || 176, 0, 0 || style="background: #B00000;" | &nbsp; || Points of interest. Cities, especially.
|-
| Red-orange || #F07568 || 240, 117, 104 || style="background: #F07568;" | &nbsp; || Alternative color for the above Red (points of interest).
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| Medium red || #E0584E || 224, 88, 78 || style="background: #E0584E;" | &nbsp; || Border color for areas highlighted in Red-orange
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| Green || #A0F090 || 160, 240, 144 || style="background: #A0F090;" | &nbsp; || Parks or natural preservation areas
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