Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Conventions/Area 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%.

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		Label colour
Brown	#A08070 R:160 G:128 B:112		Political borders. Country, state, and province borders.
Light brown	#D0C0A0 R:208 G:192 B:160		Secondary political borders.
Light yellow	#FFFFD0 R:255 G:255 B:208		Territory of interest (or one of four choices for four-colour maps).
Orange	#F7D3AA R:247 G:211 B:170		Surrounding territories.
Medm blue	#9EC7F3 R:158 G:199 B:243		Bodies of water, oceans or lakes.
Blue	#1821DE R:24 G:33 B:222		Water borders, if necessary : lake or ocean coasts, rivers.
Red	#B00000 R:176 G:0 B:0		Points of interest. Cities, especially.
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
Light blue	#CEFEF2 R:206 G:254 B:242		An alternate color to be used 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.

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