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== Existing Color Schemes ==
 
== Existing Color Schemes ==
  
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<td></td>
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<th></th>
<td>1st Tone</td>
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<th>1st Tone</th>
<td>2nd Tone</td>
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<th>2nd Tone</th>
<td>3rd Tone</td>
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<th>3rd Tone</th>
<td>4th Tone</td>
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<th>4th Tone</th>
<td>Neutral Tone</td>
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<th>Neutral Tone</th>
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<td>Dummit</td>
 
<td>Dummit</td>
<td>red</td>
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<td style="background-color:red">red</td>
<td>orange</td>
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<td style="background-color:orange">orange</td>
<td>green</td>
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<td style="background-color:green">green</td>
<td>light blue</td>
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<td style="background-color:LightSkyBlue">light blue</td>
 
<td>(none)</td>
 
<td>(none)</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
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<td>Pleco</td>
 
<td>Pleco</td>
<td>red</td>
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<td style="background-color:red">red</td>
<td>green</td>
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<td style="background-color:green">green</td>
<td>blue</td>
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<td style="background-color:blue">blue</td>
<td>purple</td>
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<td style="background-color:purple">purple</td>
<td>gray</td>
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<td style="background-color:gray">gray</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>Sinosplice</td>
 
<td>Sinosplice</td>
<td>orange</td>
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<td style="background-color:orange">orange</td>
<td>green</td>
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<td style="background-color:green">green</td>
<td>blue</td>
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<td style="background-color:blue">blue</td>
<td>red</td>
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<td style="background-color:red">red</td>
<td>gray</td>
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<td style="background-color:gray">gray</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
<tr>
 
<td>Hanping</td>
 
<td>Hanping</td>
<td>light blue</td>
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<td style="background-color:LightSkyBlue">light blue</td>
<td>green</td>
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<td style="background-color:green">green</td>
<td>orange</td>
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<td style="background-color:orange">orange</td>
<td>red</td>
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<td style="background-color:red">red</td>
<td>gray</td>
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<td style="background-color:gray">gray</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
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<td>MDBG</td>
 
<td>MDBG</td>
<td>red</td>
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<td style="background-color:red">red</td>
<td>orange</td>
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<td style="background-color:orange">orange</td>
<td>green</td>
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<td style="background-color:green">green</td>
<td>blue</td>
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<td style="background-color:blue">blue</td>
<td>black</td>
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<td style="background-color:black">black</td>
 
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Latest revision as of 01:40, 9 December 2015

Many electronic dictionaries color-code characters according to their tones. The jury is still out on how helpful this really is, but there are a number of different color schemes to choose from.

The Concept

Research

Existing Color Schemes

1st Tone 2nd Tone 3rd Tone 4th Tone Neutral Tone
Dummit red orange green light blue (none)
Pleco red green blue purple gray
Sinosplice orange green blue red gray
Hanping light blue green orange red gray
MDBG red orange green blue black

Sources and further reading

Books

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