Editing Card colors

''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' cards in the ''[[OCG]]'', ''[[TCG]]'', and various [[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Anime|anime series]], except in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime)|Toei anime series]], are categorized according to the color of the card's frame (the background upon which the text, artwork, and various icons are overlaid). There are 13 colors used in total (though the dark gray of [[Dark Synchro Monster]]s only appears in the anime): various types of [[Monster Card]]s, as well as the non-legal [[Egyptian God]]s and the anime versions of the "[[Legendary Dragon]]s", use 11 colors, and [[Spell Card|Spell]] and [[Trap Card|Trap]] Cards use one color each. In addition, the card's name is also colored: most categories of cards use black text, but white text is used on Dark Synchro, [[Xyz Monster|Xyz]] (including Xyz [[Pendulum Monster]]s), and [[Link Monster|Link]] Monsters and on Spell and Trap Cards, to ensure enough contrast for the name to be readable.

Cards in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Manga|manga series]] have black text on a white frame, regardless of the card's category; this is true even for cards shown on the covers of volumes or in full-color pages.<!-- I confirmed this for all covers, but it needs explicitly confirmed for full-color pages too -->

Older video games usually do not distinguish [[Ritual Monster]]s from [[Normal Monster|Normal]] or [[Effect Monster|Effect]] Monsters, but do distinguish [[Ritual Card]]s from other Spell Cards, giving them the blue frame color used elsewhere for the monsters themselves.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="row" | Color
! scope="row" | Card type
|-
| style="background: #F00;"    | Red    || "[[Slifer the Sky Dragon (original)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]"<ref group="N" name="gc">Only the non-legal version.</ref>
|-
| style="background: #FF8B53;" | Orange	|| [[Effect Monster]]s<ref group="N">Effect Monsters that are also another monster type (for example, Synchro/Effect) use the color of the other type instead of the Effect Monster color.</ref>
|-
| style="background: #FDE68A;" | Yellow	|| [[Normal Monster]]s / "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (original)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]"<ref group="N" name="gc" />
|-
| style="background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(255,255,255,0) 35%, #1D9E74 65%); background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255,255,255,0) 35%, #1D9E74 65%);" | Green || [[Pendulum Monster]]s<ref group="N">Pendulum Monsters, because they are effectively a combination of another monster type and a Spell Card, use a vertical gradient that fades from the other monster type's card color to the green color used for Spell Cards.</ref>
|-
| style="background: #1D9E74; color: #FFF;" | Green	|| [[Spell Card]]s
|-
| style="background: #9DB5CC;" | Light Blue || [[Ritual Monster]]s / "[[Legendary Dragon]]s"<ref group="N" name="anime">Only in the anime.</ref> / "[[Obelisk the Tormentor (original)|Obelisk the Tormentor]]"<ref group="N" name="gc" /> / [[Ritual Card]]s<ref group="N">Only in certain video games.</ref> 
|-
| style="background: #0000FF; color:#FFF;" | Dark Blue|| [[Link Monster]]s
|-
| style="background: #A086B7;" | Violet	|| [[Fusion Monster]]s
|-
| style="background: #BC5A84; color: #FFF;" | Purple	|| [[Trap Card]]s
|-
| style="background: #CCCCCC;" | White	|| [[Synchro Monster]]s
|-
| style="background: #C0C0C0;" | Gray	|| [[Token Monster]]s / [[Counter]]s
|-
| style="background: #555; color: #FFF;" | Dark Grey|| [[Dark Synchro Monster]]s<ref group="N" name="anime" />
|-
| style="background: #000; color: #FFF;" | Black || [[Xyz Monster]]s
|-
|}

== Notes ==
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