Template talk:Australian politics/party colours

One Nation colour

I am very happy to work towards a colour here that works for all. My main concern is that the colour is sufficiently different from the Democrats' colour (and also ideally from NXT, although that's less important). I personally think the brownish colour isn't bad as many media outlets have used brown to identify One Nation for years, although I am fine if someone more skilled than I wants to make it slightly less brown. Frickeg (talk) 05:51, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Democrats colour	Colour I changed from	Current colour

The colour you've assigned to the right-wing party Pauline Hanson's One Nation is very similar to that assigned to the centre-left Australian Labor Party as well as those assigned to the various left-wing socialist parties on the list. I doubt any of the latter would consider it appropriate to assign One Nation a similar shade to their own parties, as though they were somehow related.

Why not use the partys' colours as listed on each party's main Wiki pages instead? They're these:

Democrats	One Nation

If those colours are already assigned to another party, at the very least shouldn't a similar shade be used rather than one chiefly associated with a group of political factions it disagrees with?

1.127.110.76 (talk) 19:21, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

1943 Liberal Democrat vs Liberal Democratic Party vs Libertarian Party

@Frickeg when editing to make the LDP colour different from the Libertarian Party colour, I included the other line for Liberal Democrat (not realising it was different); @Frickeg reverted the changes to keep the 1943 party separate, but that inadvertently makes it once again the same as Libertarian. I have re-edited to make all three parties different. Hope that is okay. Sgryphon (talk) 11:04, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Sustainable Australia

Is there a reason why they currently use dark green as their Wikipedia colour? Their website, their logo, and the main colour they use in backgrounds is dark blue. Catiline52 (talk) 07:30, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

So here's the thing with this. These colours do not need to be, and often should not be, the exact colour that the party uses. Colours have implications in politics, and we also have to keep in mind that we are using them here as distinguishing features so they need to be adequately different from each other (see the One Nation discussion above).

Sustainable Australia's colour is green because their main focus is environmental. The specific shade was chosen to ensure that it is sufficiently distinct from the Nationals and the Greens. Blue is the colour of conservatism, and that has nothing to do with this particular party. Furthermore, especially with micro parties, the colours they use are so poorly known (and may even change between elections - see, for example, this very party's branding back in 2010) that it is far more important to convey information with the colour than to match the colour they currently use.

So consider this a protest against the recent trend, generally undiscussed, towards matching colours exactly with a party's current branding. These colours are primarily about improving readability, and that should come first. Frickeg (talk) 10:47, 24 July 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 March 2022

Add the following colour for Fusion Party (Australia). Colour is on the first listed on the wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_Party_(Australia) Afinno (talk) 10:14, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

i.e. Please add colour #9A94E7 as the colour for Fusion Party Australia. Afinno (talk) 10:31, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done Find bruce (talk) 23:34, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Teal Independents

Despite the name the Teal Independents aren't usually represented with teal but with the same colour as other independents. Could someone fix that for me? Micmicm (talk) 09:30, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 31 October 2022

Add line for Freedom Party of Victoria as follows: |freedom party of victoria=#800000. Colour taken from party website 180.150.36.68 (talk) 06:48, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: It's already there as freedom=#9E0000, which is the shade of blue shown on Freedom Party of Victoria. 3mi1y (talk) 07:38, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 March 2023 (2)

Australian Federation Party

Please delete colour 538A2E

Please add colour E3A02D Glennstapo (talk) 18:08, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

 Done Thanks! Have confirmed this colour is the colour used on Australian Federation Party, so making the substitution here. Lizthegrey (talk) 18:16, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Animal Justice Party

Should the AJP's colour be changed from #A22C2E to #5C2C86? This is the colour they've started using since late last year - other media also now using it

https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/

(see all parties): https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/results/party-totals

Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk) 06:12, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 5 February 2024

I wish to have an "Independent United Australia" for the current United Australia Party (formerly Palmer United) option added to the list of colours/styles as there are Council candidates running who are members of the UAP and as such should be listed as Independent United Australia with the correct colour and a link to the Party page. Comfisofa (talk) 05:41, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Shadow311 (talk) 19:43, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Free Trade Party & Anti-Socialist Party Colour

As far as I can tell, these party colours were implemented many years ago, when having maps was less of a concern. With the recent addition of maps for early Australian elections, I feel that the garish green colours have readability issues for maps. The difference can be seen here for the 1901 Election and the 1906 election. The first of which uses the proposed colour, and the second uses the current colour.

Furthermore, as a liberal party that was focused on the issues of free trade, a yellow colour, which is associated with liberalism, would fit this party well. The period in which these two parties were active (1887-1909) would mean that there would be no confusion with other parties that would have similar colours (The Democrats, Democratic Labour Party) due to those coming much later than these two parties. I've displayed the proposed colour below.

Free Trade, Independent Free Trade, Anti-socialist & Independent Anti-socialist:

Current colour	Proposed colour

Proposed changes:
|free trade|anti-socialist=#BFFF00 -> |free trade|anti-socialist=#FFD425
|independent anti-socialist=#BFFF00 -> |independent anti-socialist=#FFD425
|independent free trade=#BFFF00 -> |independent free trade=#FFD425

MsCosmicAsh (talk) 16:21, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Colours for National Party (Queensland, 1917), Queensland United Party, and Civic Reform

Currently the Queensland United Party and National Party are listed with different colours (#87CEEB and #6495ED respectively), despite being the same party (the National Party in Queensland having renamed itself to the United Party in 1923). As #6495ED is used for other Nationalist parties, the United Party colour should be changed to be consistent with this.

Additionally, as the Civic Reform League that contested Brisbane City Council elections was not the successor to the National Party/United Party (this being the National Citizens Party), 'civic reform qld' should not share the #6495ED. Though separate from the Civic Reform Association that formed in Sydney, the colour used for this party (#00A2FF) could be used.

United Party	National Party

Proposed changes:
|united=#87CEEB -> |united=#6495ED
|civic reform qld=#6495ED -> |civic reform qld=#00A2FF

Baker235 (talk) 02:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Color for Australian Citizens Party

I implemented an edit request to change the color of the Australian Citizens Party from a color not associated with the party to the dominant color used in their logo and web site, but the edit was reverted for some reason. My edit summary, which I thought explained what I was doing, was "Change ACP to match an eyedropper extract of their logo at Australian Citizens Party and https://citizensparty.org.au/who-are-citizens-party-and-what-have-they-ever-done-you". The reverting edit summary was "the party colour on here doesn't need to be an exact copy of the official logo (see also Sustainable Australia)". When I look at that party's article, I see navy blue, the color of their logo and web site, as one of the two colors used.

Totallynotarandomalt69, can you please explain why this color (a sort of green-brown) is more appropriate than this color (a blue that matches the logo and the web site)? Thanks in advance. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:53, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Made the revert because the ACP, while having blue as a main colour, also obviously uses yellow a fair bit and that green-ish colour seems like an appropriate mix

The reference to Sustainable Australia was because the colour used in election results showing them is a green that I don't think is their primary colour (see the Sustainable Australia discussion on this page, where the point that "these colours are primarily about improving readability" makes sense to me

The Fusion Party for instance also has a primary colour on here while their logo and branding uses dozens, but it works well for readability

I'm not particularly fussed about this and honestly don't mind, and I get your reasoning, but I'm not sure every single party should be exact with their logo as a set standard (otherwise all the Labor and Greens colours would have to be changed slightly as well) Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk) 03:09, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

I think I should chime in as I am the one who requested the edit.

I understand the point you are making @Totallynotarandomalt69 and I acknowledge the need for ensuring readability.

My reasoning was that the green-brown (#4A412A) has no connection to the ACP’s branding, which is primarily blue and yellow as seen on their logo and website (https://citizensparty.org.au). I think that the blue (#18498C) I proposed is distinct enough from other party blue colours like the Liberal Party’s blue. I also saw that parties such as Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Libertarian Party (Australia), Animal Justice Party, Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia and others have 2 or more colours listed on their main pages which reflects their branding.

I have thought of 4 things we could try:

1. If there’s a concern about readability, I’d be open to a slightly adjusted blue shade that still reflects the ACP’s identity
2. Keeping the current "green-brown" colour if other people think it is more appropriate.
3. We could also make the yellow colour the primary colour instead
4. Or we could keep the "green-brown" colour but remove it from the party's page and instead use the blue colour in the blue square, next to the yellow one.

NoBudee (talk) 03:36, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

I’d also be absolutely open to a different shade of blue, I’d be against making yellow the primary colour and I wouldn’t oppose making the actual infobox colour boxes yellow and blue (since the customary Wikipedia colour is the green-brown, not official), similar to how the Christian Democratic Party (Australia) page does it Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk) 03:59, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

Okay, I will take the liberty of implementing option 4 for now. I would still like input from other editors on the best course of action. NoBudee (talk) 04:07, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

The purpose of colours on this template is to distinguish political parties from each other, not to match exactly the colour(s) used on the party's logo at a given point. Given have a surplus of parties using various shades of blue and the olive green colour has been in use on Wikipedia for the CEC/Citizens Party for decades, I would support keeping the green. I T B F 📢 03:39, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

I'll leave you folks to it, then. I don't follow this logic at all. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:54, 21 April 2025 (UTC)