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User:Jesus Presley/sandbox/Version Color Scheme

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Result of my research below

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Suggested standard scheme (complete)
Colour Meaning
Pink #FFC0CB Old test release; unsupported
Red salmon Old release; no longer supported
Yellow khaki Older release; still supported
Green #A0E75A Current release
Blue skyBlue Future release
Gold gold Current test release
Purple Plum Future test release
Suggested standard scheme (only major version stages)
Colour Meaning
Red #FF8E82 Old release; no longer supported
Yellow #FCED77 Older release; still supported
Green #A0E75A Current release
Purple #E6A7E6 Preview or beta release
Blue skyBlue Future release or developer version

Different color schemes across en:WP

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Summary of the colors used in Version history tables

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As of Nov. 2012. No unified palette is used, some colors mark different release stages, which is confusing (Purple: test release or future release?)

Collected colors
Colour Meaning
Red salmon Former release; no longer supported
Grey silver Obsolete
Pink #ffc0cb Former test release
Pink pink Former test release
Pink Old test release; unsupported
Yellow khaki Former release; still supported
Green #a0e75a Current supported release
Blue skyBlue Future release
Gold gold Current test release
Purple #d6b4f1 Future test release
Purple Plum Future test release
Red #FA8072 Old release; unsupported
Orange #FFA500 Old release; extended support only
Yellow #F0E68C Old release; supported
Green #A0E75A Current release
Purple #D6B4F1 Test release
Blue #87CEEB Future release
Red #fa8072 Prior version outside of Regular Life Cycle
Pink/Beige #ffdead Discontinued
Green #33DD44 Current
Blue #2fc0ff Beta
Purple Plum Future Release
Yellow #f0e68c Prior version with varying degrees of support
Green #A0E75A Current version
Blue #87ceeb Future version
Blue lightblue Beta release
Purple #d6b4f1 Dev release

Collected info from random software pages

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Colour Meaning
Red Former release; no longer supported
Pink Former test release
Yellow Former release; still supported
Green Current supported release
Blue Future release
Gold Current test release
Purple Future test release
Color Meaning
Red Former release; no longer supported
Yellow Former release; still supported
Green Current supported release
Blue Future release
Color Meaning
Red Former release; no longer supported
Pink Former test release
Yellow Former release; still supported
Green Current supported release
Blue Future release
Gold Current test release
Purple Future test release
Color Meaning
Pink Old test release; unsupported
Red Old release; unsupported
Orange Old release; extended support only
Yellow Old release; supported
Green Current release
Purple Test release
Blue Future release
Color Meaning
Red Old release
Green Stable release
Blue Beta release
Purple Dev release
  Prior version outside of Regular Life Cycle
  Prior version with varying degrees of support
  Current version
  Future version
Color Meaning
Red Release no longer supported
Green Release still supported
Blue Future release


No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.

Color Meaning
Red Release no longer supported
Green Current release
Blue Future release
Gray Skipped release

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.

Color Meaning
Red Pre-release beta versions
Green Supported stable branch
Blue Future versions

Not used

Colour Meaning
Red Release no longer supported
Green Release still supported
Blue Future release

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.

Release no longer supported Release still supported Future release
Obsolete Discontinued Current Beta Future Release
Obsolete Discontinued Current Beta

No colors used, no information about supported or future releases.