Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability/Color

Some general rules should never change, for consistency's sake.

• blue text = link to existing page
• red text = link to not existing page (only occurs for "discussion")
• black bold text (where a link would be fitting) = self link

Thus overriding a link color, especially to red, is confusing and should be avoided.

Be careful with colors, and especially contrast:

• Be aware of the contrast of both plain text and the blue link text with the background color and avoid clashes where possible (such as blue writing on a red background).
• If an article overuses colors, add a tag to the top of the article: {{Overcolored}}