This is an auxiliary template to standardize colors used in New York City Subway articles and templates. On blank or invalid input, the template defaults to black.

In order to call a line's color, the code #{{NYCS color|color}} is used (where color is replaced by the actual color name, line number or letter, or name). Note that this template is not case sensitive: i.e. {{NYCS color|RED}} produces the same result as {{NYCS color|red}}.

Argument Color Associated trunk line Alternate inputs
{{NYCS color|yellow}} Sample:   fccc0a Broadway (BMT) N / Q / R / W / BMT Broadway
{{NYCS color|red}} Sample:   ee352e Broadway – Seventh Avenue 1 / 2 / 3 / IRT Broadway / Seventh
{{NYCS color|gray}} Sample:   a7a9ac Canarsie L / Canarsie
{{NYCS color|lightgreen}} Sample:   6cbe45 Crosstown G / Crosstown
{{NYCS color|blue}} Sample:   0039a6 Eighth Avenue A / C / E / Eighth
{{NYCS color|purple}} Sample:   b933ad Flushing 7 / 7d / Flushing
{{NYCS color|green}} Sample:   00933c Lexington Avenue 4 / 5 / 6 / 6d / Lexington
{{NYCS color|brown}} Sample:   996633 Nassau Street J / Z / Nassau
{{NYCS color|darkgray}} Sample:   808183 Shuttles H / S / 0 / 42nd / Franklin / Rockaway / Shuttle
{{NYCS color|orange}} Sample:   ff6319 Sixth Avenue B / D / F / M / Sixth
{{NYCS color|turquoise}} Sample:   00add0 Second Avenue T / Second / JFK
{{NYCS color|default}} Sample:   000000 none