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Colors are not copyrightable, but they can be protected by trademarks: https://www.businessinsider.com/colors-that-are-trademarked-2012-9 https://www.businessin

• jrochkind1 3y ago
  True. As the article you linked to explains, a trademark on a color would prevent you from using the color(s) in ways that compete or confuse with the original company/product, but not any use of a color at all. It almost definitely isn't going to apply to the bg color an open sourced HTML template chose.
• ghaff 3y ago
  Though, to be more precise, it's protecting colors as part of the trade dress of a brand. In general, some especially vigilant trademark enforcement aside, you can use the color so long as it's not being used in a way that could plausibly cause confusion with the trademark holder.