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Colors

Apply colors dynamically on elements with the bindColor marker.
The bindColor marker is supported on:
  • text and background colors
  • table cells background
  • shapes backgrounds and lines colors for DOCX files only
Shapes background and lines colors in DOCX
  • write the bindColor marker in the document body, not in the alternative text of shapes
  • the replaced color format must be solely RGB
A bindColor marker replaces a color reference on the template with a new color coming from your JSON dataset in Ninox.

Prototype and arguments details

{bindColor(myColorToBind, myFormat) = myVar}

myColorToBind

  • a temporary hexadecimal color applied to a text, background or a cell background
  • used to identify the color to replace
  • the hexadecimal is case insensitive and the hashtag at the beginning is optional
In Microsoft Word, only a color name can be used to replace the background color of a text. Learn more about the Microsoft Word exception.

myFormat

  • the new color format expected from the marker myVar
  • available Color formats

myVar

The marker that corresponds to the new color.