Offbeat Project Deck
Oversized type, tilted project cards and a tactile selector. A layered portfolio with an acid-yellow authored look, or the colours and type of your own theme.
Preview patternAbout this pattern
Where Colour Parade fits
Suits a lively gallery or brand page between calmer sections, where a moving ribbon of numbered images adds energy without a slider.
Use it for
- Colour research gallery
- Brand mood page
- Paint or textile range showcase
- Art school exhibition strip
What you can edit
Every word, image and link is a WordPress block
Select any of them in the block editor and change it in place. Colours, type and spacing use the blocks’ own controls.
The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block.
- 5imagesall required
- 1headingrequired
- 13text linesall optional
- 5itemsAdd item or Remove last item; 1 always stays
Section settings
- Appearance: Designed or Use my theme
- Animate changes
- Marquee speed
- Pointer interaction: hover or drag
- Pause button
- Cursor controls
- Unlock layout
How it behaves
It still works when things are switched off
A ribbon of numbered photographs moves on its own; drag it to scroll back or forward, or click it to hold it. A pause button stops the motion for the whole ribbon.
- Motion off or reduced motion
- It shows its final state at once; anything a visitor can press or drag still works.
- JavaScript off
- All content stays visible and readable; controls the script adds are hidden.
- Plugin missing or older
- It pastes as plain WordPress blocks, in reading order, without the designed layout.
Questions
Colour Parade: common questions
What is Colour Parade for?
Suits a lively gallery or brand page between calmer sections, where a moving ribbon of numbered images adds energy without a slider. Typical uses: colour research gallery, brand mood page, paint or textile range showcase and art school exhibition strip.
Does Colour Parade need a plugin?
Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Colour Parade arrived in plugin 0.35.0. Without the plugin, or on an older version, it pastes as plain WordPress blocks: the content reads in order, without the designed layout.
What can I edit in Colour Parade?
As pasted it has 5 images, 1 heading and 13 text lines, 13 of them optional and removable. The items are a repeatable set: the item controls add one or remove the last. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block.
Will Colour Parade match my theme?
Choose Designed to keep its own palette and type, or Use my theme to let it follow your theme’s colours and fonts. Either works in any block theme on WordPress 7.0 or later. Choose Use my theme in the preview above to see it follow a theme before you copy.
Can the motion be switched off?
Yes. Turn off Animate changes in the section settings, and visitors who ask their device for reduced motion get the same: the section shows its final state at once and anything they can press or drag still works. With JavaScript off, all content stays visible.
