Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4600367-20140513162152/@comment-794792-20140513222744

I decided to look up the template for the colorbox and it seems you neglected to add the "color=" before the HEX color. It should be "colorbox|color=#0000FF" (with the around - as neccesary), making it appear like this:

I hope this helps anyone who doesn't know how to use the colorbox template.