# What is 'staff colour'?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-staff-colour/261824
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 16, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-staff-colour/261824 "2023-04-16T01:21:43Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-staff-colour/261824/2 "2023-04-16T02:01:39Z")

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i rewrote the Discourse moderator guide for our site and it has a section on staff color. it is to indicate a formal staff post at any time in a topic. say a topic discussion is getting heated and a mod wants to step in with a post that is an official staff post to cool it off, they can use the staff color to indicate this. i use it more than my mods for when i want to highlight a tech or admin related post. today i used it to post an official happy birthday topic to a very longtime well-liked user who is very old. another similar tool is the staff notice, which ads an official staff notice statement header above any post.

also, here are some Discourse guides:

[Discourse moderator guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide/63116)

[Discourse new user guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-new-user-guide/96331)

[Interface Nomeclature](https://meta.discourse.org/t/names-of-user-interface-elements-in-discourse/103351)

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