Category talk:Formatting templates

The color templates don't seem to work properly. Output should be "#ff00ff" or similar but is "&#123;&#123;#switch: background &#124; background &#124; light = #CF9 &#124; border &#124; dark = #5A0 &#124; #default = #CF9". Can anyone with a deeper understanding of templates fix this? ~ D.L. 03:09, 9 February 2007 (PST)