{{Generic Merit Badge|color1=<color1>|color2=<color2>|fontcolor=<color>|bordercolor=<color>|image=<image location>|text=<Text> (can be a link)|include_text=<Includeonly Text>}}
- color1 is the right box background color
- color2 is the left box background color
- fontcolor is the color to be used for the text
- bordercolor is the color to be used for the solid border around the box
- image is the jpg/gif/png you want to use. Do not use the Image: in front of the image file name
- image_size is an alternative size in pixels. Must include the 'px' subscript.
- text is what you want to appear on the right. This can be a Wiki link.
- Includeonly Text is normally a category like[[Category:Intellipedia]]
Color can be hex, such as #3322BB or simple such as "blue".
To see the colors available, please see this HTML Color Chart.
- {{Generic Merit Badge|color2=blue}}
 | Generic Merit Badge |
- {{Generic Merit Badge|color1=green|color2=#FF33BB|fontcolor=#FFFFFF}}
| Generic Merit Badge |
- {{Generic Merit Badge|color1=blue|color2=white|image=|text=My text}}
| [[Image:|43px|My text]] | My text |
- {{Generic Merit Badge|color1=yellow|color2=white|text=My text 2}}
| My text 2 |
