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A tag can be assigned a category, which changes their background color, and all tags of a particular category are grouped together in the tags section of an image.
For the most part, they just enhance the clarity with which tags are presented to users, and rarely are something users have to interact with - except to [point out new characters](/forums/tagging/topics/general-topic-for-character-tag-categorization), [new species](/forums/tagging/topics/species-listing), and [new fan-creations](/forums/tagging/topics/fan-creations-tag-category-launched) to get them added to those respective categories.
Tag categories are only loosely and indirectly documented. Their existence, and that you can use it as a parameter for searching for tags, is noted at the bottom of [the tag list/tag search page](/tags). The current list of categories in use is [listed on the API documentation page](/pages/api#tag-response), of all places... Likewise, you can find what category (if any) a particular tag is assigned via [the two API endpoints that return tag-response](/pages/api#routes) or by inspecting the page source and looking for the `data-tag-category` attribute of the span representing each tag displayed on the page.
There's at least 1 category not listed on the API page: body-type (eg. "anthro")
|SITE THEME|~%^uncategorized^~%|body-type|character|content-fanmade|content-official|error|oc|origin|rating|species|spoiler|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**DEFAULT**|green|gray|teal|pink I guess|yellow or maybe mustard|pink but redder and darker|lavender|almost blue|sky blue|mildly brown orange|reddish pink again but light this time|
|**DARK**|forest green|gray|teal but dark and awesome|dull pink|yellowish green|dark red|purple|blue|bluer than teal but still teal|puce maybe|umber|
|**RED**|rosy red|gray|sky blue|pink I guess|yellow|red|pinkish purple|uhhh blue and not very blue|teal|tan|darker yellow|
For the most part, they just enhance the clarity with which tags are presented to users, and rarely are something users have to interact with - except to [point out new characters](/forums/tagging/topics/general-topic-for-character-tag-categorization), [new species](/forums/tagging/topics/species-listing), and [new fan-creations](/forums/tagging/topics/fan-creations-tag-category-launched) to get them added to those respective categories.
Tag categories are only loosely and indirectly documented. Their existence, and that you can use it as a parameter for searching for tags, is noted at the bottom of [the tag list/tag search page](/tags). The current list of categories in use is [listed on the API documentation page](/pages/api#tag-response), of all places... Likewise, you can find what category (if any) a particular tag is assigned via [the two API endpoints that return tag-response](/pages/api#routes) or by inspecting the page source and looking for the `data-tag-category` attribute of the span representing each tag displayed on the page.
There's at least 1 category not listed on the API page: body-type (eg. "anthro")
|SITE THEME|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**DEFAULT**|green|gray|teal|pink I guess|yellow or maybe mustard|pink but redder and darker|lavender|almost blue|sky blue|mildly brown orange|reddish pink again but light this time|
|**DARK**|forest green|gray|teal but dark and awesome|dull pink|yellowish green|dark red|purple|blue|bluer than teal but still teal|puce maybe|umber|
|**RED**|rosy red|gray|sky blue|pink I guess|yellow|red|pinkish purple|uhhh blue and not very blue|teal|tan|darker yellow|