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Display a color swatch from hex color strings with IPython in a Jupyter Notebook
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color_swatch_notebook_cell.py
from IPython.display import Markdown, display
colors = ['#018700', '#00acc6', '#e6a500']
display(Markdown('<br>'.join(
f'<span style="font-family: monospace">{color} <span style="color: {color}">████████</span></span>'
for color in colors
)))
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Note that Google Collaboratory sanitizes HTML in Markdown. I'd recommend using Html instead of Markdown, which I think makes the intent more clear anyway.

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