Bold resume theme
Colour Block CV
A solid plum identity block and a light supporting rail contrast with a white evidence column. Use simple rectangular colour areas rather than gradients or ornamental cards.
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- Style
- Bold
- Layout
- Left sidebar
- Colour
- Purple and pink
- Used by
- New
- Made by
- JSON Resume Team
Use Colour Block CV
On jsonresume.org
In the editor, pick Colour Block CV from the Theme menu and save. Your page at jsonresume.org/@you changes straight away.
Open the editorNo resume here yet? Start one in Colour Block CV: upload the one you have or answer a few questions.
In your resume.json
Set the theme in meta, whether your resume lives here or in a GitHub gist:
resume.json
"meta": { "theme": "colour-block-cv" }Try it on your resume first
Add ?theme=colour-block-cv to your link, like jsonresume.org/@you?theme=colour-block-cv. Nothing is saved.
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With jsonresume.org connected, say “Switch my resume theme to Colour Block CV.”
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