# Iconography
Please prefer our Constructable `%placeholder` styles over singular CSS
properties. If you need to drop back, to something not covered there then you
can also use CSS properties directly.
All icons use a `%with-` prefix for example `%with-alert-circle-fill-icon` or
`%with-alert-circle-fill-mask`. We mostly use the `-mask` suffix and also use
the `%as-pseudo` placeholder to tell CSS that we are using the background on a
pseudo element:
```css
.selector::before {
@extend %with-alert-circle-fill-mask, %as-pseudo;
}
```
If you are not using a pseudo element for whatever reason, then you do not need
to use `%as-pseudo`.
When using `-mask` icons, color will use the `currentColor` of the element. If
you need the color of the icon to be different to the text you can define the
color of the icon itself via the `color` CSS property (preferred) but you can
also use `background-color`.
```css
.selector::before {
@extend %with-alert-circle-fill-mask, %as-pseudo;
color: rgb(var(--tone-strawberry-500));
}
```
If you need to use a colored icon (usually an existing brand icon) then don't
use `-mask`, use `-icon` instead:
```css
.selector::before {
@extend %with-logo-consul-color-icon, %as-pseudo;
}
```
## Structure Icons + Consul Specific Icons
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