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+# Simple Icons
+
+## Usage
+
+To include the coloured icons simple include the SVG. If you’d like to use colour the SVGs yourself you can add CSS to define `si-solid`, `si-translucent` and `si-transparent` classes. For example to set all icons to be white:
+
+```css
+.si-solid {
+	fill: white;
+}
+.si-translucent {
+	fill: white;
+	opacity: 0.5;
+}
+.si-transparent {
+	opacity: 0;
+}
+```
+