Table in the shape of an arrow

This table is drawn using the TikZ matrix library, in order to get the shape of an arrow.

It was written by Gonzalo Medina on TeX.SE. Sligh modifications to the original code: sans serif font, small caps instead of all caps style, indentation and spacing.

Edit and compile if you like:

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% Table in the shape of an arrow
% Author: Gonzalo Medina
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture}
\setlength\PreviewBorder{10pt}%
\usetikzlibrary{calc,matrix,decorations.markings,decorations.pathreplacing}
\definecolor{colone}{RGB}{209,220,204}
\definecolor{coltwo}{RGB}{204,222,210}
\definecolor{colthree}{RGB}{207,233,232}
\definecolor{colfour}{RGB}{248,243,214}
\definecolor{colfive}{RGB}{245,238,197}
\definecolor{colsix}{RGB}{243,235,179}
\definecolor{colseven}{RGB}{241,231,163}
\tikzset{ 
  table/.style={
    matrix of nodes,
    row sep=-\pgflinewidth,
    column sep=-\pgflinewidth,
    nodes={rectangle,text width=2cm,align=center},
    text depth=1.25ex,
    text height=2.5ex,
    nodes in empty cells
  }
}
\renewcommand*{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\newcommand{\cbox}[1]{\parbox[t]{2cm}{\centering #1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \matrix (mat) [table] {
    |[fill=colfour]|      & |[fill=colfour]|  & |[fill=colfour]|
      & |[fill=colfour]|  & |[fill=colfour]|  &                   \\
    |[fill=colfive]|      & |[fill=colfive]|  & |[fill=colfive]|
      & |[fill=colfive]|  & |[fill=colfive]|  &                   \\
    |[fill=colsix]|       & |[fill=colsix]|   & |[fill=colsix]|
 
 
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