background-color

Background properties can be set for individual elements or as a global (default) property which will effect the entire contents of the page. If a background property is not specified, the browser will implement the default color scheme (which is rather dull), which will almost certainly not look the way you intended. It should be noted that in some browsers the background color will be rendered before any images used for the background 'wallpaper' (such as a .gif file) are loaded. It is recommended you use a color that will fit well with the background image. background-color This property is used to specify the background color for individual elements, or for the entire document. Inheritance rules are in effect for this property when used with the BODY class. It should be noted that this prpperty sets only a background color. It is not used to specify an image to be used for the background. See the background-image property for this functionality. background-color values color This value obviously sets the color for the background. The values may be numeric hexadecimal (#RRGGBB) or a named color, such as 'white' or blue'. transparent This value sets the element in which it is used to have a transparent background. The only background visible will be the document default color. EXAMPLES: P {background-color: #FF00FF} This example sets the background color of the area defined by the heading level P to the numeric hexadecimal value '#FF00FF', which is the color fuschia. P {background-color: lightblue} This example sets the background color of the area defined by the P (paragraph) as the named color 'lightblue'.