Name

bgColor — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a

Synopsis

Read/Write

Background color of the element. This color setting is not reflected in the style sheet backgroundColor property except for Navigator layer objects. Even if the BGCOLOR attribute or bgColor property is set with a plain-language color name, the returned value is always a hexadecimal triplet.

Example

document.all.myBanner.bgColor = "yellow"

Value

A hexadecimal triplet or plain-language color name. See Appendix A for acceptable plain-language color names.

Default

Varies with browser and operating system.

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