Name

bgColor — NN n/a IE 4 DOM 1

Synopsis

Read/Write

Background color of the element. This color setting is not reflected in the style sheet backgroundColor property. 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.myTable.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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