Name
background-color — NN 4 IE 4 CSS 1
Synopsis
Inherited: No
Sets the background color for the element. Although it may appear as
though a nested element’s background-color
attribute is inherited, in truth the initial value is transparent,
which lets the next outermost colored element show through whitespace
of the current element.
CSS Syntax
background-color: color
JavaScript Equivalent
backgroundColor
Value
Any valid color specification (see description at beginning of the
chapter) or transparent
.
Initial Value
transparent
Example
.highlighter {background-color: yellow}
Applies To
All elements.
Object Model Reference
- IE
[window.]document.all.
elementID
.style.backgroundColor
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