Colour and background properties
Colours, used carefully, greatly enhance the appearance of a document. CSS is able to specify a colour for the text itself, and for the area behind the text. For example, the content of a Warning element could be displayed in red text on a yellow background.
Colors
The 'color' property specifies the colour of the text:
warning { ... ; color: red }
The 'background-color' property specifies the colour of the background, both behind the text and in the padding area (see below). Apart from the name of a colour, the value can be 'transparent', meaning that the existing background colour shows through, and this is the default setting:
warning { ... ; background-color: yellow }
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