| background-color | NN 4 IE 4 CSS 1 |
| 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. |
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| CSS Syntax | |
background-color: color
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| Value | |
Any valid color specification (see description at beginning of the chapter) or transparent. |
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| Initial Value | |
transparent |
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| Example | |
.highlighter {background-color: yellow}
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| Applies To | |
All elements. |
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| Object Model Reference | |
[window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.backgroundColor
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