background-color Attribute | backgroundColor Property

Sets or retrieves the color behind the content of the object .

Syntax

HTML Scripting

{ background-color : sColor }

object . style.backgroundColor [ = sColor ]

Possible Values

sColor

Variant that specifies or receives one of the following values.

transparent	Default. Color of the next parent object through which the background is visible.
color	Any color value, including those specified in the Color Table .

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle . The property has a default value of transparent . The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties .

Remarks

This property can be set with the other background properties by using the background composite property.

Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0 supports the background-color attribute, but only when it's set by using the background attribute.

Examples

The following examples use the background-color attribute and the backgroundColor property to specify the background color.

This example uses an inline style sheet to set the background color to beige .

This example uses inline scripting to set the background color to beige .

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Windows CE:
Unix:
Mac:

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