The background attribute of the <BODY background=imageURL> tag refers to the location of the image file to be used as the background image.
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| <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Enter the Page Title Here</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY background="images/back_pict.jpg"> This page includes a background image. Make sure that your background image will not interfere the visions of your visitors from reading the text on the page. </BODY> </HTML> |
The bgcolor attribute of the <BODY bgcolor=value> tag sets the background color of a Web page.
The value of the bgcolor attribute is either a predefined color or the corresponding hexadecimal representation.
Some of the popular predefined colors include: black, red, blue, green, white, cyan, magenta, and yellow.
| Color |
Hexadecimal Value |
Color |
Hexadecimal Value |
| Black |
#000000 |
White |
#FFFFFF |
| Red |
#FF0000 |
Cyan |
#00FFFF |
| Blue |
#0000FF |
Magenta |
#FF00FF |
| Green |
#00FF00 |
Yellow |
#FFFF00 |
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| <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Enter the Page Title Here</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="red"> This page uses black text on a red background. </BODY> </HTML> |
Similarly, the text attribute of the <BODY text=value> tag sets the body text color of a Web page.
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| <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Enter the Page Title Here</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="red" text="white"> This page uses white text on a red background. </BODY> </HTML> |
It is also possible to change the colors used to represent hypertext links by assigning values to the link (i.e., unvisited link), vlink(i.e., visited link), and alink (i.e., active link) attributes.
