CSS background properties

CSS background properties specify how to set styles (like set an image, set color etc.) for the background of an HTML element or an HTML web-page.

List CSS background properties

• CSS background-color property sets a background color of an HTML element or an entire HTML page
• CSS background-image property sets an image in the background of an HTML element or an entire HTML page
• CSS background-repeat property repeats an image in the background of an HTML element or an entire HTML page, either in the horizontal or in the vertical direction.
• CSS background-attachment property specifies whether an image in the background of an HTML element or an entire HTML page, is fixed or scrolls along with the viewable area.
• CSS background-position property specifies the initial position of an image in the background of an HTML element or an entire HTML page.
• CSS background-position property specifies the initial position of an image in the background of an HTML element or an entire HTML page.
• CSS background property can be used to set all the properties mentioned above with a single property. This kind of a use is referred as CSS shorthand property.

In the next page, we have discussed CSS background-color property.

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