Any HTML element can have a background. Backgrounds can be images, solid colors, or even gradients.
Solid background colors
Solid background colors are applied using the background-color property. This accepts any valid CSS color expression.
<style>
.red-background {
background-color: #FF0000;
}
</style>
<div class="red-background">Hello world!</div>
Listing 5-1
A solid background color
Figure 5-1
The rendered result
Background images
Images can also be used as an element’s background. There are several properties ...
