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bgColor attribute (col, colgroup)

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Sets the background color of one or more specified columns in a table element.

This attribute is deprecated. Use the background-color style property instead.

If you want to use this element dynamically, visit the JavaScript page for this attribute: bgColor. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

A legal color value. It can be a hexadecimal, RGB or predefined color value. For more information, see the page for colors.

Default: this attribute has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the bgColor attribute:

<table border="1">
    <col bgcolor="red">
    <tr>
        <td>Apple</td>
        <td>Pear</td>
        <td>Peach</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>red</td>
        <td>green</td>
        <td>yellow</td>
    </tr>
</table>

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Example HTML code 2:

Recommendation:

<table border="1">
    <col style="background-color:#FF0000;">
    <tr>
        <td>Apple</td>
        <td>Pear</td>
        <td>Peach</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>red</td>
        <td>green</td>
        <td>yellow</td>
    </tr>
</table>