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bgColor property (body, table, td, ...)

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Sets or retrieves the background color.

This property is deprecated. Use the backgroundColor style property instead.

Syntax:

object.bgColor;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

HTML page for this property: bgColor

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 property has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the bgColor attribute:

<body bgcolor="red">
</body>

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Example HTML code 2:

Recommendation:

<body style="background-color:red;">
</body>

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Example HTML code 3:

This example illustrates the use of the bgColor property:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function ChangeToGreen () {
            document.body.bgColor = "green";
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="red">
    <button onclick="ChangeToGreen ();">Change the background color to green</button>
</body>