| background-color | NN 4 IE 4 CSS 1 | ||
| Inherited: No | |||
Sets the background color for the element. Although it may appear as though a nested element's background-color attribute is inherited, in truth the initial value is transparent, which lets the next outermost colored element show through whitespace of the current element. | |||
| CSS Syntax background-color: color | |||
| JavaScript Equivalent backgroundColor | |||
| Value Any valid color specification (see description at beginning of the chapter) or transparent. | |||
| Initial Value transparent | |||
| Example .highlighter {background-color: yellow} | |||
| Applies To All elements. | |||
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