We can set a plain color, a gradient, or an image as the background in CSS. This can be done using the shorthand `background` property or with specific properties like `background-color` or `background-image`, but the gradient only gets applied using the `background` property.

In CSS, the `background-color` property is used to specify the background color of an element. The background color is the color that appears behind the element's content. It can be specified using any valid color value, such as a keyword, `rgb` value, `hex` value, `hsl` value, or `rgba` value.

Here is an example of how the `background-color` property can be used in a CSS rule to set the background color of the `<body>` element to white:

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- The `background-color` property can be used in conjunction with the `background-image` property to specify both a background color and a background image for an element. If both properties are specified, the background image will be layered on top of the background color;

- It will only apply to the content area of an element. It will not apply to the padding or border of the element;

- You cannot affect the transparency of an element using the `background-color` property. To make an element transparent, you can use the `opacity` property;

- Child elements will inherit the `background-color` property unless they have their own `background-color` property specified;

- The `background-color` property can be used in conjunction with gradients to create more complex background styles.


Continue learning CSS. CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language like HTML. CSS is a fundamental building block of the modern web and controls the styling and layout of websites and web applications.

This section will cover the general styling used for layout and text formatting to create a visually appealing and user-friendly design for your webpage. Part II.

This section relates to colors and backgrounds in CSS. You will learn about various color formats, combining multiple colors into a gradient, and any CSS element's background management.

This section will focus on positioning elements on a webpage. By the end of this section, you should have a solid understanding of the different layout options available in CSS.

Introduction to CSS Part II

Background in CSS 1/2