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CSS

Arshdeep Singh
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Arshdeep Singh
Courses Plus Student 8,349 Points
Posted by Arshdeep Singh
Arshdeep Singh
Courses Plus Student 8,349 Points

CSS Background Noise

Hello Everyone,

I would like to know is there a way to add noise with pure css on any background. Without adding pictures.

Thanks

1 Answer

Dave Evans
Dave Evans
13,160 Points
Dave Evans
Dave Evans
13,160 Points

Unfortunately, there isn't any current way to add it with strictly CSS. However, you can try something like this which is a jQuery plugin http://rappdaniel.com/noisy/.

You could always us a pre-generated background-image using a data image

background-image:
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background-color: #eee;

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