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CSS

Mani Saini
Mani Saini
3,101 Points
Posted by Mani Saini
Mani Saini
3,101 Points

What is the difference between background and background-color proptery in CSS?

What is the difference between background and background-color property in CSS?

2 Answers

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,601 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,601 Points

No, you don't have to use the background property. Just think of background as a shorthand property to write all of the above mentioned properties in one property.

If you want to have a background-color for an image you could either write it with two properties:

body {
    background-color: blue;
    background-image: url('image.jpg');
}

or you could use the shorthand property background:

body {
    background: blue url('image.jpg');
}

I hope that makes it more clear.

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,601 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,601 Points

Hey Mani,

with the background-color property you can only set the background color of an element. The background property on the other hand is a shorthand property that allows you to set one or more of the following properties: background-clip, background-color, background-image, background-origin, background-position, background-repeat, background-size, background-attachment.

I hope that helps, if you have further questions let me know! :)

Mani Saini
Mani Saini
3,101 Points
Mani Saini
Mani Saini
3,101 Points

So does that mean if i want to change the background color of an image, i will use background property?