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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Color in CSS

Posted by Briano Goestiawan
Briano Goestiawan
400 Points

whats the difference between background and background-color?

whats the difference between background and background-color?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The property "background" is a shorthand for multiple properties.

You can use it set any or all of the following on one line:

  • background-color
  • background-image
  • background-position
  • background-size
  • background-repeat
  • background-origin
  • background-clip
  • background-attachment

It can also set multiple background layers separated by commas. For complete details, see the MDN page.