| HTML enables you to specify background and color properties for text, link, and backgrounds on a global basis in the document head; CSS provides similar properties that enable you to customize colors for individual elements (or for the entire page, if you prefer). The following properties affect foreground and background colors of elements. background Usage | Shorthand property for setting the individual background properties at the same place in the style sheet. | CSS1 Values | [<'background-color'> || <'background-image'> || <'background-repeat'> || <'background-attachment'> || <'background-position'>] | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | Not defined. | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | No. |
background-attachment Usage | If a background image is specified, this property specifies whether it is fixed in the viewport or scrolls along with the document. | CSS1 Values | scroll | fixed | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | scroll | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | No. |
background-color Usage | Sets the background color of an element. | CSS1 Values | <color> | transparent | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | transparent | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | No. |
background-image Usage | Sets the background image of an element. | CSS1 Values | <uri> | none | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | none | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | No. | Notes | Authors also should specify a background color that will be used when the image is unavailable. |
background-position Usage | Specifies the initial position of the background image, if one is specified. | CSS1 Values | [[<percentage> | <length>](1,2) | [top | center | _bottom] || [left | center | right]] | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | 0% 0%. | Applies to | Block-level and replaced elements. | Inherited | No. |
background-repeat Usage | Specifies whether an image is repeated (tiled) and how, if a background image is specified. | CSS1 Values | repeat-x | repeat-y | repeat | no-repeat | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | repeat | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | No. |
color Usage | Describes the foreground color of an element's text content. | CSS1 Values | <color> | CSS2 Values | inherit | Initial | Depends on browser. | Applies to | All elements. | Inherited | Yes. |
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