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How to Get a Background Color on Your Web Page

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Getting a background color is easy. Just type in the following code. There are millions of colors from which you can choose. You may want to search the web or look in a reference book for color codes.

<HTML>

<HEAD>

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR = "BLUE">

My web page will now have a bright blue background.

/BODY>

</HTML>

Here is a short list of color codes that may work well for a background color:

lightblue

lightcoral

lightcyan

lightgreen

lightgrey

lightseagreen

lightskyblue

lightyellow