background-color | NN 4 IE 4 CSS 1
| Inherited: No
Sets the background color for the element. Although it may appear as though a nested element's background-color attribute is inherited, in truth the initial value is transparent, which lets the next outermost colored element show through whitespace of the current element.
CSS Syntax background-color: color
JavaScript Equivalent backgroundColor
Value Any valid color specification (see description at beginning of the chapter) or transparent.
Initial Value transparent
Example .highlighter {background-color: yellow}
Applies To All elements.
Object Model Reference
IE | [window.]document.all.elementID.style.backgroundColor