Background Color

Syntax: background-color: color|transparent|initial|inherit;

Background Color with Value

Syntax: background-color: yellow;

Background Color Opacity

Syntax: background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.5);

Background Color Transparent

Syntax: background-color: transparent;

Background Image

Syntax: background-image: url|none|initial|inherit;

Background Image URL

Syntax: background-image: url(http://image-url.jpg);

Background Image None

Syntax: background-image: none;

Background Position

Syntax: background-position: value;

EXAMPLES background-position: right center; (right center using keywords) background-position: 0 0; (left top using position) background-position: 50% 50%; (center center using %) background-position: 50px 50px; (50px from left 50px from top using pixels)

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Background Size

Syntax: background-size: auto|length|cover|contain|initial|inherit;

EXAMPLES background-size: 300px 300px; (absolute length using pixels) background-size: 50% 50%; (length using %, percentage of the container) background-size: cover; (cover entire container) background-size: contain; (whole image within container)

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Background Repeat

Syntax: background-repeat: repeat|repeat-x|repeat-y|no-repeat|initial|inherit;

EXAMPLES background-repeat: repeat; (repeat horizontally and vertically) background-repeat: repeat-x; (repeat horizontally) background-repeat: repeat-y; (repeat vertically) background-repeat: no-repeat; (don’t repeat)

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Background Origin

Syntax: background-origin: padding-box|border-box|content-box|initial|inherit;

Background Origin Padding Box

 

Syntax: background-origin: padding-box;

Background Origin Border Box

 

Syntax: background-origin: border-box;

Background Origin Content Box

 

Syntax: background-origin: content-box;

Background Clip

Syntax: background-clip: border-box|padding-box|content-box|initial|inherit;

Background Clip Border Box

 

Syntax: background-clip: border-box;

Background Clip Padding Box

 

Syntax: background-clip: padding-box;

Background Clip Content Box

 

Syntax: background-clip: content-box;

Background Attachment

Syntax: background-attachment: scroll|fixed|local|initial|inherit;

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Background Attachment Scroll

 

Syntax: background-attachment: scroll;

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Background Attachment Fixed

 

Syntax: background-attachment: fixed;

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Background Attachment Local

 

Syntax: background-attachment: local;

Shorthand

Syntax: background: bg-color bg-image position/bg-size bg-repeat bg-origin bg-clip bg-attachment;

Example: Not Shorthand

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background-color: red; background-image: url(http://sampsonfamily.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/yellowstone.jpg); background-position: left bottom; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-origin: border-box; background-clip: padding-box; background-attachment: fixed;

Example: Shorthand

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background: red url(http://sampsonfamily.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/yellowstone.jpg) top center/ cover no-repeat border-box padding-box fixed;